I first ran across the word “morbs” in Jess Walter’s wonderful novel “The Cold Millions,” in which a character mutters that the Spokane, WA, of 1909 gives him the morbs. The dialogue in the novel incorporates a lot of vocabulary from that era — fun to read.
Lovely piece. I find it refreshing to remember that we have always played with language, and what fun that is.
I love this! Immediately adopting “got a collar on”!
I first ran across the word “morbs” in Jess Walter’s wonderful novel “The Cold Millions,” in which a character mutters that the Spokane, WA, of 1909 gives him the morbs. The dialogue in the novel incorporates a lot of vocabulary from that era — fun to read.