Post by Administrator on Mar 4, 2009 20:57:00 GMT -7
This was just a fun thing we found on the internet. Feel free to use all the slang you can shake a hoof at.
Didn't you wish you knew all those lovely words to come out of the thirties? Well now you do! These were the words that they used so go ahead and use them well!
Bare in mind the examples aren't period XD they kind of suck but it gives you the idea
all nerves
( np ) Tense, nervous.
By the time I got my convertible out of the car wash, I was all nerves.
all-nighter
( n ) A restaurant that stays open all night.
It was 3 AM but they found a little all-nighter on the corner where they could get a cup of java.
bananas
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
The guy went bananas when I asked him to leave.
bang
( n ) Fun, pleasure.
I get a bang out of bungee jumping.
bash
( n ) A try, an attempt.
Move back and let me have a bash at it.
beat all
( vp ) Be outrageous.
Doesn't that beat all?
behind the 8 ball
( pp ) In trouble; disliked by someone.
I forgot Mavis's birthday and now I'm behind the 8 ball.
bent
( adj ) Upset, angry.
After being bent for so many years, Barry is now a broken man.
bill and coo
( v ) To hug and kiss.
Don't you just love to bill and coo with your girl on the beach?
blabbermouth
( n ) Someone who talks too much.
That blabbermouth told my girlfriend that he saw me with another girl.
blimp
( n ) A very fat person.
I hate to have a blimp sitting next to me when I fly.
boff
( v ) To hit.
He gets into trouble at home when he boffs his brother.
boogie-woogie
( n ) Jazz of the 30s and 40s.
Boogie-woogie is really cutting the rug!
boondoggle
( n ) A con game, a deceitful transaction.
Government contracts are often thinly veiled boondoggles.
boondoggle
( v ) To swindle or cheat.
Heathcliff was boondoggled into selling his car for half of its value.
broke
( adj ) Without money.
I'm broke man; don't ask me for money.
buck
( np ) Money.
I need to make a quick buck.
buddy
( int ) Form of address for a male in the South.
Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime?
burn up
( v ) Make angry, mad.
That really burns me up!
bust out
( v ) To escape.
His mother and three of her buddies busted out of prison but was caught 3 days later.
certifiable
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Stay away from that woman; she's 100 percent certifiable.
chintzy
( adj ) Cheap.
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
cool
( v ) To kill.
The mob cooled him a year or so ago.
cracker
( n ) A white person (offensive).
That cracker just doesn't get jive.
cram
( v ) To study hard.
He didn't study all semester and had to cram before exams.
cuddle
( v ) To hug and kiss.
Let's go over to my front porch and cuddle some.
cut
( v ) To dilute.
They cut the whiskey with water at that bar.
dead
( adj ) Quiet. This disco is really dead tonight.
deep pockets
( np ) Much money.
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
dibs
( n ) A claim.
I have dibs on that seat.
dip
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
The guy who flunked four out of five classes is really a dip.
drop
( v ) To knock down.
Say another word and I'll drop you.
Drop dead!
( int ) Absolutely not!
Drop dead! I'll never go out with you.
duds
( n ) Clothes.
I see you got some new duds for the dance.
fade
( v ) To leave.
I have homework to do, man, let's fade.
flivver
( n ) A broken down car.
Stewart will never get me into that old flivver his father drives.
gasser
( n ) A great time, something hilarious.
The new comedy on TV is a real gasser.
get first base
( vp ) Have initial success trying to seduce someone.
He couldn't get to first base with her, let alone score.
ginchy
( adj ) Sexy.
She is the ginchiest girl I've ever seen.
go bananas
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy.
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
go steady
( vp ) To date only one person.
They went steady for a year, then broke up.
goof
( v ) Loaf, waste time.
They used to goof on their way home from work.
goon
( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard.
The mob boss was accompanied by a couple of his goons.
guts
( n ) Courage.
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
hep cat
( np ) A cool jazz-lover.
Nathan is the hep cat who took me to Birdland for the first time.
history
( adj ) Over, done with.
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
hot
( adj ) Stolen.
The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
hot seat
( np ) A critical position with great pressure for success.
Dwayne is in the hot seat now: if he doesn't make his quota, he is history.
hotshot
( n ) A person who thinks he is very important.
Look at Bud with his collar up; he thinks he is such a hotshot.
keen
( adj ) Wanting to, excited about {British}.
I'm keen to go to the motion pictures.
keister
( n ) The buttocks.
Llewelyn slipped on the wet floor and fell on his keister.
lick
( n ) A short musical improvisation.
