Journalist Recalls Crazy Eddie Lingo

"Saff that jedge!"

This is a tribute Eddie Antar, who passed away last weekend at age 68, would have been entirely sold on. It was written by the Daily Record’s William Westhoven, who worked for a number of years at the Crazy Eddie store in Union, N.J. in the 1980s before finding his way to a journalism career.

In the piece, Westhoven explains some of the code he and other employees would use when dealing with customers:

“Saff that jedge” meant “charge that jerk full price.”

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