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Terms referring to people:
- Flapper
- Outspoken young woman with boyish manners and dress. Flappers actually modeled their style based on the look of French prostitutes; the companions of many a lonely American soldier (or "doughboy") during World War I.
- Sheik
- A sexy young man; often the boyfriend of the flapper. A sheik's girlfriend might also be called a Sheba. Term inspired by sexy movie star Rudolph Valentino, famous for playing sheiks in films.
- Jazz babies
- Another term for flappers
- Beaut
- A cute flapper
- Joe College
- Male college student
- Joe Zilch
- A loser
- Jazzbo, jellybean
- More terms for hip, hot young males
- Gold-digger
- Flapper on the make for a rich boyfriend or husband
- Cat's Meow, Cat's Pajamas
- "He's the cat's meow;" means "he's cute," "she's cute (or wonderful)," etc. Could also refer to things.
- Bee's knees
- Same as "cat's meow."
- Two-timer (or) Ex
- Terms referring to cheating and rejected suitors
- Petter, heavy necker, heavy petter, snugglepup
- Amorous, frisky young guys
- Playboy, sugar daddy, big cheese
- Financially well-to-do men, often with reputations for being generous in spending for gifts. A good catch for a gold-digger.
- Dumb Dora, dumbell
- Stupid girl; airhead
Dating terms:
- Hickie
- Red mark left on girlfriend's neck by heavy petting boy
- Park
- Verb meaning to stop at lover's lane, etc. and make love
- Carry a torch
- A jilted lover's inability to let go of a former relationship
- Blind date
- Date between a boy and girl who'd never met before; usually arranged by friends
- Petting, necking, heavy petting, etc.
- Making love, making out; usually meant kissing and "feeling up" more than actually "going all the way."
- Stuck on
- Attached; in love. Those two are "stuck on" each other.
Prohibition/Drinking terms:
- Speakeasy, gin mill, whoopee parlor
- Secret, illegal bars
- Fried, crocked, ossified, juiced, etc.
- Among the many terms for being drunk
- Moonshine, sauce, giggle water, hooch, bathtub gin, Jake-leg, etc.
- Among the many terms for bootleg liquor
- Hair of the dog
- A shot of alcohol
- Upchuck
- Vomit, puke
- Rumrunner
- Someone who smuggled good (not bootleg) alcoholic beverages into the United States
General Slang terms:
- Copacetic
- An exclamation meaning great, excellent, cool, I understand, I dig that, etc.
- Bunk (or) baloney
- Exclamations meaning it's b.s., it's not true, that's nonsense, it's a lotta hooey, it's a scam
- Banana oil
- Same as bunk
- Absolutely, Positively, Posi-lootly
- Exclamations meaning yes, of course, you bet; used by flappers and usually said slowly to accentuate each syllable
- Nifty, swell
- Cool, excellent, that's great
- Ritzy, swanky
- High class, cool
- Peppy
- Full of energy, giddy
- It
- Sex appeal
- Goofy
- Something or someone stupid. Can also mean in love. "He's goofy for her." Also, a goof is a goofy/silly person.
- Whoopee
- Makin' whoopee meant heavy petting or having sex. Whoopee also just meant have fun in general, getting drunk, partying, etc.
- Fly a Kite! (or) Go fly a kite!
- Shut up, get away from me, get out of my face, go to Hell, jump off a bridge, etc.
- For crying out loud!
- Something outrageous, stupid, unbelievable.
- Hard-boiled
- Someone, usually a guy, with cold manners, not sentimental, a hard case.
- Hot diggety! Hot diggety dog!
- Expression of excitement; or an emergency situation (Hot diggety! I gotta get going!)
- Get Hot!
- Dance floor, party expression. Used to encourage dancers to perform a wild Charleston dance.
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