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covid speak and other yakety yak...

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covid speak and other yakety yak...     It seems every decade or so brings us new expressions or slang that become part of our every day language.  Events within our society can trigger this deluge of linguistic freedom at a moment's notice.  Wars, depressions, cultural revolutions, and even diseases and viruses can alter our go-to words of the moment.    HUH ? What's up with that ?    Prior to the hippie counter-culture evolution of the 60s was an era that began after WWII and went through the 50s known as the Beat Generation .  It was started by a group of authors and soon became a literary movement.  Three writers, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs supported the exercise through their writing.  Much of their work embraced alcohol, drugs and greater freedom.    It was from the Beat Generation words like, daddy-o , dig , chick , cool , and many others became popular. Some of them have even carried...

cupid, draw back your bow...

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  cupid, draw back your bow ...               Sam Cooke, 1961                                              So, just who is this Cupid fellow, anyway, and where did he come from?   In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of Venus, the goddess of Love.  But, in Greek mythology, he was known as Eros and was the son of Aphrodite.      Following Roman lore, Cupid fell madly in love with Psyche despite his mother's jealousy over Psyche's beauty and Cupid married her, but he made Psyche promise to never look at his face.  When she eventually peaked, Cupid ran away.         In classical mythology, Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection.  That pretty well covers that whole deal.   The first sign of the linking of Cupid with Valentine's Day was Caravaggi...