Gertrude Stein is responsible for associating
the word “gay” with same-sex relationships.
And the word “toke,” used exclusively in
association with marijuana, is a reference
to Gertrude’s life-partner, Alice B. Toklas.
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Now because I’m feeling generous, I’m going to toss you a freebie. I mean, I could have asked, “Did a pair of fresh-scrubbed, white-bread kids innocently perform One Toke Over the Line on the Lawrence Welk Show?” And you, of course, would have said, “No, that’s just too absurd to be possible. Certainly SOMEONE at the network would have known what TOKE means.”
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