He isn't that creative a trumpeter; he gets most of his licks from others.
lightweight
( n ) Someone who cannot get things done.
You don't want to give a job this important to a lightweight.
Mack
( int ) Form of address for a male.
Hey, Mack, where is the nearest truck stop?
malarkey
( n ) Nonsense.
He said he aced the chem exam. What malarkey!
Mickey-Mouse
( adj ) Minor, unimportant.
Boswell ran some Mickey-Mouse radio station in Florida for a few years.
minxy
( adj ) Alluring, seductive.
She is a totally minxy fox.
Monday morning quarterback
( np ) Someone who offers advice when it is too late.
Fritz is a Monday morning quarterback who is never there when you need him.
mule
( n ) A carrier of illegal drugs.
The cartel uses her as a mule to get their drugs into the country.
nogoodnik
( n ) A bad or worthless person.
So then the nogoodnik tramped across my clean kitchen floor in his muddy boots.
odd ball
( np ) An eccentric.
Freddie is a sort of odd ball who likes to take walks in the park.
on edge
( pp ) Nervous.
All this waiting to hear from the doctor has me on edge.
P. I.
( abb ) A private investigator.
Serena hired a P. I. to tail her husband.
piece of cake
( n ) Something easy.
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
pill
( n ) Anything difficult.
Paying $1200 in taxes is a tough pill to take.
puke
( v, n ) To vomit.
I feel like I am going to puke.
punch-drunk
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Don't listen to that punch-drunk bum; he's crazy.
put a bee in your bonnet
( vp ) Tell something interesting.
Why are you grinning? You look like somebody's put a bee in your bonnet.
Put 'em up!
( vp ) To raise your hands.
Drop that gun and put 'em up!
put-on
( n ) A deception.
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
queer
( adj ) Counterfeit.
Watch him; he's known for passing queer money.
raunchy
( adj ) Dirty, grimy.
Get out of those raunchy clothes and take bath.
riot
( n ) A great time, something hilarious.
The comedy program was a real riot.
rip-snorter
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding.
His party last night was a rip-snorter.
rip-snorting
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding.
Let me tell you, it was a rip-snorting party.
scag
( n ) An ugly female (offensive).
He was seen last night in a sketchy part of town with a scag.
Shoot!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment (euphemism for nuts).
Shoot! I just ripped my pants.
short
( n ) A car.
He was trying to sell a hot short to a salesman on a car lot.
shotgun wedding
( np ) A wedding forced by pregnancy.
The marriage didn't last because it started out in a shotgun wedding.
skip
( v ) To miss, to not attend.
Let's skip chemistry today and go to the library.
slap-happy
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Roland has been slap-happy ever since he left the ring.
snoot
( n ) Nose.
She popped him on the snoot.
So what?
( int ) I don't care.
So, Nellie got into Smith. So what?
solid
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding.
That bash at her house was solid!
soup up
( v ) Increase the power and speed of a car.
Sure, he wins the drag races: his car is souped up.
soused
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated.
He came home soused and his wife locked him out.
speedo
( n ) Speedometer.
The speedo was showing 35 mph but we seemed to be going much faster.
spook
( v ) To scare, frighten.
A snake spooked the horse and he threw his rider.
spot
( v ) To loan.
Could you spot me $10 until payday?
squad car
( np ) Police car.
There is no way out; the house is surrounded by squad cars.
stick
( v ) Force someone to do something unpleasant.
He left early and stuck me with cleaning up the house.
tag along
( vp ) Come with.
Mind if I tag along for the ride?
take a hike
( v ) To leave.
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike!
the word
( n ) The latest news or gossip.
Say, what's the word on Jenny?
throw a bone
( vp ) Help out with something small.
Look, if you make a lot of money, throw your old friend a bone.
tied to an apron string
( vp ) Dominated by the wife or a woman.
Fred can't go fishing on the weekend; he's tied to his wife's apron string.
tomato
( n ) A female.
That Shelly's one red hot tomato.
torch
( n ) An arsonist, someone who starts fires illegally for money.
Burnham Goode was a torch for the mob until the police collared him on the job.
torch
( v ) To commit arson, to burn down illegally.
I hear Burnham Goode torched his own restaurant for the insurance money.
twit
( n ) Petty, immature brat.
The little twit barfed all over her date at the pizza parlor.
( n ) Superficial person.
She is such a twit who spends most of her time shopping.
welch
( v ) To fail to meet an obligation.
