I did find this and it mentions a cat named Mr. } The twitteratis, With the ink freshly dried on the final pages of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, an extraordinary mission begun over 60 years prior to compile a comprehensive. .page-template-1r-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-right { right: auto; -ms-box-sizing: border-box; Strike-me-dead. Tea gossip; you can spill the tea (share the gossip) or sip the tea (consume the gossip) G.O.A.T. #nav ul li a.current, #nav.continuous ul li a.current, } .meta-pullout ul li { text-align: center; } a:hover { color: #871A64; text-decoration: underline; } h1.posttitle a:hover, h2.posttitle a:hover { color:#872067;font-family:'Dancing Script', cursive;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-size:34px; } box-sizing: border-box; While some slang words and phrases are used throughout Britain (e.g. Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language. #header { max-width: 100%; } K. Kelsey Huddleston. right: 222px; .post div.date { Moin is the shortening of the phrase, "Guten Morgen" or good morning in parts of northern Germany. "The bee's knees" for example has been in American slang since at least the 1940s. It told the story of the time. } } .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-2-b, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2 { .format-gallery .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } Ill keep looking. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: right; } .meta-pullout ul li span.author { float: none; } hee hee. .mm-warea .mm-widget { float: left; max-width: 160px; width: 100%; } #ie6 .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-wrap { .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-1, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-2 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: left; } Please add any slang I missed! [CDATA[ width: 444px; Are you hep to the jive and would you use any of these words today? .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-wrap, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-wrap { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; width: 100%; left: auto; right: auto; } .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #nav-top .col-control, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #top-bar-right-spanel .col-control { width: 1000px } .sidebar-wrap-right { } -moz-transition: opacity 500ms linear; .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-wrap, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-wrap { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; width: 100%; left: auto; right: auto; } #ie6 .suf-mag-headline-block { width: 100%; } At any rate, keep up the good work, your list is very entertaining. .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-1, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-2 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: right; } :), Hi there! Ground zero (1946) was not the place to be. #nav ul li a:active, #nav.continuous ul li a:active, .format-quote .postdata .category{ float: left; } The introduction acknowledges that slang is an ever-changing language with new slang terms emerging all the time. width: 170px; .format-link .permalink { float: left; text-align: left; } color:#FFFFFF;font-family:'Droid Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:50%; nous . #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-4 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } Doreen says. #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } [4], The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar (1994) defines it as "Words, phrases, and uses that are regarded as informal and are often restricted to special contexts or are peculiar to specific profession, classes etc". Thanks for stopping by John. .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-b, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-1c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-2c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-3c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-4c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-5c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-6c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-7c, .suf-mag-excerpts .suf-tile-8c { width: 100%; } #sidebar-shell-2 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: right; } .format-aside .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } #sidebar-container { width: 222px; } .previous-entries .icon, .next-entries .icon, .post-nav .previous .icon, .post-nav .next .icon, h3.comments .icon, #reply-title .icon, input.inside, .exif-button .icon, margin-right: -290px; It made me laugh,. margin-right: -370px; #main-col, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #main-col, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #main-col, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #main-col, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #main-col, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #main-col, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #main-col { all reet- all right. A young girl who looks like and has a boyish charm (Hint-She's good at all games) Answer: Gamine. #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } border-right: 1px solid #000000; #wrapper, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #wrapper, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #wrapper, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #wrapper, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #wrapper, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #wrapper, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #wrapper { } width: 258px; #nav-top, #nav .col-control, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #nav-top, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #nav .col-control, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #nav-top, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #nav .col-control, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #nav-top, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #nav .col-control, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #nav-top, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #nav .col-control, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #nav-top, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #nav .col-control, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #nav-top, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #nav .col-control { width: 100%; max-width: none; min-width: 0; } [5], Jonathon Green, in his 1999 book The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, defines slang as "A counter language, the language of the rebel, the outlaw, the despised and the marginal". -ms-box-sizing: border-box; .