Wicked! Just seen a list of 1940’s and 1950’s slang terms.
Wonder if they still are in use? Can see some are very politically incorrect in the 21st Century, but perhaps I can dig that and appear hep again!
- Blow a fuse - ( vp ) Lose your temper.
- Bunk - ( adj ) Bad, no good.
- Buster - ( n ) A loser, a jerk.
- Chick - ( n ) A girl.
- Dig - ( v ) To comprehend, understand, or like something.
- Doll - ( n ) A sweet and affectionate person.
- Dracula - ( n ) Something in a class by itself.
- Dreamboat - ( n ) An extremely attractive person.
- Fuddy duddy - ( n ) An old-fashioned, boring, anal-retentive person.
- Gadzooks - ( vp ) An interjection showing surprise.
- Goop - ( n ) A stupid person.
- Heel - ( n ) A loser, a jerk.
- Hep - ( adj ) Knowledgeable about the current scene.
- Hot dog - ( int ) An interjection of surprise.
- Icky - ( adj ) Not hip, boring.
- In the groove - ( adj ) Perfect, no deviation, down the alley.
- Jackson - ( n ) A general name for all friends.
- Jitterbug - ( n ) A swing fan.
- Mess o' cabbage - ( adj ) Something that is a bunch of rubbish.
- Mickey Finn - ( n ) A drink laced with poison or an incapacitating drug.
- Muggin' - ( v ) Making someone laugh.
- Murder - ( n ) Something excellent or terrific.
- Noodle - ( n ) A person's brain.
- Rug cutter - ( n ) A very good dancer, an active jitterbug.
- Solid - ( adj ) Great, swell, okay.
- Square - ( n ) An unhep person.
- Stag - ( n ) A man looking to get married.
- Ticker - ( n ) A person's heart.
- Zoot - ( adj ) Exaggerated.
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