He welched on his promise to help paint my house.
What's with you?
( phr ) What is wrong with you?
Hey, what's with you, man. You're really bent.
whiz
( n ) Talented person.
He is a whiz at the computer.
doodly-squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount
The president doesn't know doodly-squat about running a country.
lame-brain
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
This lame-brain thinks it is the Umpire State Building in New York.
( adj ) Stupid or foolish.
I've never heard such a lame-brained idea in my life.
thingamajig
( n ) An object for which a name is unavailable.
What was that thingamajig he was holding?
fly
( v ) Be workable
Your idea doesn't have legs; it won't fly.
fly the coop
( vp ) To leave, elope, or escape.
When he saw you coming up the walk, he flew the coop.
drip
( n ) A weak, indecisive person.
That drip doesn't know how to tie his shoes.
spiv
( n ) Slick con man.
Some worthless spiv married Myrtle, took her money, and left her.
dish
( n ) Something you like.
Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea.
dish (out)
( v ) To serve, to do something hard or harsh.
Tommy isn't afraid of flamers; he can dish it out with the best of them.
cup of tea
( np ) Something you like.
Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea.
jitterbug
( n ) A nervous person.
Calm down, Donny, don't be such a jitterbug.
crunch
( n ) Climax, critical point.
Bertie is someone you can count on in a crunch.
pooch out
( v ) Stick out, protrude.
Millie, why is your stomach pooching out like that?
cheesecake
( n ) Photography of well-proportioned women.
Betty Grable was a popular piece of cheesecake during World War II.
gun
( v ) To accelerate something suddenly.
When Pedro saw Maria down the road, he gunned his old jalopy.
wrap up
( v ) To finalize, bring to an end.
Merlyn wrapped up his presentation with a chorus of "Happy Days" played on the piano.
plugged nickel
( np ) Something worthless.
That car of his isn't worth a plugged nickel.
payola
( n ) A bribe to promote a song on radio or TV.
It is hard to believe that most of the songs we sing are popular only because disc jockeys received payola.
savvy
( n ) Brains, intelligence
Ask Jean-Phillippe; he has a lot of savvy when it comes to car engines.
Yikes!
( int ) Interjection of surprise.
Yikes! That was a close call!
shot
( adj ) Tired, exhausted; worn out, broken down.
I can't go anywhere tonight: me and my car are shot.
nelly
( n ) Male homosexual
That sweet old nelly wouldn't hurt a fly.
jerk
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
The jerk kept hitting on my girl while I was in Iraq.
bats
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
You're completely bats if you think I'll lend you $5.
crate
( n ) An old car or plane.
You can always find some schnook to sell that old crate of yours to.
lug
( n ) A thug.
The big lug never forgets my birthday.
snazzy
( adj ) Smart, stylish, nice looking.
Did you see that snazzy new car Sue Barew is driving around in?
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Abercrombie
A know-it-all
Abyssinia
I'll be seeing you
Aces, snazzy, hot, nobby, smooth, sweet, swell, keen, cool
Very good
All the way
Chocolate cake or fudge with ice cream
All wet
No good
Ameche, horn, blower
Telephone
Apple
Any big town or city
Babe, broad, dame, doll, frail, twist, muffin, kitten
Woman
Baby
Glass of milk
Bean shooter, gat, rod, roscoe, heater, convincer
Gun
Beat
Broke
Behind the grind
Behind in one's studies
Big house, hoosegow
Prison
Bleed
to extort or blackmail
Blinkers, lamps, pies, shutters, peepers
Eyes
Blow your wig
Become very excited
Booze, hooch, giggle juice, mule
Whiskey
Brodie
A mistake
Brunos, goons, hatchetmen, torpedoes, trigger men
Hired gunmen and other tough guys
Bulge
Having the advantage
Bumping gums, booshwash
Talk about nothing useful
Butter and egg fly, hot mama, sweet mama, sweet patootie, dish,looker, tomato
An attractive woman
Butter and egg man
The money man, the man with the bankroll
Buzzer
Police badge
Cabbage, lettuce, kale, folding green, long green
color of money
Cadillac
One ounce packet of cocaine or heroin
Canary
A female vocalist
Cats or alligators
Fans of swing music
Cave
One's house or apartment
Check or checker
