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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