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5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...
Pages in category "1970s slang" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aproko; B. Boogie; G. Groovy; S.
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
10-70 A fire. 10-77/10-double-7 No or negative, often said with intensity. 10-100 Restroom break. 10-200 Police needed at _____. (In the trucking-themed movie Smokey and the Bandit, a character jokingly plays off this usage, saying that 10-100 is better than 10-200, meaning that 10-100 was peeing and 10-200 was doing a #2). 20
The 20th century was a truly special time. One day we were "cruisin' for a bruisin'" with some "greasers" at the "passion pit," the next we're telling a Valley Girl to "talk to the hand"—or ...
Using slang can be fun. When you throw bae or lit into a conversation, it can feel like you're part of a secret club, using a coded language that only the select few understand. Here's the sad ...
An early use of the word is in the trailer to the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, which depicts various viewers' reactions to the films, wherein a few of the younger viewers use the word “groovy” to describe the film. The term was also part of the title of a TV program called The Groovy Show, which ran from 1967 to 1970.
Internet slang (7 C, 140 P) V. Valleyspeak (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "1990s slang" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.