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You've been transported to the 1920s!

Started by Amicale, May 29, 2012, 08:45:59 PM

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Amicale

"Twenties Talk" Terminology....

Ab-so-lute-ly = yes, affirmative
All Wet = an erroneous (ie, having error, not being right) idea or person, as in "he's all wet"
And How = I strongly agree!
Applesauce = exclamation/expletive of dismay, like "Ah, Applesauce!" (Much like how we'd say "Oh, darn!")
Attaboy/Attagirl = Well done!
Baby = sweetheart, or something of very high value.
Balled Up = confused, messed up.
Baloney = nonsense!
Bank's closed = no kissing or making out. For example, "Sorry Mac, the bank's closed."
Bearcat = a hot-tempered/fiery girl
Beat it = scram, get lost/get out of here
Beat one's gums/beat your gums = idle talk/chatter
Bee's knees = an extraordinary person, thing or idea
Beef = a complaint or to complain. For example, "I have a Beef with so-and-so."
Beeswax = business. For example, "none of your beeswax!"
Bell bottom = a sailor.
Berries = something attractive or pleasing, similar to Bee's Knees.
Bible Belt = Area in the South/Midwest USA where Christian fundamentalism flourishes.
Big Cheese = the most important person; a boss. Same as "big shot".
Big six = a strong man; from auto advertising, for the new and powerful. For example, "look at him, he's the big six!"
Bimbo = a tough guy.
Bird = a general term for a man or woman, sometimes meaning strange or odd. For example, "what a funny old bird."
Blind Date = going out with someone you don't know.
Bluenose = an excessively puritanical, strict person; someone who's a prude. For example, "Mrs. Smith is such a bluenose."
Bootleg = illegal liquor.
Breezer = a convertable car.
Bronx Cheer = a loud, spluttering noise, used to indicate disapproval.
Bull = 1) a policeman or law enforcement official including the FBI. 2) Nonsense. 3) To chat idly/exaggerate
Bull Session = male talkfest, gossip, stories of sexual exploits (mostly bragging, trying to out-do the others)
Bum's rush = ejection by force from an establishment. For example, "the cop didn't want me in the bar, so I got the bum's rush."
Bump off = to murder or kill.
Bunk = nonsense.
Butt me = I'll take a cigarette/give me a cigarette.
Caper = a criminal act or robbery.
Carry a torch = to really like/have a crush on someone. For example, "Oh, Sally's really carrying a torch for John."
Cash = a kiss.
Cash or check? = do you kiss now, or later?
Cat's Meow = something splendid or wonderful, much like "the bee's knees".
Cat's Pajamas = same as the Cat's Meow.
Chassis = the female body.
Cheaters = eyeglasses.
Check = kiss me later.
Ciggy = cigarette.
Clam = a dollar. As in, "your food costs two clams."
Copacetic = wonderful, fine, alright.
Crush = an infatuation or obsession.
Daddy = a young woman's boyfriend/lover, especially if he is rich.
Dame = a female.
Dapper = a Flapper's father.
Darb = an excellent person or thing. For example, "he's the Darb" - someone who can be relied on.
Dead Soldier = an empty beer bottle.
Deb = a debutant, or someone making their first official appearance in public as a social being.
Dick = a private investigator.
Dogs = human feet.
Doll = an attractive woman, as in "Guys and Dolls".
Dolled up = dressed up.
Don't know from nothing = don't have any information.
Don't take any wooden nickels = don't do anything stupid, don't let anyone fool you.
Double-cross = to cheat, stab in the back.
Dough = money.
Drugstore Cowboy = a guy who hangs around a street corner trying to pick up girls.
Dry up = shut up, get lost.
Ducky = very good. As in "oh, that's just ducky!"
Dumb Dora = stupid female.
Earful = enough. As in, "he gave me an earful"
Edge = intoxication or buzz. For example, "I was at the bar, and now I've got an edge."
Egg = a person who lives the big life, or who lives grandly.
Fall guy = the victim of a frame. As in, "Roger didn't actually murder Stan, but he was the fall guy."
Fire Extinguisher = a chaperone.
Fish = 1) a college freshman. 2) a first-timer in prison.
Flat Tire = a dull witted, disappointing date or a boring person. Same as "pill" or "drag".
Flivver = a Model T; after 1928, became synonymous with any old broken-down car.
Flapper = a stylish, brash, hedonistic young woman with short skirts, shorter hair, makeup.
Fly Boy = a glamorous term for an aviator.
Frame = to give false evidence, to set up someone.
Gams = a woman's legs.
Gate crasher = an uninvited guest, usually at a party.
Get a wiggle on = get a move on, get going.
Giggle Water = an intoxicating beverage; alcohol.
Gin Mill = an establishment where hard liquor is sold; a bar.
Glad Rags = fancy clothes you'd "go out on the town" in -- ie, what you'd dress up in
Gold Digger = a woman who associates with/marries a man for his money/wealth
Goofy = in love
Hair of the Dog = a shot of alchohol.
Handcuff = an engagement ring.
Hard Boiled = a strong, tough guy/
Hay Burner = 1) a gas-guzzling car. 2) a horse one loses money on.
Heebie-Jeebies = the creeps, the jitters (you're afraid)
High-Hat = to snub or ignore; snobbish.
Hip = up-to-date, "with it".
Hit on all sixes = to perform 100%, as in "Wow, today she's hitting on all six cylinders!"
Hooch = bootlegged liquor.
Hood = a hoodlum, someone up to no good.
Hoofer = dancer.
Hooter = chorus girl.
Horsefeathers = same as "applesauce"; expletive.
Hotsy-Totsy = pleasing, favoured.
It = Sex appeal, as in "she really has it".
Iron = a motorcycle.
Jack = monkey.
Jake = Okay, fine; as in, "everything is Jake!"
Jalopy = old car.
Jane = any female.
"Java" or "Joe" = coffee.
Jitney = a car employed as a private bus. Fare was usually five cents.
John = a toilet.
Joint = an establishment, as in "hey, let's check out that new joint down on Main Street!" (also refers to a club that usually sells alcohol.)
Juice Joint = a speakeasy.
Keen = attractive, appealing.
Kiddo = friendly form of address.
Kisser = mouth.
Left holding the bag = 1) to be cheated out of a fair share. 2) to be blamed for something.
Level with me = be honest with me.
Line = insincere flattery. For example, "oh, don't give me that line!"
Live wire = a lively person.
Middle Aisle = to marry.
Mrs. Grundy = a priggish, uptight, extremely tight-laced person.
Moll = a gangster's girl(friend).
Neck = kissing with passion.
Nifty = neat, great, excellent.
"Now You're On The Trolley!" = now you've got it, now you're right! (Same as saying "on board")
Nobody Home = describes someone who is dumb.
On the lam = fleeing from the police.
On the up and up/On the level = legitimate, honest. As in, "are you on the level with me?"
Orchid = an expensive item.
Ossified = a drunk person.
Owl = a person who's out late.
Palooka = 1) a below-average or average boxer. 2) a social outsider (from the comic strip character, Joe Palooka.)
Pet = the same as necking, but moreso.
Piker = a cheapskate or a coward.
Pill = 1) a teacher. 2) (most common use -- ) an unlikable person. (Sometimes the same... for example, an unlikable teacher!)
Pinch = to arrest.
Pipe Down = stop talking.
Pushover = a person easily convinced, seduced.
Putting on the Ritz = doing something in high style [after the Ritz Hotel in Paris.]
Rag-a-muffin = a dirty and/or disheveled individual.
Razz = to make fun of.
Real McCoy = the genuine article, the real thing.
Ritzy or Swanky = elegant.
Rubes = money or specifically, dollars.
Runaround = delaying action or stalling, as in "I'll never get that loan, the bank's really giving me a run around!"
Sap = a fool.
Says you = an expression of belief, as in "no way!"
Scram = telling someone to leave immediately.
Sheba = a woman with sex appeal.
Sheik = a man with sex appeal.
Shiv = a knife.
Sinker = a doughnut.
Speakeasy = an illicit/illegal bar selling bootleg liquor.
Spifflicated = drunk. (Same as tanked, plastered, wasted.)
Spiffy = an elegant appearance, as in "oooh, don't you look spiffy!"
Spoon = to neck, or at least talk of love.
Struggle Buggy = the backseat of a car.... usually, a parent's worst nightmare.
Stuck On = having a crush on.
Swell = wonderful.
Take for a ride = to drive off with someone in order to bump them off. For example, "Harry took Frank for a ride, and Frank hasn't been seen since!"
Tin Pan Alley = the music industry in New York, located between 48th and 52nd Street.
Tomato = a female.
Torpedo = a hired gun/assassin.
Upchuck = to vomit when one has drunk too much.
Wet blanket = a solemn person, a killjoy -- someone who discourages/ruins optimism or fun.
What's Eating You? = What's wrong?
Whoopee = to have a good time or to have a wild time.
You slay me = that's funny.


