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.post, article.page { To take one small part of the whole as an example, . var _gaq = _gaq || []; #ie6 .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #main-col { width: 695px } So this was just a peek into the lingo of the smooth talkers of the twenties. By Mary Gormandy White, M.A. Make sure to pull the rope tight. } https://www . A few of the commonly used slang during the 1940s is associated with alcohol or drugs. .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-container { width: 370px; } background: rgb(176,5,39) ; } } In the first three lines of the song we learn Minnie is not only a moocher, but also a "lowdown hoochie-coocher" and "the roughest and toughest frail.". right: 275px; The two teens took their fight over a school ban of their . #nav a.current li a:hover, #nav.continuous a.current li a:hover { } Yo . A funny slang term was ' chrome dome ' which referred to a bald man. #wsidebar-top, #wsidebar-bottom { width: 427px; } White lightning. The language of slang, in common with the English language, is changing all the time; new words and phrases are being added and some are used so frequently by so many, they almost become mainstream. document.getElementById('vs-widget').innerHTML = widget; } } #nav { margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; } } Please keep sharing and come back often. #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } In American English, some slang words come and go. Pregnant bellies are said to look like pudding, thus the name. #container, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #container, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #container, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #container { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; } it doesnt mean Jitterbug. #nav ul li a.current:hover, #nav.continuous ul li a.current:hover, article.page span.author { float: left; padding-right: 10px; } Unyielding or firm . .sliderImage .top, .sliderImage .bottom { max-width: none; } #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } max-width: none; margin-left: -100%; .post.format-video .postdata .comments { float: right; } width: 260px; A dictionary of slang - "B" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK. During World War II, rationing goods was . #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } The possibility of such weapons had been envisaged for some time, and indeed the term atomic bomb is first recorded in 1914, but their all too real existence opened the way for alternative formulations: A bomb (1945) for short, fission bomb (1941) for the technically minded, superbomb (1940) or simply the bomb (1945) for the apocalyptically minded. . -moz-box-sizing: border-box; Did you know these 1940s slang terms? This is one of my favorite decades. 1940s slang was born from the ashes of the Great Depression and the growth of an economy. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-1, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-1, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-2, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-2 {width: 100%;} I don't think she ever got over it; but, she said, "one just had to survive". margin-right: -444px; #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } Herein are 50 vintage slang terms that once-upon-a-time dominated the world, today . .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2.flattened, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2-b.flattened { min-width: 0; } .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .sidebar-container-right { margin-right: -370px; } #ie6 #sidebar-wrap { img.left-thumbnail, img.right-thumbnail { float: none; width: auto; } #ie6 .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container { Many of the words and phrases listed in this article are no longer in current use. Drats! .format-link .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #widgets-above-header .col-control { width: 1000px }.page-template-1r-sidebar-php #nav .col-control { width: 1000px } } Pegs means legs. See also: gams, pins, pinions. #horizontal-outer-widgets-2 a:visited { color: #F7B69E; text-decoration: none; } Thanks Denis! @media screen and (max-width: 320px) { I could still listen to it at the other link by Nervous Norvus written by Jimmy Drake. British slang has been the subject of many books, including a seven volume dictionary published in 1889. Editors note: the first citation represents only the earliest documented use yet found by OED researchers; a word may have been in circulation somewhat earlier. #widgets-above-header { margin: 0 auto; } .meta-pullout ul li span.author { float: none; } .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-right { I did order the play Zoot Suit to gain some insights. At one point he was the biggest star in the world, going by fan mail and magazine covers "Geordie" is the accent and everyday language of much of North East England. It made me laugh,. Wonky - is another word for shaky or unstable. #cred { color:#664925;font-family:'Andika', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:12px; color:#FFFFFF;font-family:'Droid Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:50%; .gallery-container { padding-right: 266px }.gallery-contents { width: 250px }.gallery-contents.left { left: -266px }.gallery-contents.right { margin-right: -266px } var ts = new Date().getTime(); Fuzz - As "the fuzz", used as slang for police officers; of unknown origin. } var widget = ' ruled the airwaves and made the bobby soxers (teenage girls) swoon, artists like John Coltrane and Charlie )
