Gerald Cohen, a man that has spent more than one-third of his life doing research on the hot dog, has added "frogged up Murphies" (aka French fried potatoes) and other eatery slang to his menu of expertise.

His findings, along with co-author Barry Popik's material, are the subject of a new book, "Studies in Slang VII." The 194-page book consists of 24 articles that reat a range of U.S. slang, covering everything from "hashhouse" lingo to the origin of Chicago's nickname as "The Windy City."

"British and U.S. slang etymology is a huge and highly interesting area, and it doesn't get nearly the attention from scholars that it deserves," Cohen says.

BTW -- A Cincinnati newspaper is credited with bestowing Chicago with its nickname after a tornado had passed through the Illinois city.

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What are you ordering when a waiter tells the cook to make:

1. A motorman's glove?

2. A bag of mystery?

3. One indigestion in a snowstorm?

4. Noah on a raft?

5. Brass band with leader?

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