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Wobbly lingo is a collection of technical language, jargon, and historic slang used by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies, for more than a century. Many Wobbly terms derive from or are coextensive with hobo expressions used through the 1940s .
A Wobbly is a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Wobbly may also refer to: Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railway , a defunct Texas shortline railroad nicknamed the Wobbly
Wobbly is the moniker of Jonathan Henning Leidecker [1] (born 1970), [2] an American musician/composer of experimental electronic music based in San Francisco. [ 3 ] Biography
Practically all realms of American life were impacted by the free speech fights, as members of the press, church officials, school teachers, politicians, anyone involved in the business and labor world, and members of any organization (especially those of the Socialist Party) had a stake in the fights and thus attempted to comment on the issues ...
Wobbly organizers were revolutionary fish swimming in the sea of bindle stiffs and tramp workers. The Wobbly card was a ticket to ride the rails. The Wobbly card was a ticket to ride the rails. "Side door coaches," as box cars were called, were plastered with paper stickers, "silent organizers," that Wobs put up everywhere they passed: "Join ...
In an interview, Noam Chomsky cited T-Bone Slim as one of his favorite Wobbly singers. [12] A number of T-Bone Slim's songs can be found in the Little Red Songbook. Among the best known are The Popular Wobbly, Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life, and The Lumberjack's Prayer. First published by the IWW in 1909, the songbook has never gone out of print.
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Rolf Harris (30 March 1930 – 10 May 2023) was an Australian musician, television personality, painter, and actor. [1] He often used unusual instruments like the didgeridoo and the Stylophone in his performances, and is credited with the invention of the wobble board. [2]