A dollar
Chicago overcoat
Coffin
Chicago typewriter, chopper, gat
"Tommy Gun", Thompson Submachine Gun
Chisel
Swindle, cheat, work an angle
Cinder thingy
Railroad detective
City juice, dog soup
Glass of water
Clam-bake
Wild swing
Clip joint N
ight club or gambling joint where patrons get flimflammed
Copper
Policeman
Crumb
A fink, a loser by social standards
Crust
To insult
Curve
Disappointment
Cute as a bug's ear
Very cute
Dead hoofer or cement mixer
Bad dancer
thingy, shamus, gumshoe, flatfoot
Detective
Dig
Think hard or understand
Dil-ya-ble
A phone call
Dingy
Silly
Dizzy with a dame Very much in love with a woman, sometimes at great risk to themselves, especially if she's someone else's moll
Dog house
String bass
Doggy
Well dressed but in a self conscious way
Dollface
Name for a woman when a man is pleading his case or
apologizing
Doss
Sleep
Drilling, plugging, throwing lead, filling someone with daylight, giving
someone lead poisoning
Shooting a gun (at someone)
Drumsticks, pins, pillars, stems, uprights, get away sticks, gams
Legs
Dukes, paws, grabbers, meat hooks
hands
Egg
A crude person
Egg harbor
Free dance
Eggs in coffee
Run smoothly
Evil
In a bad mood
Face
A Caucasian
Fem, filly, flame, flirt, fuss
Constant girl companion to a boy
Five spot, a Lincoln
$5 bill
Genius
An extremely, unbelievably, dumb persons
Gin mill
Place that serves liquor, sometimes illegally
G-man
Federal agent, term coined by Machine Gun Kelly
Gobble-pipe
Saxophone
Golddigger
Attractive young woman actively hunting for a rich man
Greaseball, half portion, wet smack, wet sock, jelly bean
Unpopular person
Grifter
A con man or woman
Gumming the works
To cause something to run less smoothly
Gunsel
Gunman with a hint toward being a reckless loose cannon or young homosexual (insult)
Hard boiled
Tough
Hocks or plates
Feet
Honey cooler
A kiss
Hop, rag, jolly up, romp, wingding
Dance or party
Hotsquat
Electric chair
House thingy, house peeper
House detective
Joe
A average guy
Joed
Tired
Juicy
Enjoyable
K balling
Salvaging parts from junked rail cars to rebuild others
Keen
Very Good
Kibosh
Squelch
Kippy
Neat
Low down
All the information
Lunger
Someone with tuberculosis
Make tracks, dangle
Leave in a hurry, leave aburptly
Meat wagon
Ambulance
Micky, Micky Finn
Drink spiked with a knock out drugs
Mitt me kid!
Congratulate me
Moll
A gangster's girlfriend
Murder!
Wow!
Nuts!
Telling someone they are full of nonsense
Okie
Migrant worker from Oklahoma
Off the cob
Corny
Packing heat, wearing iron
Carrying a gun
Pally
Friend, chum, sometimes used sarcasticly
Patsy
Innocent man framed for a criminal charge
Pill
Disagreeable person
Pip
Attractive person
Pitching woo, making whoppee
Making love
Platter
A record
Plenty rugged
Big and strong
Pachuco
Young Mexican living in the US
Ring-a-ding-ding
A good time at a party
Rot gut, bathtub gin
Prohibition alcohol usually made in back rooms and of low quality
Sawbuck
$10 bill
Scat singer
A vocalist who improvises lyrics, substituting nonsense syllables for words
Scrub
Poor student
Shake a leg
Hurry up
Skin tickler
A drummer
Slip me five
Shake my hand
Smooth
Well dressed without qualification
Snipe
Cigarette
Sourdough
Conterfeit money
Speakeasy
Bar disguised as something else or hidden behind an unmarked door
Squat
Nothing
Stool pigeon, snitch
Someone who informs to the police
Suds, salad, dough, moolah, rhino, bacon (as in bring home the
bacon), bread
Money
Take a powder, blow, split, scram, drift
Leave
Taking the rap, taking the fall
Taking responsibility for someone else's crime or crimes
The high hat
A response in which one excludes another with irreverence and intent to offend
The kiss off
The final goodbye as in exile or death
Tin
Small change
Tin can, flivver
A car
Tin ear, Ickie
Someone who did not like popular music
Togged to the bricks
Dressed up
Trip for biscuits
A task that yields nothing
Twit
Fool or Idiot
Whacky
Crazy
What's your story, morning glory?
What do you mean by that?
Wheat
Person unused to city ways
Yo!
Yes
You and me both
I agree
"You shred it, wheat"
You said it
Alll this was found at this
website.
Didn't you wish you knew all those lovely words to come out of the thirties? Well now you do! These were the words that they used so go ahead and use them well!
