It’s not just kids these days that use slang. People have been using slang and colloquial speech since the invention of the spoken word (which was a very, very long time ago). Possibly some of the greatest slang terms in the English language came to us from the roaring twenties. Known for excess, lavishness, and lots of over the top parties, people in the twenties developed their own method of communication. These days many of those phrases and slang terms have been made popular by movies, cinema, and literature, and some of them have even found their way back into everyday usage. It’s always fun, however, to see where the words you are using come from and why people use them. Many terms and words we use today are derived from other terms and words used in the past. Many of these words, as you’ll soon see, reflect the culture of the decade, and if anything they show that inflation has definitely runs its course (a ten cent box is a taxi!). For the most part, though, these words are somewhat comical even though many of them have fallen out of popular usage, reading their meanings can be quite entertaining! These are 25 super cool slang phrases people used in the 20s.
Featured Image: Alijah Villian via Flickr
Butt me!
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: could you give me a cigarette?
Giggle water
Source: wikipedia, Image: pexels Meaning: an alcoholic beverage
Go chase yourself!
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: get out of here!
Iron one’s shoelaces
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: to excuse yourself for the bathroom
Know your onions
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: to know what’s going on
Noodle juice
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: tea
Now you’re on the trolley!
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: now you got it right!
Petting pantry
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: a cinema
Tell it to Sweeney!
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: what you would say if you don’t believe something to be true
Cellar Smeller
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: someone who only shows up when there are free drinks
Face Stretcher
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: an old lady who tries to look young
Fakeloo Artist
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: a conman
Flat Tire
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: used to indicate that a date did not meet expectations (he was such a flat tire!)
Ground Grippers
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: sneakers
Hit On All Sixes
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: to perform at full capacity or to nail something
Hope Chest
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: a pack of cigarettes
Meat Wagon
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: an ambulance
Mustard Plaster
Source: wikipedia, Image: Wesley Fryer via Flickr Meaning: an unwanted person who won’t leave
Streeted
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: to get kicked out of a party
Torpedo
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: a thug or hitman
Ten Cent Box
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: a taxi
Bimbo
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: a tough guy
Handcuff
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia Meaning: engangement ring
Bee's Knees
Source: wikipedia, Image: freestockphotos.biz Meaning: the best
Jake
Source: wikipedia, Image: pixabay Meaning: everything is ok (everything is jake)
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