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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