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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.
In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage. You pay for the booze and the giggle is free. Example: "Barkeep!
A swing fan, named after the dance. Same as the Lindy Hop, a dance created in the 1920s and 1930s. Danced to swing and Western swing. Jive Cab Calloway defines this in the 1930s as "Harlemese speech", meaning the style of slang. In basic terms jive means talk. [13] It can also mean kidding with someone.
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The earliest-known report of the slang expression "23" (or "twenty-three") as a code word for asking someone to leave is a newspaper reference on March 17, 1899: For some time past there has been going the rounds of the men about town the slang phrase "Twenty-three."
Flappers of the 1920s were also sometimes likened to dumb Doras. [9] [10] The epithet "Dumb Dora" became identified with the vaudeville act of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, [5] as did a similar slang expression for a female who was not very bright, but in a charming way: "dizzy dame."