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Tad Dorgan, The Father Of All Slang

posted August 29, 2017 #

For unknown reasons, this tweet about Tad Dorgan was directed at me the other week. Who is Tad Dorgan? He's a cartoonist from the early 1900's that is largely credited with creating absurd slang phrases like "for crying out loud", "cat's pajamas", "twenty-three, skidoo" and "drugstore cowboy" to name a few.

Browsing through his comic creations, it's hard to imagine him as a master of subtle language. The strips seem borderline nonsensical when viewed from 2017 and there's certainly cases for questionably misogyny (among other issues).

With that in mind, dive into an image search and see if you can make heads or tails of it. I'm definitely thank for the tweet to educate me on the Dorgan history; that's some party chatter trivia to take with you everywhere you go.