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Slang from the 20’s


posted 3 years ago

Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in “Ah applesauce!”

Bearcat - a hot-blooded or fiery girl

Cash or check? - Do you kiss now or later?

Darb - An excellent person or thing (as in “the Darb” - a person with money who can be relied on to pay the check)

Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage; alcohol

“Now you’re on the trolley!” - Now you’ve got it, now you’re right!

Ossified - a drunk person

Spifflicated - Drunk. The same as canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered, owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified or fried to the hat

Lots, lots more here.