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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 ...
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.
Pages in category "1980s slang" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aproko; E. Essex girl; Essex ...
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 ...
Pages in category "1960s slang" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. Groovy; H. Hip (slang) S.
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.
Linguists Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer go through the history of some of the most popular slang words ever and talk about not only their origins, but why some of them have gone out of style ...
Cover of the first volume of the print edition (2010) of Green's Dictionary of Slang. Green's Dictionary of Slang (GDoS) is a multivolume dictionary defining and giving the history of English slang from around the Early Modern English period to the present day written by Jonathon Green.