1. 1920’s Slang

2. All-Wet
Wrong; Arguing a mistaken belief

3. Applesauce
Nonsense

4. Banana Oil
Nonsense

5. Bee’s Knees
A great thing

6. Berries
Anything wonderful

7. Bible Belt
An area of the south pertaining to religion

8. Blind date
A date with an unknown person

9. Big Cheese
An important person

10. Bull Session
An informal group discussion

11. Bump-off
To murder

12. Cake Eater
A ladies man

13. Carry a torch
Unmatched love

14. Gatecrasher
A person who attends a party without an invitation

15. Giggle water
An alcoholic drink

16. Gin Mill
A secret bar

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

18. Gyp
To cheat out of

19. Hard-boiled
Tough or without sentiment

20. Heebie-Jeebies
The jitters

21. Hep
wise

22. High Hat
To snub or ignore

23. Hokum
Nonsense

24. Hooch
Bootleg liquor

25. Cat’s Meow
Anything wonderful

26. Cheaters
eyeglasses

27. Copacetic
Excellent

28. Crush
An infatuation with a person

29. Darb
An excellent person or thing

30. Dogs
Human feet

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

32. Dumb Dora
A stupid girl

33. Fall Guy
The person who takes the blame

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

35. Flat Tire
A boring person

36. Gam
A girl’s leg

37. Main Drag
The important street of the town

38. Neck
A make out session

39. Nerts
An interjection expressing disgust

40. Ossified
drunk

41. Pet
To caress intimately

42. Pinch
To arrest

43. Ritzy
Elegant

44. The Real McCoy
The actual

45. Run Around
Deceptive in response to a request

46. Scram
To leave quickly

47. Screwy
crazy

48. Hoofer
A singing girl

49. Horsefeathers
Nonsense

50. Hotsy-Totsy
pleasing

51. Jake OK

52. Jalopy
An old car

53. Keen
appealing

54. Kiddo
A familiar form of address

55. kisser
The mouth

56. Line
Insincere flattery

57. Lounge Lizard
A ladies’ man

58. Push Over
A thing easily overcome

59. Sheba
A young, attractive woman

60. Sheik
A young, attractive guy

61. Smeller
The nose

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

63. Speak-Easy
A secret bar

64. Spiffy
A nice appearance

65. Spifflicated
drunk

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

67. Stuck on
Having a crush on

68. Swanky
fancy

69. Swell
marvelous

70. Torpedo
A hired gunman

71. Upchuck
To vomit

72. 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