Word: jinglees
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The last time the American Legion hit Manhattan, one frayed theater manager relieved his feelings by writing a little jingle:
Seeping in from the West Coast, a jangling jingle known as Bloop, Bleep* the song of the leaky faucet, was beginning to inundate the nation. Modeled on the ancient Chinese water torture, it had a similar effect on its hearers. Half a dozen bands had already rushed to market with...
Before we went to grammar school, most of us recited the jingle, "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Picketing amounts to little more than restrained name-calling; revoking the license would perhaps break the Club 100 in more ways than one...and provide...
Some of William Schwenck Gilbert's own infancy must have gone into this carefree jingle. Aged two (and known to his doting parents as "Bab"), Gilbert was being wheeled in his pram along an Italian country road when the local bandits appeared on the scene. They tipped their hats...
That did it. Last week London heard a disturbing rumor that generous Americans and Canadians (possibly influenced by an American jingle circa 1890)* were sending whole shiploads of peanuts. The circus managers had several anxious days. There would surely be a high howl in Britain over giving valuable food to...