.post, article.page { To take one small part of the whole as an example, . var _gaq = _gaq || []; #ie6 .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #main-col { width: 695px } So this was just a peek into the lingo of the smooth talkers of the twenties. By Mary Gormandy White, M.A. Make sure to pull the rope tight. } https://www . A few of the commonly used slang during the 1940s is associated with alcohol or drugs. .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-container { width: 370px; } background: rgb(176,5,39) ; } } In the first three lines of the song we learn Minnie is not only a moocher, but also a "lowdown hoochie-coocher" and "the roughest and toughest frail.". right: 275px; The two teens took their fight over a school ban of their . #nav a.current li a:hover, #nav.continuous a.current li a:hover { } Yo . A funny slang term was ' chrome dome ' which referred to a bald man. #wsidebar-top, #wsidebar-bottom { width: 427px; } White lightning. The language of slang, in common with the English language, is changing all the time; new words and phrases are being added and some are used so frequently by so many, they almost become mainstream. document.getElementById('vs-widget').innerHTML = widget; } } #nav { margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; } } Please keep sharing and come back often. #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } In American English, some slang words come and go. Pregnant bellies are said to look like pudding, thus the name. #container, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #container, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #container, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #container, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #container { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; } it doesnt mean Jitterbug. #nav ul li a.current:hover, #nav.continuous ul li a.current:hover, article.page span.author { float: left; padding-right: 10px; } Unyielding or firm . .sliderImage .top, .sliderImage .bottom { max-width: none; } #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } max-width: none; margin-left: -100%; .post.format-video .postdata .comments { float: right; } width: 260px; A dictionary of slang - "B" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK. During World War II, rationing goods was . #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } The possibility of such weapons had been envisaged for some time, and indeed the term atomic bomb is first recorded in 1914, but their all too real existence opened the way for alternative formulations: A bomb (1945) for short, fission bomb (1941) for the technically minded, superbomb (1940) or simply the bomb (1945) for the apocalyptically minded. . -moz-box-sizing: border-box; Did you know these 1940s slang terms? This is one of my favorite decades. 1940s slang was born from the ashes of the Great Depression and the growth of an economy. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-1, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-1, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-2, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-2 {width: 100%;} I don't think she ever got over it; but, she said, "one just had to survive". margin-right: -444px; #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } Herein are 50 vintage slang terms that once-upon-a-time dominated the world, today . .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2.flattened, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2-b.flattened { min-width: 0; } .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .sidebar-container-right { margin-right: -370px; } #ie6 #sidebar-wrap { img.left-thumbnail, img.right-thumbnail { float: none; width: auto; } #ie6 .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container { Many of the words and phrases listed in this article are no longer in current use. Drats! .format-link .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #widgets-above-header .col-control { width: 1000px }.page-template-1r-sidebar-php #nav .col-control { width: 1000px } } Pegs means legs. See also: gams, pins, pinions. #horizontal-outer-widgets-2 a:visited { color: #F7B69E; text-decoration: none; } Thanks Denis! @media screen and (max-width: 320px) { I could still listen to it at the other link by Nervous Norvus written by Jimmy Drake. British slang has been the subject of many books, including a seven volume dictionary published in 1889. Editors note: the first citation represents only the earliest documented use yet found by OED researchers; a word may have been in circulation somewhat earlier. #widgets-above-header { margin: 0 auto; } .meta-pullout ul li span.author { float: none; } .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-right { I did order the play Zoot Suit to gain some insights. At one point he was the biggest star in the world, going by fan mail and magazine covers "Geordie" is the accent and everyday language of much of North East England. It made me laugh,. Wonky - is another word for shaky or unstable. #cred { color:#664925;font-family:'Andika', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:12px; color:#FFFFFF;font-family:'Droid Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:50%; .gallery-container { padding-right: 266px }.gallery-contents { width: 250px }.gallery-contents.left { left: -266px }.gallery-contents.right { margin-right: -266px } var ts = new Date().getTime(); Fuzz - As "the fuzz", used as slang for police officers; of unknown origin. } var widget = '