Date:  Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:04:38 -0400

From:  "E. Wayles Browne" <ewb2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CORNELL.EDU>

Subject: Re: Chinchy to Ginchy



>I grew up close to Vermont and heard only [chin si]. However, in the early

>'70's, a guy from inner-beltway D.C. in college with me used "ginchy" to

>mean something really neat/cool/catchy, but a bit quirky, as opposed to

>far-out, as awesome might have been said in 1972.

>Bill King



ginchy [jinchi] like the word "gin" or ginchy [ginchi] like the word gingko?



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