10/7/08

Eighty-eight Starlets

Fay Wray
No, no, there are not 88 starlets in this post.
"Eighty-eight" is jazz slang for a piano.
Because a piano has 88 keys.
(The Urban Dictionary includes some other
entries for the term "88," having to do with
Hitler, sex, and artillery, but that's neither
here nor there.)
Debbie Reynolds
Grace Kelly
Marilyn Monroe
Debra Paget

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