Slang of the 1920's

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3-26-2008 9:53 AM

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Slang of the 1920's</B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><P>
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        T</SPAN>he twenties were the first decade to emphasize youth culture over 
        the older generations, and the flapper sub-culture had a tremendous 
        influence on main stream America; many new words and phrases were coined 
        by these liberated women. Many of these are still used today!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>All Wet</B> - describes an erroneous idea or 
      individual, as in, "he's all wet."</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Bee's Knees</B> <B><FONT color="#000000">-
      </FONT></B>An extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate </P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Berries</B> - <FONT color="#000000">That</FONT> 
      which is attractive or pleasing; similar to bee's knees, As in "It's the 
      berries." </P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Big Cheese</B> - The
      <FONT color="#000000">most</FONT> important or influential person; boss. 
      Same as big shot</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><P>
      <IMG width="178" hspace="0" height="134" border="0" align="left" src="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/flapper12.gif" /><B><IMG width="22" height="22" border="0" src="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/shim.gif" />Blind 
      Date</B> - going out with someone you do not know
      </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><B>Bluenose</B> - An excessively puritanical person, a prude, Creator 
      of "the Blue Nozzle Curse."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Dogs</B> - feet</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD valign="top" align="left" colspan="7"><P>
      <B><A name="G"><FONT color="#663300">G</FONT></A>ams</B> - A woman's legs </P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/local.aaca.org/img/D4357E86-1FEE-4BBD-99F4-4FFD42E64E57" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>
      <FONT color="#000000"><A name="I"><FONT color="#663300">I</FONT></A></FONT>t</B> - Sex<B> </B>appeal</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/local.aaca.org/img/21810D50-FE72-42A3-BF48-B4201EA9D42B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Pinch</B> - To arrest</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="6"><P>
      <B>Pushover</B> - A person easily convinced or seduced</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="5"><P>
      <B>Real McCoy</B> - The genuine article</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/local.aaca.org/img/2780FBB4-BAE2-4B7B-A235-65F3E4010D13" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Struggle Buggy</B> - the backseat of a car. 
      A parent's worst nightmare</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm"><table background="undefined" bgcolor="#ffffcc"><tr><TD align="left" colspan="7"><P><B>Stuck On</B> - Having a crush on</P></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/92DC757B-7DB2-4AD1-92BA-10452A5D073E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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3-26-2008 10:56 AM

righthand

"Gaelic and non-English words in use in Fingall"
a sample
Arrah - Used in the beginning of expressions indicating mild surprise. eg "arrag go on" and still in use
Awmadhan - A fool. Amadan.
Bothered - Deaf. Corruption of bodhar. and still in use
Bousey - A loafer. A parasite
Brave - Fine or good.Corruption of breagh. "A brave day" "A brave bit of sunlight" "A brave field of potatoes"
Brock - A badger. Gaelic - Broc
Buddhahust - Be silent. Bi in do thost (Gaelic)
Butty - Short. Applied to persons and animals.
Caubeen - An old hat. Gaelic - Caibín
(just a very few)
In Gaelic the fada (eg á é í ú) emphases the letter.
the bulta used to be a dot on top of the letter indicating silent. The dot w...

3-26-2008 11:05 AM

alanocu

interesting that some of these words are still used today in the same context. 'Stuck on' reminded me of the Lionel Richie song...'Stuck on you...'

great clip as always aribeth!

3-26-2008 1:57 PM