Poster of Cast and Crew in America's Secret Slang - Season 1 - Episode 4 - West Word, Ho!

America's Secret Slang - Season 1 - West Word, Ho! (Episode 4)

Plot: Expressions from "riffraff" to "betting your bottom dollar", "passing the buck," "acid test" and even "heard it through the grapevine" all come from America's frontier days. But have you ever wondered why these phrases were first used and what they mean today?
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, April 28 2013
11 years ago