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Absolutely Mad: 53 Years of Mad Magazine choose

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[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 18: What with Minx’s canaries chirping the anvil chorus [...] I won’t get a plug in edgewise.
at anvil chorus, n.
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 27: The rootinest, tootinest, straightest shootinest cowpoke ever to ride the Pecos trail.
at cowpoke (n.) under cow, n.1
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 15: Melvin, we gonna fix your wagon [...] Any last requests.
at fix someone’s wagon (v.) under fix, v.1
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 21: [cartoon title] Ganefs!
at gonnof, n.
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 10: Mom will whale the heck out of us.
at heck, n.
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 24: It must be gookum, ’cause jam don’t shake like that .
at it must be jelly, ’cause jam don’t shake like that under jelly, n.1
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 21: Every time we pull a job, you fumble.
at pull a job (v.) under job, n.2
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 28: John Law! You flatfoots won’t put me in jail!
at John Law (n.) under john, n.1
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 6: There’s a big rhubarb going on. The umpire is examining the ball!
at rhubarb, n.1
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 4: Dat’s duh evil eye! She’s givin’ you duh whammy!
at whammy, n.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 3: We got an A.P.B. on the M.O. from the P.D.Q. on the B.V.D.
at a.p.b., n.
[US] Mad mag. Apr.–May 7: Amscray! Agitate the gravel! Hit the road! Strike the pavement!
at agitate the gravel (v.) under agitate, v.
[US] Mad mag. Apr.–May 7: Amscray! Agitate the gravel! Hit the road! Strike the pavement!
at amscray, v.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 6: His M.O. shows he’s definitely got B.O.
at b.o., n.
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 17: What is it you’ve got idden under your blanket? [...] a machine gun? a bean shooter?
at bean-shooter, n.1
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 10: Friday and Satur were sentenced to life imprisonment in the state booby hatch.
at booby-hatch, n.
[US] Mad mag. June–July 22: Throw him in the brig and report for your next assignment.
at brig, n.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 9: [...] ’course, if you have a bull-fiddle case [...] your problem is simple.
at bull fiddle (n.) under bull, adj.1
[US] Mad mag. Apr.–May 10: I [sic] just so happens that my true identity is Clark Bent ... man assistant to the copy boy! Whata [sic] burner on you, huh!
at burner, n.2
[US] Mad mag. June–July 22: Throw him in the caboose and report for your next assignment.
at caboose, n.
[US] Mad mag. June–July 23: Nanuk the Canuk is selling slot machines to the Eskimos.
at Canuck, n.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 19: He’ll be riding in the cat-bird seat of the emperor’s chariot.
at in the catbird seat under catbird, n.
[US] Mad mag. Apr.–May 5: Please! Please don’t chase me, please! I got a present for you!
at chase, v.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 28: Consarned hoss!
at consarned, adj.
[US] Mad mag. Dec.–Jan. 13: Git your cotton pickin’ hands off that drumstick.
at cotton-picking, adj.
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 13: Dig that crazy ronson!
at crazy, adj.
[US] Mad mag. Jan.–Feb. 30: Dagnab cash box still won’t open!
at dag, n.3
[US] Mad mag. June–July 11: Eat at Davy’s Locker.
at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
[US] Mad mag. Aug.–Sept. 28: Hot dog! I can see it now in lights!
at hot dog!, excl.
[US] Mad mag. Oct.–Nov. 31: Put your headphones on, you drip!
at drip, n.
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