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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.
Effect – how a magic trick is perceived by a spectator. Egg bag – a utility bag which can be turned inside out to conceal an object (egg) or and then reproduce it. Elmsley count – a false count (often done with four cards) where the face or back of a card is hidden while the cards are passed from one hand to another.
Colostomy Bag: Vulgar, from "Pocket Jacks", 'Jacks' being a UK/Irish slang term for a toilet Rentboys: Two young men, similar to pocket queen's "Prostitutes" nickname Knaves Aplenty: Literally, a plethora of Jacks, a Knave being an alternative term for a Jack. Kid Dy-no-mite: Signature expression of the character JJ from the TV show Good Times [19]
The African-American cook had a mojo bag with a "lizard's tail, rabbit's foot, a fish eye, snake skins, a beetle, and a dime with a hole in it." This mojo bag was worn by the cook for good-luck. [55] Other conjure bundles in the hoodoo tradition are hanged on the side of the door or beds where people sleep to protect from conjure. [56]
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
A slang dictionary is a reference book containing an alphabetical list of slang, which is vernacular vocabulary not generally acceptable in formal usage, usually including information given for each word, including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.
The South is known for having their own lingo. But these six phrases are pretty unique to the Peach state. Do you know them all?