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Flapper. Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.
Jive talk, also known as Harlem jive or simply Jive, the argot of jazz, jazz jargon, vernacular of the jazz world, slang of jazz, and parlance of hip[ 1] is an African-American Vernacular English slang or vocabulary that developed in Harlem, where "jive" ( jazz) was played and was adopted more widely in African-American society, peaking in the ...
The Black Bottom is a dance which became popular during 1920s amid the Jazz Age. It was danced solo or by couples. Originating among African Americans in the rural South, the black bottom eventually spread to mainstream American culture and became a national craze in the 1920s. [ 1] The dance was most famously performed by Ann Pennington, a ...
A railroad section gang – including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers – responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917. Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States, more ...
So we decided to dig up some of our favorite vintage slang words and phrases that, we think you'll agree, deserve a comeback. 1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or ...
The cakewalk was influenced by the ring shout, which survived from the 18th into the 20th century. [5] [clarification needed]Cakewalk dance, 1896. There is extensive first-person testimony from emancipated slaves about the culture and dancing they developed among themselves on the plantations, including the dances that developed into the cakewalk.
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, [ 2] is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. [ 1] Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. [ 1] Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott and Joseph Lamb. Ragtime pieces (often called "rags") are typically ...
Chorus line dancers in early Broadway musicals and revues were referred to by slang terms such as ponies, gypsies and twirlies. Chorus lines hit vogue in the 1920s and 30s, as the life and possibilities of a "chorus girl" became sensationalized in fiction, newspapers, and film, capturing the imaginations of young women seeking independence ...