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'I Would Gladly Pay You Tuesday': The Origins of a Phrase

Posted by Adam Kuban, March 26, 2009

20090317-wimpy.jpgBarry Popik, a contributor-consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of American Regional English, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and the Yale Dictionary of Quotations, researches the history of the quote "I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." He's also got entries on hamburger, burger, cheeseburger, and slider.

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