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This compilation highlights American slang from the 1920s and does not include foreign phrases. The glossary includes dated entries connected to bootlegging, criminal activities, drug usage, filmmaking, firearms, ethnic slurs, prison slang, sexuality, women's physical features, and sports metaphors.
According to slang glossaries of the early 1920s, the term "dumb Dora" referred to any young woman who was scatter-brained or stupid. [8] Flappers of the 1920s were also sometimes likened to dumb Doras.
The slang term "flapper" may derive from an earlier use in northern England to mean "teenage girl", referring to one whose hair is not yet put up and whose plaited pigtail "flapped" on her back, [5] or from an older word meaning "prostitute". [6] The slang word "flap" was used for a young prostitute as early as 1631. [7]
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.
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Bimbo is slang for a conventionally attractive, sexualized naïve woman. [1] The term was originally used in the United States as early as 1919 for an unintelligent or brutish man. [2] As of the early 21st century, the "stereotypical bimbo" appearance became akin to that of a physically attractive woman.
She is widely credited with the invention of the "it girl" concept: although the slang predates her book and film, she was responsible for the term's impact on the culture of the 1920s. [ 7 ] In 1927, the Paramount Studios film was planned as a special showcase for its popular star Clara Bow , and her performance [ 8 ] introduced the term "it ...
The Gold Digger (Judge, 24 July 1920) Lobby card for Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), an example of a film which helped create the American public association of chorus girls with gold diggers. A gold digger is a person, typically a woman, who engages in a type of transactional sexual relationship for money rather than love. [1]