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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.
an art gallery, audience, or a pool of celebrities on a program. English ギャル: gyaru: gal a young woman who belongs to the gyaru subculture English ハイカラ: haikara: high colla(r) (1920s slang) a person who was devoted to Western fashions, trends and values. E.g., manga/anime Haikara-san ga Tōru ("Here Comes Miss High-Collar"). English
Dumb Dora was initially drawn by Chic Young (of later Blondie fame). [5] After Young left the strip to create Blondie, Paul Fung took over Dumb Dora.Fung also added a topper strip to Dumb Dora, When Mother was a Girl. [6]
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Pages in category "1920s slang" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The Modern Woman Revisited: Paris Between the Wars. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3292-9.. De Castelbajac, Kate (1995). The Face of the Century: 100 Years of Makeup and Style. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-1895-2.. Dumenil, Lynn (1995) The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s. New York: Hill and Wang. ISBN 978-0-8090 ...
Pages in category "Slang terms for women" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Angry black woman; B.
A caricature of a Jazz Age flapper, Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as "combin[ing] in appearance the childish with the sophisticated—a large round baby face with big eyes and a nose like a button, framed in a somewhat careful coiffure, with a very small body of which perhaps the leading characteristic is the most self-confident ...
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