Bare in mind the examples aren't period XD they kind of suck but it gives you the idea
all nerves
( np ) Tense, nervous.
By the time I got my convertible out of the car wash, I was all nerves.
all-nighter
( n ) A restaurant that stays open all night.
It was 3 AM but they found a little all-nighter on the corner where they could get a cup of java.
bananas
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
The guy went bananas when I asked him to leave.
bang
( n ) Fun, pleasure.
I get a bang out of bungee jumping.
bash
( n ) A try, an attempt.
Move back and let me have a bash at it.
beat all
( vp ) Be outrageous.
Doesn't that beat all?
behind the 8 ball
( pp ) In trouble; disliked by someone.
I forgot Mavis's birthday and now I'm behind the 8 ball.
bent
( adj ) Upset, angry.
After being bent for so many years, Barry is now a broken man.
bill and coo
( v ) To hug and kiss.
Don't you just love to bill and coo with your girl on the beach?
blabbermouth
( n ) Someone who talks too much.
That blabbermouth told my girlfriend that he saw me with another girl.
blimp
( n ) A very fat person.
I hate to have a blimp sitting next to me when I fly.
boff
( v ) To hit.
He gets into trouble at home when he boffs his brother.
boogie-woogie
( n ) Jazz of the 30s and 40s.
Boogie-woogie is really cutting the rug!
boondoggle
( n ) A con game, a deceitful transaction.
Government contracts are often thinly veiled boondoggles.
boondoggle
( v ) To swindle or cheat.
Heathcliff was boondoggled into selling his car for half of its value.
broke
( adj ) Without money.
I'm broke man; don't ask me for money.
buck
( np ) Money.
I need to make a quick buck.
buddy
( int ) Form of address for a male in the South.
Hey, buddy, can you spare a dime?
burn up
( v ) Make angry, mad.
That really burns me up!
bust out
( v ) To escape.
His mother and three of her buddies busted out of prison but was caught 3 days later.
certifiable
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Stay away from that woman; she's 100 percent certifiable.
chintzy
( adj ) Cheap.
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
cool
( v ) To kill.
The mob cooled him a year or so ago.
cracker
( n ) A white person (offensive).
That cracker just doesn't get jive.
cram
( v ) To study hard.
He didn't study all semester and had to cram before exams.
cuddle
( v ) To hug and kiss.
Let's go over to my front porch and cuddle some.
cut
( v ) To dilute.
They cut the whiskey with water at that bar.
dead
( adj ) Quiet. This disco is really dead tonight.
deep pockets
( np ) Much money.
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
dibs
( n ) A claim.
I have dibs on that seat.
dip
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
The guy who flunked four out of five classes is really a dip.
drop
( v ) To knock down.
Say another word and I'll drop you.
Drop dead!
( int ) Absolutely not!
Drop dead! I'll never go out with you.
duds
( n ) Clothes.
I see you got some new duds for the dance.
fade
( v ) To leave.
I have homework to do, man, let's fade.
flivver
( n ) A broken down car.
Stewart will never get me into that old flivver his father drives.
gasser
( n ) A great time, something hilarious.
The new comedy on TV is a real gasser.
get first base
( vp ) Have initial success trying to seduce someone.
He couldn't get to first base with her, let alone score.
ginchy
( adj ) Sexy.
She is the ginchiest girl I've ever seen.
go bananas
( vp ) To lose control of yourself, go crazy.
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
go steady
( vp ) To date only one person.
They went steady for a year, then broke up.
goof
( v ) Loaf, waste time.
They used to goof on their way home from work.
goon
( n ) A stupid thug or bodyguard.
The mob boss was accompanied by a couple of his goons.
guts
( n ) Courage.
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
hep cat
( np ) A cool jazz-lover.
Nathan is the hep cat who took me to Birdland for the first time.
history
( adj ) Over, done with.
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
hot
( adj ) Stolen.
The police stopped them because they thought the car was hot.
hot seat
( np ) A critical position with great pressure for success.
Dwayne is in the hot seat now: if he doesn't make his quota, he is history.
hotshot
( n ) A person who thinks he is very important.
Look at Bud with his collar up; he thinks he is such a hotshot.
keen
( adj ) Wanting to, excited about {British}.
I'm keen to go to the motion pictures.
keister
( n ) The buttocks.
Llewelyn slipped on the wet floor and fell on his keister.
lick
( n ) A short musical improvisation.
