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While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage. You pay for the booze and the giggle is free. Example: "Barkeep!
Diner lingo. Diner lingo is a kind of American verbal slang used by cooks and chefs in diners and diner-style restaurants, and by the wait staff to communicate their orders to the cooks. [1][2] Usage of terms with similar meaning, propagated by oral culture within each establishment, may vary by region or even among restaurants in the same locale.
A 1920s slang term popularized by Texas Guinan, [3] a butter-and-egg man is a traveling businessman eager to spend large amounts of money in the big city [4] —someone wealthy and unwary. [1] A souvenir booklet for the original production of The Butter and Egg Man devoted an entire page to the various claims of origin for the phrase.
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June 25, 1924. End date. January 1936. Syndicate (s) Newspaper Feature Service (King Features Syndicate) Genre (s) Humor. Dumb Dora is a comic strip published from 1924 to 1936 distributed by King Features Syndicate. [1] The term "dumb Dora" was a 1920s [2] American slang term for a foolish woman; [3][4] the strip helped popularize the term.
I say it's spinach. I say it's spinach (sometimes given in full as I say it's spinach and I say the hell with it or further abbreviated to just spinach) is a 20th-century American idiom [1] with the approximate meaning of "nonsense" or "rubbish". [2] It is usually spoken or written as an anapodoton, with only the first part of the complete ...
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Pages in category "1920s slang" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...