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The dominant name for the subculture during the 1950s was hoods, in reference to their upturned collars, with many also calling them J.D.s (abbreviated from juvenile delinquents). [8] Within Greater Baltimore during the 1950s and early 1960s, greasers were colloquially referred to as drapes and drapettes. [12] [13] [14]
With the Civil War nearing an end, rebel soldiers Will Owen, Jesse Wallace, and Clint Priest escape from a Union stockade in Missouri. A bandit leader and Confederate sympathizer, Keeley, recruits them to join a wagon train run by Don Chaves that is carrying a million dollars' worth of gold bullion out of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
They are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by certain ethnic groups in urban areas , particularly Italian Americans , Hispanic ...
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Pages in category "1950s slang" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
During the 1950s, the wealthy and clean cut Squares, Rahs and Socs (Soc being short for social) with their Ivy League clothes were the rivals to the working class Greaser subculture. [13] The conflict between the two groups features in Grease , The Outsiders , [ 14 ] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , and Cry-Baby . [ 15 ]
The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the Yagara people who live in the region around what is now known as Brisbane.
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