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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.
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.
This compilation highlights American slang from the 1920s and does not include foreign phrases. The glossary includes dated entries connected to bootlegging, criminal activities, drug usage, filmmaking, firearms, ethnic slurs, prison slang, sexuality, women's physical features, and sports metaphors.
You see, a moocher* is someone who gloms on to whatever he or she can get, hoochie-coocher means sexually promiscuous, a frail is a woman, and lowdown means, well, not so nice. (She also liked to “kick the gong around”; in other words, Minnie hearts opium.)
6 kwi 2024 · Terms of Endearment. In the 1930s, showing your affection had a style all its own. Calling someone your “sweet patootie” or “doll” was the cat’s pajamas—that means it was something special! If someone caught your eye, they might be a “looker” or a “hot mama,” indicating an attractive woman.
25 maj 2016 · If you’ve ever read a hardboiled detective story, you may have come across a sentence like, “I jammed the roscoe in his button and said, ‘Close your yap, bo, or I squirt metal.’”. Something like this isn’t too hard to decipher. But what if you encounter, “The flim-flammer jumped in the flivver and faded.”.
bent. ( adj ) Upset, angry. After being bent for so many years, Barry is now a broken man. 1930s.
