Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:56:45 +0000

From: David Bergdahl bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: wig out





I don't think of _wig out_ as being AAVE. It probably

does come from _flip one's lid/wig,_ which we have in

HDAS from the early 1930s.



Jesse Sheidlower

Random House Reference

jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com



My source was the Al Young novel SNAKES which treats AA street life so

my first notice of the term was in that context.



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