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Roaring 20's Slang

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Terms in this set (72)

applesauce
nonsense
baloney
nonsense
bee's knees
a superb person or thing
belly laugh
a loud, uncontrollable laugh
berries
anything wonderful
big cheese
an important person
bull session
an informal group discussion
bump off
murder
bunk
nonsense
cake-eater
a ladies man
carry a torch
to suffer from a one-sided love
cat's meow
anything wonderful
cheaters
eyeglasses
copacetic
excellent
crush
an infatuation with another person
darb
an excellent person or thing
dogs
human feet
drugstore cowboy
a guy that hangs around public places trying to pick up girls
dumb dora
a silly girl
fall guy
a scapegoat, someone to take the blame
flapper
carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts
flat tire
a dull, boring person
frame
to cause a person's arrest by giving false evidence
gam
a girl's leg
gatecrasher
a person who tries to get into a party without an invitation
giggle water
an alcoholic drink
gin mill
a saloon or bar selling illegal alcohol
speakeasy
a saloon or bar selling illegal alcohol
gold digger
a woman who uses feminine charm to extract money from a man
goofy
silly
gyp
to cheat
hard-boiled
tough
heebie-jeebies
the jitters
hep
wise
high hat
to snub, ignore
hokum
nonsense
hooch
bootleg liquor
bootleg
something illegal, or the act or smuggling or selling something illegal
horsefeathers
nonsense
hotsy-totsy
pleasing
jake
okay as in ¨everything´s jake¨
jalopy
a car that is old and unreliable
keen
attractive or appealing
kiddo
a manner of addressing someone with whom you are familiar with
kisser
the mouth
line
insincere flattery
lounge lizard
a ladies man
lousy
bad, unpleasant, or of poor quality
main drag
the most important street in a town or city
neck
to make-out
nerts
an interjection expressing the speaker's disgust
ossified
to be drunk
nuts
an interjection expressing the speaker's disgust
peppy
full of energy and enthusiasm
pet
to make-out
pinch
to arrest
pushover
a person easily influenced or taken advantage of
ritzy
elegant
the Real McCoy
the real thing
run-around
deceptive or delaying action, especially in response to a request
scram
to leave in a rush
screwy
crazy, very silly, strange
sheba
an attractive woman
sheik
an attractive man
smeller
the nose
spifflicated
drunk
spiify
having a fashionable appearance
stuck-on
to have a crush on somebody
swanky
elegant and/or fashionable
swell
marvelous
torpedo
a hired gunman
upchuck
to vomit
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