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Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee operates a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab", "popper", or "floss wagon"), or ride ("ride jock") at a carnival.
Hey, Rube! was the title of a 1921 American silent comedy short film starring Bobby Vernon and Helen Darling. During World War II, "Hey Rube!"was the open-microphone radio call issued by Combat Air Directors on American aircraft carriers to alert USN fighters to prepare to defend a task force from enemy air-attack.
Carnie Smith (born 1911–1979), American football player and coach Carnie Wilson (born 1968), American singer and television host Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962), British author
Carnie Wilson recently shared that she lost 40 pounds. The 55-year-old eliminated butter, gluten, and sugar from her diet. Wilson says she plans to exercise more to lose additional weight.
Wilson Phillips's Carnie Wilson, Chynna Phillips, and Wendy Wilson in 1992, shortly before they went on hiatus for more than a decade. (Photo: Kypros/Getty Images) (Kypros via Getty Images)
As her famous song goes, "Hold on for one more day" -- and that applies to Carnie Wilson's health journey, too. The Wilson Phillips singer and famous daughter of The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson tells ...
mainstream slang now, but at least some of these words did originate as carny slang--just because they've spead doesn't change that. Mark, for instance, started out from the practice of covertly putting some chalk dust on a customer at the gate who'd been observed to have a big wad of cash when he bought his ticket so people knew who to fleece.
Carnie Wilson, 55, showed off her 40-pound weight loss in new before-and-after photos on Instagram. The singer previously had two weight loss surgeries. Carnie Wilson, 55, Shares Before-And-After ...