Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 07:06:20 -0800

From: Judi Sanders jasanders[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CSUPOMONA.EDU

Subject: Re: "wig out"



Tom Dalzell's book, Flapper 2 Rappers, says it was both mainstream and hippie

slang of the 60s. At least on the West Coast, the term (meaning "to go

crazy") is still current and was reported at UCLA and CPP this year.



Judi Sanders

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Cal. State Polytechnic U., Pomona

The Web: http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders

The College Slang Page: http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang

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