- Take a powder – to leave
- Eager beaver – enthusiastic helper
- Doll dizzy – girl crazy
- Ducky shincracker - a good dancer
- Above my pay grade – don’t ask me
- Cook with gas – to do something right
- Killer-diller – good stuff
- Stompers – shoes
- Flip your wig – to lose control of yourself
- Pennies from heaven – easy money
- What’s buzzin’, cousin? – how’s it going?
- Carry a Torch – to have a crush on someone
- Cat’s Meow – something splendid or stylish
- Hard Boiled – a tough, strong guy
- Hooch – bootleg liquor
- Hoofer – dancer
- Hotsy-Totsy – pleasing
- Kisser – mouth
- Moll – a gangster’s girl
- Ritzy – elegant
- Scram – ask someone to leave immediately
- Soitently- sure!
- Spiffy – an elegant appearance
- Spread Out!- Get out of the way!
- Stuck On – having a crush on
- Swanky – ritzy
- Swell- wonderful
- Wise guy- a smart ass
- Whoopee – to have a good time
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1940s Slang
With a sweet kiss and a slow dance,
autumn wrapped summer in her romance.
My longing
was ruby-colored. I wore it
around my neck, and everything
was drunkenness and dance, every day
a kind of drowning—
Zeina Hashem Beck, from
“I Dreamt We Threw Bread Crumbs,”
Louder Than Hearts: Poems
(Bauhan Pub, 2017)
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2019 is more flowers, more rosé, more perfume, more pink, more dance, more lingerie, more skincare, more healthy food, more books, more gardens and more self love.
