B irmingham ' s ▁what ▁I ▁think ▁with . ▁/ ▁It ' s ▁not ▁made ▁for ▁that ▁sort ▁of ▁job , / ▁but ▁it ' s ▁what ▁they ▁gave ▁me . ▁/ ▁As ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁thinking , ▁it ' s ▁a ▁Br um mag em / ▁sc rew driver " ▁( lines ▁ 1 – 4 ). ▁ ▁US ▁usage ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁US , ▁the ▁negative ▁usage ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁continued ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁F . ▁Scott ▁Fitz ger ald ' s ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁novel ▁The ▁Beautiful ▁and ▁Dam ned ▁uses ▁the ▁word ▁twice : ▁" It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁known ▁as ▁' t our ist ' ▁cars , ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁br um mag em ▁P ull man ▁... ▁a ▁single ▁patch ▁of ▁v ivid ▁green ▁trees ▁that ▁guaranteed ▁the ▁br um mag em ▁um bra ge ous ness ▁of ▁R ivers ide ▁Drive ". ▁Gilbert ▁S eld es , ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁book ▁The ▁Seven ▁L ively ▁Arts , ▁wrote ▁in ▁pra ise ▁of ▁Kra zy ▁Kat : ▁" every thing ▁paste ▁and ▁br um mag em ▁has ▁had ▁its ▁v og ue ▁with ▁us ; ▁and ▁a ▁genu ine , ▁honest ▁native ▁product ▁has ▁gone ▁un not iced ". ▁It ▁appears ▁in ▁two ▁ess ays ▁by ▁H . L . ▁Men cken ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 6 : ▁" Val ent ino " ▁(" Cons ider ▁the ▁s ord id ▁comedy ▁of