He isn't that creative a trumpeter; he gets most of his licks from others.
lightweight
( n ) Someone who cannot get things done.
You don't want to give a job this important to a lightweight.
Mack
( int ) Form of address for a male.
Hey, Mack, where is the nearest truck stop?
malarkey
( n ) Nonsense.
He said he aced the chem exam. What malarkey!
Mickey-Mouse
( adj ) Minor, unimportant.
Boswell ran some Mickey-Mouse radio station in Florida for a few years.
minxy
( adj ) Alluring, seductive.
She is a totally minxy fox.
Monday morning quarterback
( np ) Someone who offers advice when it is too late.
Fritz is a Monday morning quarterback who is never there when you need him.
mule
( n ) A carrier of illegal drugs.
The cartel uses her as a mule to get their drugs into the country.
nogoodnik
( n ) A bad or worthless person.
So then the nogoodnik tramped across my clean kitchen floor in his muddy boots.
odd ball
( np ) An eccentric.
Freddie is a sort of odd ball who likes to take walks in the park.
on edge
( pp ) Nervous.
All this waiting to hear from the doctor has me on edge.
P. I.
( abb ) A private investigator.
Serena hired a P. I. to tail her husband.
piece of cake
( n ) Something easy.
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
pill
( n ) Anything difficult.
Paying $1200 in taxes is a tough pill to take.
puke
( v, n ) To vomit.
I feel like I am going to puke.
punch-drunk
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Don't listen to that punch-drunk bum; he's crazy.
put a bee in your bonnet
( vp ) Tell something interesting.
Why are you grinning? You look like somebody's put a bee in your bonnet.
Put 'em up!
( vp ) To raise your hands.
Drop that gun and put 'em up!
put-on
( n ) A deception.
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
queer
( adj ) Counterfeit.
Watch him; he's known for passing queer money.
raunchy
( adj ) Dirty, grimy.
Get out of those raunchy clothes and take bath.
riot
( n ) A great time, something hilarious.
The comedy program was a real riot.
rip-snorter
( n ) Something excellent, outstanding.
His party last night was a rip-snorter.
rip-snorting
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding.
Let me tell you, it was a rip-snorting party.
scag
( n ) An ugly female (offensive).
He was seen last night in a sketchy part of town with a scag.
Shoot!
( int ) An interjection of disappointment (euphemism for nuts).
Shoot! I just ripped my pants.
short
( n ) A car.
He was trying to sell a hot short to a salesman on a car lot.
shotgun wedding
( np ) A wedding forced by pregnancy.
The marriage didn't last because it started out in a shotgun wedding.
skip
( v ) To miss, to not attend.
Let's skip chemistry today and go to the library.
slap-happy
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
Roland has been slap-happy ever since he left the ring.
snoot
( n ) Nose.
She popped him on the snoot.
So what?
( int ) I don't care.
So, Nellie got into Smith. So what?
solid
( adj ) Excellent, outstanding.
That bash at her house was solid!
soup up
( v ) Increase the power and speed of a car.
Sure, he wins the drag races: his car is souped up.
soused
( adj ) Drunk, intoxicated.
He came home soused and his wife locked him out.
speedo
( n ) Speedometer.
The speedo was showing 35 mph but we seemed to be going much faster.
spook
( v ) To scare, frighten.
A snake spooked the horse and he threw his rider.
spot
( v ) To loan.
Could you spot me $10 until payday?
squad car
( np ) Police car.
There is no way out; the house is surrounded by squad cars.
stick
( v ) Force someone to do something unpleasant.
He left early and stuck me with cleaning up the house.
tag along
( vp ) Come with.
Mind if I tag along for the ride?
take a hike
( v ) To leave.
I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike!
the word
( n ) The latest news or gossip.
Say, what's the word on Jenny?
throw a bone
( vp ) Help out with something small.
Look, if you make a lot of money, throw your old friend a bone.
tied to an apron string
( vp ) Dominated by the wife or a woman.
Fred can't go fishing on the weekend; he's tied to his wife's apron string.
tomato
( n ) A female.
That Shelly's one red hot tomato.
torch
( n ) An arsonist, someone who starts fires illegally for money.
Burnham Goode was a torch for the mob until the police collared him on the job.
torch
( v ) To commit arson, to burn down illegally.
I hear Burnham Goode torched his own restaurant for the insurance money.
twit
( n ) Petty, immature brat.
The little twit barfed all over her date at the pizza parlor.
( n ) Superficial person.
She is such a twit who spends most of her time shopping.
welch
( v ) To fail to meet an obligation.