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Amicale

The objective is simple. We're now living in the 20s again. Using the lingo above, let's talk to one another.  :D Or, beat our gums!


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

xSilverPhinx

Jake :D

I think 'pill' is funny, for when you have a pill that's a pill, or a teacher who is unliked...pill squared. ;D

You know one of those types when nobody's home? Quite the piker, and on the lam after having given everyone an earful with his cries of applesauce. Associated with a dumb dora, and now a dick's up and after him!

But anyways, I have no beefs anymore, the guy's a darb. So everything's copacetic. ;D




I think I may have overdone it a bit...
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Sweetdeath

I  use a lot of that in my current speech.
Applesauce sounds fun.

In general,i tend to say "let's blow this joint/popsicle stand," or "let's mosey!" :)
Law 35- "You got to go with what works." - Robin Lefler

Wiggum:"You have that much faith in me, Homer?"
Homer:"No! Faith is what you have in things that don't exist. Your awesomeness is real."

"I was thinking that perhaps this thing called God does not exist. Because He cannot save any one of us. No matter how we pray, He doesn't mend our wounds.

xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Crow

I still hear a lot of this used, and use some my self though bimbo doesn't mean a tough guy where I am from. Quite interesting at how much of it I actually use on a day to day basis.

Retired member.

Ali

"Struggle Buggy...."  The mental image of that..um...slays me.   ;D

Ecurb Noselrub

So, I sees this dame with a hot chassis.  I'm tellin' ya, this Sheba had it. What gams! So, I asked her to butt me, and she gave me a Bronx Cheer. So, I jumped in my breezer and consoled myself with a sinker.

xSilverPhinx

Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on May 30, 2012, 10:23:17 PM
So, I sees this dame with a hot chassis.  I'm tellin' ya, this Sheba had it. What gams! So, I asked her to butt me, and she gave me a Bronx Cheer. So, I jumped in my breezer and consoled myself with a sinker.

If Amicale hadn't posted what those words meant I would've never had known... ???
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey