Word: letkajenka
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Less direct is the etymology of letkiss, a word that will some day surely give fits to footnoters for the Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles. The rhythms of letkiss are adapted from an old Finnish round dance called letkajenka, first popularized in Paris last December through a recording by Finnish Bandleader Anton Letkiss. Somewhere between the predawn unpronounceableness of letkajenka and the similarity of Anton's surname, letkiss emerged. To a lipstick-smeared man, Münchners are convinced that because of its nearly English name, letkiss is yet another happy American import...
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