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9 lut 2024 · Dive into the vibrant world of the 1930s, an era where jazz, flappers, and speakeasies brought about a unique slang as spirited as the times. Amidst the Great Depression and the golden age of Hollywood, the 30s slang was a mix of rebellion, resilience, and sheer elegance.
4 dni temu · Take a look at this list of common 1930s slang words and see how many you recognize: Aces: Excellent. Ackamarackus: Nonsense. All wet: No good. Bash: An attempt or try. Barge around: Walk slowly. Bazoo: Mouth. Beat: Broke. Behind the grind: Behind in your work or studies.
6 kwi 2024 · Popular Slang Terms. Step back to the jazzy era of the 1930s, where the slang was as rich and colorful as the music. Uncover the lingo that defined an age, from terms of affection to the language used by the era’s most infamous gangsters.
9 lut 2024 · If you’ve ever been there, or if you have no idea what that means, here are 20 slang terms from the 1930s that you can floss. 1. Nogoodnik. Given that the suffix -nik denotes a person...
Flip a rattler: jump into a moving boxcar Gasoline gypsies: unemployed people who lived and traveled in their cars, looking for work. Gun boat: empty can used for cooking, usually a coffee can. Hoover cars: bodies of broken down cars pulled by mules; also known as Hoover wagons.
This glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States is an alphabetical collection of colloquial expressions and their idiomatic meaning from the 1900s to the 1930s. This compilation highlights American slang from the 1920s and does not include foreign phrases.
18 maj 2014 · Lexicographer Jonathon Green selects the slang words and expressions that encapsulate the age in which they were coined. I've been collecting slang and and publishing books about it for 30...
