Out of the gutter: How slang sneaks into the language
By Erin McKean | December 12, 2010 | Boston Globe
“…Conniption. Jamboree. Flunk. Pub. Wallop. Awfully, in the sense of “very.” Bogus, in the sense of “fake.” Today they’re English, but if you’d used them a century ago, you’d have found educated people looking down their noses at you…”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/12/12/out_of_the_gutter/
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