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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 · Few decades have produced as much instantly recognizable slang as the 1930s in America. From the Great Depression to the Dust Bowl to gangsters, jazz, and diners, the culture of time inspired a slew of new words and phrases (including a fair few we still use today!).
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...
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.
Slang of the 30s : Abercrombie: A know-it-all: Abyssinia: I'll be seeing you: Aces, snazzy, hot, nobby, smooth, sweet, swell, keen, cool: Very good
Words from the 1930s. The history of cool as a general term of approval is a patchy affair. It emerged in African American English by the early 1930s, perhaps as a development of an earlier US slang sense ‘shrewd or clever’, which itself probably evolved from general English ‘impudent’.
16 maj 2024 · We still use some of 1930s expressions today, such as referring to prison as the "big house," or calling a gun a "gat" (originally short for "Gatling gun"). In that spirit, this list looks at some other expressions from the Great Depression that might be worth reviving.