He welched on his promise to help paint my house.
What's with you?
( phr ) What is wrong with you?
Hey, what's with you, man. You're really bent.
whiz
( n ) Talented person.
He is a whiz at the computer.
doodly-squat
( n ) A small, worthless amount
The president doesn't know doodly-squat about running a country.
lame-brain
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
This lame-brain thinks it is the Umpire State Building in New York.
( adj ) Stupid or foolish.
I've never heard such a lame-brained idea in my life.
thingamajig
( n ) An object for which a name is unavailable.
What was that thingamajig he was holding?
fly
( v ) Be workable
Your idea doesn't have legs; it won't fly.
fly the coop
( vp ) To leave, elope, or escape.
When he saw you coming up the walk, he flew the coop.
drip
( n ) A weak, indecisive person.
That drip doesn't know how to tie his shoes.
spiv
( n ) Slick con man.
Some worthless spiv married Myrtle, took her money, and left her.
dish
( n ) Something you like.
Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea.
dish (out)
( v ) To serve, to do something hard or harsh.
Tommy isn't afraid of flamers; he can dish it out with the best of them.
cup of tea
( np ) Something you like.
Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea.
jitterbug
( n ) A nervous person.
Calm down, Donny, don't be such a jitterbug.
crunch
( n ) Climax, critical point.
Bertie is someone you can count on in a crunch.
pooch out
( v ) Stick out, protrude.
Millie, why is your stomach pooching out like that?
cheesecake
( n ) Photography of well-proportioned women.
Betty Grable was a popular piece of cheesecake during World War II.
gun
( v ) To accelerate something suddenly.
When Pedro saw Maria down the road, he gunned his old jalopy.
wrap up
( v ) To finalize, bring to an end.
Merlyn wrapped up his presentation with a chorus of "Happy Days" played on the piano.
plugged nickel
( np ) Something worthless.
That car of his isn't worth a plugged nickel.
payola
( n ) A bribe to promote a song on radio or TV.
It is hard to believe that most of the songs we sing are popular only because disc jockeys received payola.
savvy
( n ) Brains, intelligence
Ask Jean-Phillippe; he has a lot of savvy when it comes to car engines.
Yikes!
( int ) Interjection of surprise.
Yikes! That was a close call!
shot
( adj ) Tired, exhausted; worn out, broken down.
I can't go anywhere tonight: me and my car are shot.
nelly
( n ) Male homosexual
That sweet old nelly wouldn't hurt a fly.
jerk
( n ) A stupid or foolish person.
The jerk kept hitting on my girl while I was in Iraq.
bats
( adj ) Crazy, insane.
You're completely bats if you think I'll lend you $5.
crate
( n ) An old car or plane.
You can always find some schnook to sell that old crate of yours to.
lug
( n ) A thug.
The big lug never forgets my birthday.
snazzy
( adj ) Smart, stylish, nice looking.
Did you see that snazzy new car Sue Barew is driving around in?
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Abercrombie
A know-it-all
Abyssinia
I'll be seeing you
Aces, snazzy, hot, nobby, smooth, sweet, swell, keen, cool
Very good
All the way
Chocolate cake or fudge with ice cream
All wet
No good
Ameche, horn, blower
Telephone
Apple
Any big town or city
Babe, broad, dame, doll, frail, twist, muffin, kitten
Woman
Baby
Glass of milk
Bean shooter, gat, rod, roscoe, heater, convincer
Gun
Beat
Broke
Behind the grind
Behind in one's studies
Big house, hoosegow
Prison
Bleed
to extort or blackmail
Blinkers, lamps, pies, shutters, peepers
Eyes
Blow your wig
Become very excited
Booze, hooch, giggle juice, mule
Whiskey
Brodie
A mistake
Brunos, goons, hatchetmen, torpedoes, trigger men
Hired gunmen and other tough guys
Bulge
Having the advantage
Bumping gums, booshwash
Talk about nothing useful
Butter and egg fly, hot mama, sweet mama, sweet patootie, dish,looker, tomato
An attractive woman
Butter and egg man
The money man, the man with the bankroll
Buzzer
Police badge
Cabbage, lettuce, kale, folding green, long green
color of money
Cadillac
One ounce packet of cocaine or heroin
Canary
A female vocalist
Cats or alligators
Fans of swing music
Cave
