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Monday, May 11, 2009
Fads of the Fifties
I had a slinky, a hula hoop and an ant farm, I've eaten TV dinners, worn a beanie and done the bunny hop but I've never heard of hunkering, have you?
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"Hunkering Down" was a term I've heard most of my 50 years. I've also noticed that its usage tends to be confined to the Southeastern U.S.
ReplyDeleteI'd heard the term but I never heard of the fad. I think it's kinda weird.
ReplyDeleteThose guys hunkering on top the building reminded me of my favorite Gahan Wilson cartoon. Here's the picture: http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/features/gahan-wilson/imx/book.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe caption: "Harold! You get down from there this instant!"
Brilliant cartoon,CCBC. Have you ever heard of hunkering as a fad?
ReplyDeleteNo, never. I heard the word "hunker" = squat on your haunches (I think Richard Boone used that in a movie somewhere). I lived through that period when hunkering was supposed to be happening (according to the site). Never came up on my radar. But there was a lot going on then...
ReplyDeleteBTW, I have heard of/participated in all the other things the guy mentions from the era except "brothel creeps". I really want to know more! No place, ever, that I lived in, any time, including now, has had some place called a "brothel". Other names, maybe. So I suspect the guy is talking about slippers or robes or... I dunno. I don't picture brothels very often. I will google now.
ReplyDeleteOkay, final postscript. Here is a page on "brothel creepers": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel_creepers They are English. I never lived there. To me the ultimate 50s fashion statement was pink and charcoal gray (not black), i.e., charcoal slacks (maybe pegged) and a pink shirt, perhaps with a charcoal tie, if you were going to that kind of place, and a charcoal sports coat, plus a set of pointy Italian slip-on shoes (= dago daggers). Oh, man, I used to dress! Then, in my late forties, I discovered grunge.
ReplyDeleteOkay, final postscript. Here is a page on "brothel creepers": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothel_creepers They are English. I never lived there. To me the ultimate 50s fashion statement was pink and charcoal gray (not black), i.e., charcoal slacks (maybe pegged) and a pink shirt, perhaps with a charcoal tie, if you were going to that kind of place, and a charcoal sports coat, plus a set of pointy Italian slip-on shoes (= dago daggers). Oh, man, I used to dress! Then, in my late forties, I discovered grunge.
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