Use of the Term 'Hockey Puck'

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Barry 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, has an entry about the term "hocky puck" on his site...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, September 11, 2009 at 3:45 PM
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'I Would Gladly Pay You Tuesday': The Origins of a Phrase

Barry 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...

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4 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 26, 2009 at 10:30 AM
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