One's house or apartment
Check or checker
A dollar
Chicago overcoat
Coffin
Chicago typewriter, chopper, gat
"Tommy Gun", Thompson Submachine Gun
Chisel
Swindle, cheat, work an angle
Cinder thingy
Railroad detective
City juice, dog soup
Glass of water
Clam-bake
Wild swing
Clip joint N
ight club or gambling joint where patrons get flimflammed
Copper
Policeman
Crumb
A fink, a loser by social standards
Crust
To insult
Curve
Disappointment
Cute as a bug's ear
Very cute
Dead hoofer or cement mixer
Bad dancer
thingy, shamus, gumshoe, flatfoot
Detective
Dig
Think hard or understand
Dil-ya-ble
A phone call
Dingy
Silly
Dizzy with a dame Very much in love with a woman, sometimes at great risk to themselves, especially if she's someone else's moll
Dog house
String bass
Doggy
Well dressed but in a self conscious way
Dollface
Name for a woman when a man is pleading his case or
apologizing
Doss
Sleep
Drilling, plugging, throwing lead, filling someone with daylight, giving
someone lead poisoning
Shooting a gun (at someone)
Drumsticks, pins, pillars, stems, uprights, get away sticks, gams
Legs
Dukes, paws, grabbers, meat hooks
hands
Egg
A crude person
Egg harbor
Free dance
Eggs in coffee
Run smoothly
Evil
In a bad mood
Face
A Caucasian
Fem, filly, flame, flirt, fuss
Constant girl companion to a boy
Five spot, a Lincoln
$5 bill
Genius
An extremely, unbelievably, dumb persons
Gin mill
Place that serves liquor, sometimes illegally
G-man
Federal agent, term coined by Machine Gun Kelly
Gobble-pipe
Saxophone
Golddigger
Attractive young woman actively hunting for a rich man
Greaseball, half portion, wet smack, wet sock, jelly bean
Unpopular person
Grifter
A con man or woman
Gumming the works
To cause something to run less smoothly
Gunsel
Gunman with a hint toward being a reckless loose cannon or young homosexual (insult)
Hard boiled
Tough
Hocks or plates
Feet
Honey cooler
A kiss
Hop, rag, jolly up, romp, wingding
Dance or party
Hotsquat
Electric chair
House thingy, house peeper
House detective
Joe
A average guy
Joed
Tired
Juicy
Enjoyable
K balling
Salvaging parts from junked rail cars to rebuild others
Keen
Very Good
Kibosh
Squelch
Kippy
Neat
Low down
All the information
Lunger
Someone with tuberculosis
Make tracks, dangle
Leave in a hurry, leave aburptly
Meat wagon
Ambulance
Micky, Micky Finn
Drink spiked with a knock out drugs
Mitt me kid!
Congratulate me
Moll
A gangster's girlfriend
Murder!
Wow!
Nuts!
Telling someone they are full of nonsense
Okie
Migrant worker from Oklahoma
Off the cob
Corny
Packing heat, wearing iron
Carrying a gun
Pally
Friend, chum, sometimes used sarcasticly
Patsy
Innocent man framed for a criminal charge
Pill
Disagreeable person
Pip
Attractive person
Pitching woo, making whoppee
Making love
Platter
A record
Plenty rugged
Big and strong
Pachuco
Young Mexican living in the US
Ring-a-ding-ding
A good time at a party
Rot gut, bathtub gin
Prohibition alcohol usually made in back rooms and of low quality
Sawbuck
$10 bill
Scat singer
A vocalist who improvises lyrics, substituting nonsense syllables for words
Scrub
Poor student
Shake a leg
Hurry up
Skin tickler
A drummer
Slip me five
Shake my hand
Smooth
Well dressed without qualification
Snipe
Cigarette
Sourdough
Conterfeit money
Speakeasy
Bar disguised as something else or hidden behind an unmarked door
Squat
Nothing
Stool pigeon, snitch
Someone who informs to the police
Suds, salad, dough, moolah, rhino, bacon (as in bring home the
bacon), bread
Money
Take a powder, blow, split, scram, drift
Leave
Taking the rap, taking the fall
Taking responsibility for someone else's crime or crimes
The high hat
A response in which one excludes another with irreverence and intent to offend
The kiss off
The final goodbye as in exile or death
Tin
Small change
Tin can, flivver
A car
Tin ear, Ickie
Someone who did not like popular music
Togged to the bricks
Dressed up
Trip for biscuits
A task that yields nothing
Twit
Fool or Idiot
Whacky
Crazy
What's your story, morning glory?
What do you mean by that?
Wheat
Person unused to city ways
Yo!
Yes
You and me both
I agree
"You shred it, wheat"
You said it
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