Idionics

About the Book

A joke book from legendary broadcaster Lynn Tolliver Jr!

This latest book by the author of the hilarious O.J. Simpson - The Official No Affiliation Reference Guide and Everybody Reads Lynn Tolliver, Jr, carries on entertaining, this time tickling our funny bones about the American way of life and especially about the funny way we talk. Just what do we mean when we use those commonplace expressions?

"I understand the founder of the word 'Ebonics' claims, though he speaks intelligently, he uses ebonics with his friends while playing golf," writes Lynn Tolliver in this book. "He said, 'We Be Git-N Down.' I think we be gittin' stupid. There are people who use 'drugs' with their friends, while doing whatever--does that make it right? We have sex and use profanity when we are with our 'friends', but should this happen in the classroom? Would you use ebonics in church, or during a business meeting? As we progress into the future, toward the millennium--should we regress in our communications with each other?"

About the Author

Lynn Tolliver, Jr. born Orrin Lynn Tolliver, Jr. has been a radio broadcaster for over 30 years. He is currently a columnist in two music trade publications, Impact Magazine out of Philadelphia and Jack the Rapper out of Orlando, Florida. He won the Billboard Program Director of the Year Award for five consecutive years and was the Air Personality of the Year (in Billboard) for four consecutive years. His current broadcast years are being spent in Cleveland (his hometown) at radio station WZAK, where he does mornings. He was a member of a recording group that had a gold record, has had several successful recording projects that he has written or produced, and currently manages his nephew's group, Men at Large. He also worked as a letter carrier for five years of his life. Lynn was shot three times coming out of a radio station on December 26, 1985; the attempted assassin was never found.