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...crazy, interj. Once a superlative, now means more often O.K. or goodbye, e.g., Q. "Will I see you tomorrow?" A. "Crazy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: FAR-OUT WORDS FOR CATS | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...later, interj. Catchall word for "I'll be seeing you"; also used at the end of letters, e.g., "Later . . . Dave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: FAR-OUT WORDS FOR CATS | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...like, interj. Filler word for pauses of uncertainty, e.g., "You wanna hear some jazz, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: FAR-OUT WORDS FOR CATS | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...Interj. 10. CEASE!; STOP! Avast! belay that or there!, bottle it!, break it off!, can it!, cheese it!, cheezit!, chuck it!, come off (of it)!, come off the grass!, curl up!, cut it (out) !, douse it!, dowse it!, drop it!, enuff!, fade away!, freeze!, hold on!, hold up!, kill it!, lay off!, leave off!, let up!, nix!, nix on that!, ring off!, sign off!, siphon off!, sound off!, stow it!, turn it off!, whoa Bill!, whoa Maud!, whoa Mud!, whoa there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: U. S. Slang | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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