How to Sound Like the Bee's Knees: A Dictionary of 1920s Slang
http://news.yahoo.com/sound-bees-knees-dictionary-1920s-slang-203421465.html (http://news.yahoo.com/sound-bees-knees-dictionary-1920s-slang-203421465.html)
Prohibition be damned, words were just better in the 1920s. There's a fascinating piece today in the New York Times from Edward Rothstein about the new prohibition exhibition at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center that's well worth a read if you're interested in things booze and 1920s, and of course about that truly weird little legal time in our country's history. But of extra-special interest to me in this article was the following note about the exhibit:
http://news.yahoo.com/sound-bees-knees-dictionary-1920s-slang-203421465.html (http://news.yahoo.com/sound-bees-knees-dictionary-1920s-slang-203421465.html)
Cool article....and I was suprised to realize that I knew some of these already. :smile:
The cat's meow!
s**t-in the back country of Michigan,the farmers used lotsa these terms-heck-I use phonus balonus-learned it from Bugs Bunny,I think,
Heh heh. "Zozzled." I'm saving that one. :teddyr:
This thread is the kipper's knickers.
No words for underpants back then? *SOB* :bluesad: :wink:
Quote from: Trevor on November 12, 2012, 06:51:57 AM
No words for underpants back then? *SOB* :bluesad: :wink:
Maybe "Bloomers".