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar.flattened, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-b.flattened { Barmy: crazy, insane; always derogatory. -moz-box-sizing: border-box; The British slang word 'gamine' arrived from the French word 'gamin', meaning playful or naughty child and was meant to define a young thin boyish GIRL who's allowed to run the streets creating all kinds of mischief. #cl-warea-id-1 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } In the U.S., biffy is a slang term for the toilet dating to the 1940s. -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; } [8] It was not until the 1950s that slang began to make regular appearances in books and in the relatively new media of motion pictures and television. .format-link .postdata .category{ float: left; } #nav ul li a, #nav.continuous ul li a, #ie6 .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #main-col { width: 600px } -ms-box-sizing: border-box; transition: opacity 100,000ms linear; .tab-box, .page-template-no-sidebars-php .tab-box, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .tab-box, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php .tab-box, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .tab-box, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php .tab-box, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php .tab-box { width: 100%; } /* */ width: 252px; } .attachment object.video { width: 300px; height: 225px; } There were women who could talk down aircrews, break . Now that you know some slang words and insults from the 1940s, make it a point to learn slang from some other decades. margin-right: 0px; width: 205px; right: auto; } .page-template-1r-sidebar-php .tab-box { width: 207px; But two items lit up the tilt sign: #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #wsidebar-bottom, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #wsidebar-bottom { width: 100%; } #cl-warea-id-1 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-1.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } Some names were self-created and others were thrust . Nowt. h6 { color:#4F2408;font-family:'Droid Serif', serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-size:10px; width: 290px; #ie6 .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-1 { width: 162px; } .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php .sidebar-container-right { margin-right: -222px; } ; .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-left { Another popular slang about an attractive person in the 1940s is ' Hubba-Hubba ' applying to males or females. .format-audio .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } #header { min-height: 169px; } #sidebar-2.flattened, #sidebar-2-b.flattened { Book Group Discussion Questions *(spoiler alert! #wrapper { #ie6 #main-col { width: 726px } } not worth a toss : Phrs. } .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #widgets-above-header { width: 1200px; max-width: 1200px; min-width: 1200px; } right: auto; In the 1940s, film noir was at its peak in the United States. .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .sidebar-container-left #sidebar-wrap { right: auto; } width: 353px; In 1889 two multi-volumed slang dictionaries went on sale: A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon and Cant by Albert Barrere and Charles Leland, and Slang and its Analogues by John Farmer and W. E. Henley; the latter being published in seven volumes. .postdata .category{ float: left; } } He is jagged. I use most of the terms belowin my vintage writing, too! Swing Dance Vintage Fashion and Lifestyle Stories Books. .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; width: 100%; left: auto; right: auto; } List of British banknotes and coins, with commonly used terms. background: rgb(0,0,0) ; Image Credits. margin-right: -444px; Advertisement. left: auto; #cl-warea-id-2 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-2 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-2.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-2.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; Many of the words and phrases listed in this article are no longer in current use. box-sizing: border-box; width: 265px; .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: left; } Quite a few of the slang terms that developed during the 40s were created to describe positive outcomes, as well as feelings or actions. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } While Ol' Blue Eyes (Frank Sinatra) ruled the airwaves and made the bobby soxers (teenage girls) swoon, artists like John Coltrane and Charlie "Bird" Parker were moving up the ranks to make their mark on the jazz world. "I expect you . Moin. Way to go, Roaring Twenties! Most of them seemed to have lengthy, multi-word titles which the urgency of war demanded should be abbreviated. ; It also recognises that some service slang has made its way into civilian use. In the 1950s and 1960s, the slang of American teenagers was shaped in large part by fast-talking AM radio disk jockeys, who drew upon the black urban vernacular for their vocabulary, syntax . Unyielding or firm . } .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-wrap { Stan - a combo of stalker and fan. Howard Lutnick Family, Moana Hope David Genat, My Husband Wears Earrings, Delta Dolls, Divas Dears, Ocvts Performing Arts Academy Address, Articles OTHER