Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Hard Times Throwback Word of the Day: Okie

Tom said, "Okie? What's that?"

"Okie use' ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're a dirty son-of-a-bitch. Okie means you're scum. Don't mean nothing itself, it's the way they say it."

- Man from Oklahoma, Grapes Of Wrath,Ch. 18

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