result #112036 - BEST SLANG OF THE ROARING 20'S?

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best : BEST SLANG OF THE ROARING 20'S?

[+] joke ballot by RunsWithScissors
ACTIVE Feb 06,2007 - Sun Nov 01, 09

Which of these is the coolest slang used in the 1920's?

Don't take any wooden nickels ~ Don't do anything stupid	0
Dry up ~ shut up, get lost	3
Dumb Dora ~ a stupid female	0
Heebie-Jeebies ~ The jitters	4
Hooch ~ Bootleg liquor	2
Ossified ~ a drunk person	3
Razz ~ to make fun of	0
Says you ~ a reaction of disbelief	2
Speakeasy ~ An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor	2
You slay me - that's funny	0
Balled up - confused, messed up	0
Beat it	2
Bimbo - a tough guy	2
Butt me - I'll take a cigarette	3
Bull session - guys talking with and ribbing each other	0
Bum's rush - being forcibly removed from an establishment	0
Cat's Meow - the best, something very stylish	2
Hair of the Dog - a shot of alcohol	0
23 skidoo ~ It means to leave in a hurry	3
Flapper - Young woman with short hair and a short skirt who dances a lot	0
Gams - Women's legs	1
Horsefeathers - Oh shit	3
Banana oil!--What a load of crap!	2
That's jake!--Looks fine to me.	2
Pansy--an effeminate male homosexual	1
The bee's knees--something cool and up to date	1
The cat's pyjamas--same as the bee's knees	1
Copacetic--that's great	0
flivver--run-down car, especially a Model T used by kids	0
sheik--a man with loads of sex appeal, a la Rudolph Valentino	0
Whoopee!	0
Ah, your mother wears combat boots (meaning you're full of shit).	0
Ah, your Mother wears combat boots (meaning you are full of shit).	0
Your Father's moustache! (Also meaning you are full of shit).	2
twist	0
Fiddle-dee-dee	1
guff	0

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Hooch ~ Bootleg liquor
My great grandfather died in the 1920s from "Alcohol poisoning." Drinking bad moonshine.

by RunsWithScissors on Tue Feb 06, 07 10:09pm [+]

Voted : Bimbo - a tough guy
Quite different from the 80s meaning.

by nuckinfutz on Tue Feb 06, 07 10:24pm [+]

Yeah i can't see bimbo as "tough guy" how funny how things change

by socal_sweetie on Wed Feb 07, 07 2:49pm [+]

Hey, this is the BEST...BALLOT...EVER. I added about a half dozen of my favorite Jazz Age slang phrases myself.

by Felix on Wed Feb 07, 07 8:42pm [+]