I don't know the source of this hip glossary that translates beatnik slang into the King's Jive but it would be such a gas if tuned-in cats spoke like this (even if they never really did). (via Weird Universe)
Dig this Beatnik Glossary
If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil
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