Cole Porter's patter/list song "You're the Top!" from Anything Goes -- a great snapshot of pop culture in 1934 -- includes in the list of compliments "You're an old Dutch master/You're Mrs. Astor/You're broccoli!" This is not, as you might think, a joke, broccoli was legit a fadhttps://twitter.com/E_Briannica/status/1254935939639414784 …
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It was newly popularized in the US in the late 20s/early 30s, it's like kale was a few years ago
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My favorite thing in this song btw is explaining the line "I'm the nominee, of the G-O-P/Or 'gop'!/But baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!" "You see, in the 1930s, it was popularly believed the Republican Party was only for out-of-touch bigots who hated the poor"
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Why don't we say "gop" anymore? I bet they'd really hate it
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I'm from Australia and I've always read GOP as 'gop'. Do you really say it as separate letters, G O.P.?
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Lol yes nobody says "gop" Oh my God you've been spending your whole life calling them "the gop"
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In Australia they would acquire a long/short nickname like 'Goppo'. E.g. Robert = Bob (US nickname) = Robbo (Aus nickname)
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