Thank God someone else reacted the way I did! (trying to find little black book of vernacular.....) Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: the morphing of language... Date: 2/13/06 5:00:57 A.M. Central Standard Time From: _carolkir@xxxxxxxxx (mailto:carolkir@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: What are "fender skirts"? What are "curb feelers"? Carol, a bit out of touch with every era ----- Original Message ----- From: _JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxxx (mailto:JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:43 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] the morphing of language... <<A term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about "fender skirts" started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice. Like "curb feelers"