1920’s Slang.

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How does the words that are used as slang relate to the time period?

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1920’s Slang

All-Wet Wrong; Arguing a mistaken belief

Applesauce Nonsense

Banana Oil Nonsense

Bee’s Knees A great thing

Berries Anything wonderful

Bible Belt An area of the south pertaining to religion

Blind date A date with an unknown person

Big Cheese An important person

Bull Session An informal group discussion

Bump-off To murder

Cake Eater A ladies man

Carry a torch Unmatched love

Gatecrasher A person who attends a party without an invitation

Giggle water An alcoholic drink

Gin Mill A secret bar

Gold Digger A woman who uses feminine charm to take money from a man

Gyp To cheat out of

Hard-boiled Tough or without sentiment

Heebie-Jeebies The jitters

Hep wise

High Hat To snub or ignore

Hokum Nonsense

Hooch Bootleg liquor

Cat’s Meow Anything wonderful

Cheaters eyeglasses

Copacetic Excellent

Crush An infatuation with a person

Darb An excellent person or thing

Dogs Human feet

Drugstore Cowboy A fashionably dressed idler who hangs around public places trying to pick up girls

Dumb Dora A stupid girl

Fall Guy The person who takes the blame

Flapper A typical young girl of the 20’s usually with bobbed hair, short skirts, and rolled stockings

Flat Tire A boring person

Gam A girl’s leg

Main Drag The important street of the town

Neck A make out session

Nerts An interjection expressing disgust

Ossified drunk

Pet To caress intimately

Pinch To arrest

Ritzy Elegant

The Real McCoy The actual

Run Around Deceptive in response to a request

Scram To leave quickly

Screwy crazy

Hoofer A singing girl

Horsefeathers Nonsense

Hotsy-Totsy pleasing

Jake OK

Jalopy An old car

Keen appealing

Kiddo A familiar form of address

kisser The mouth

Line Insincere flattery

Lounge Lizard A ladies’ man

Push Over A thing easily overcome

Sheba A young, attractive woman

Sheik A young, attractive guy

Smeller The nose

Sob Sister A woman reporter who is too caring about the subject matter

Speak-Easy A secret bar

Spiffy A nice appearance

Spifflicated drunk

Struggle Buggy A car From its use as a place in which boys tried to seduce girls

Stuck on Having a crush on

Swanky fancy

Swell marvelous

Torpedo A hired gunman

Upchuck To vomit

Your Assignment Once you have defined the slang of the 1920’s you need to write a story where the main character is a high school kid from the 1920’s. Your story needs to be at least 2 pages long and use at least 20 different slang words. Your character can get him/herself into any situation you wish. Good Luck