.blogtitle a { color: #000000; text-decoration: none; } American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth. -ms-box-sizing: border-box; Originally Published: Sep 20, 2007. .suf-tiles .suf-tile-1c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-2c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-3c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-4c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-5c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-6c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-7c, .suf-tiles .suf-tile-8c { width: 100%; } Grass - Cockney (English) rhyming slang for a police informant: Grasshopper = Copper. .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; } This is one of my favorite decades. Now that you know some slang words and insults from the 1940s, make it a point to learn slang from some other decades. -ms-box-sizing: border-box; .page-template-2r-sidebars-php .sidebar-container-left #sidebar-wrap { right: auto; } Stan - a combo of stalker and fan. #cl-warea-id-5 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } -khtml-transition: opacity 500ms linear; h3.comments, h3#respond, h3.respond, #reply-title { color:#4F2408;font-family:'Dancing Script', cursive;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:20px; .attachment object.text { width: 300px; } Here is the full list, with our favorite terms in bold and images of drunkenness from centuries past interspersed throughout. #nav-top .mm-warea { -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; right: auto; #sidebar-shell-1 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: left; } Use with . width: 199px; #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-5 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } width: 207px; div.bookentry .stats { width: 142px; } Reet means right not very. .format-gallery .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } background: rgb(0,0,0) ; above my pay grade- don't ask me. #ie6 .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar, #ie6 .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-b, #ie6 .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-1 { .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-left { awww wish I knew phrases used in Mxico or Spain on that time have not find accurate info jajaja, but thank you for this ones above!!! width: 353px; } .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .tags { The vernacular of this decade also included some slang insults, as well as terms to describe negative situations. .meta-position-left-pullout .entry-container, .meta-position-right-pullout .entry-container, .outer-pullout-container { padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0; } h2.suf-mag-headlines-title { text-align: center; } I am using it to write a 1940s swing era webseries called, Vamp & Vixen. max-width: 355px; width: 212px; width: 252px; Forget it; keep it a secret. These are full of the street characters with the dialogue . Glasgow GN4 0NB: Harper Collins Publishers. Pegs means legs. See also: gams, pins, pinions. .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #wsidebar-top, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #wsidebar-bottom { width: 273px; } At any rate, keep up the good work, your list is very entertaining. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { float: right; } Please let me know if you can. .post.format-audio .postdata .comments { float: right; } } margin-left: -100%; .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: left; } .format-audio .permalink { float: left; text-align: left; } .postdata .category { Some of the words have more than one meaning, but remember it's the slang definition you are looking for. .meta-pullout ul { border-right: none; border-left: none; } left: auto; you for a cube: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. In the U.S., biffy is a slang term for the toilet dating to the 1940s. Rotgut. .format-status .permalink { float: left; text-align: left; } 3. #ie6 .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-1 { } Soundtracks: "Hops the Atlantic" Neo Swing & WWII NEW! } #header-widgets .suf-widget-1c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-2c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-3c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-4c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-5c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-6c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-7c, #header-widgets .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } That way I KNOW they were used, even if just in Hollywood. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: left; } right: auto; .page-template-1l-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-right { #ie6 .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { transition: opacity 100,000ms linear; Mr. Musick sure is tootin when he tells the world the evils of substitootin. baggin(g) Noun. .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .sidebar-wrap-right { } -webkit-box-sizing: border-box; .page-template-1r-sidebar-php .sidebar-wrap-right { A very thin or emaciated person or animal. width: 199px; 2. Mind you, most of these words can even make their way into our vocabulary, and still not sound dated. left: auto; .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 100%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } } article.page .postdata .comments { float: right; } #nav ul li a:hover, #nav.continuous ul li a:hover, Herein are 50 vintage slang terms that once-upon-a-time dominated the world, today . 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; Many new slang words became part of everyday dialogue during this decade. It was also a time of picking up the pieces after World War II, while forging new ground in technology, science, government intelligence and popular culture. left: 237px; Oxford University Press (1995). Many baseball players and other celebrities went to war, and much of American culture was focused around it. left: auto; Thanks for taking the time to post a comment. To take one small part of the whole as an example, . ; } #ie6 .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar, #ie6 .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-b, #ie6 .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo (see euphemism). For example: plates of meat for "feet", or twist and twirl for "girl". #cred a:hover { color:#664925;font-family:'Droid Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal; } width: 252px; Deadsville no, this wasn't a cemetery, but just a place that was boring or unpopulated. Even a Brit would find it difficult getting 1940s slang accurate, and that's without the UK/US issue. } .page-template-2r-sidebars-php .sidebar-wrap-right { #cl-warea-id-4 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-4 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-4.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-4.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } height: 100px; #sidebar.left, #sidebar-b.left, #sidebar-2.right, #sidebar-2-b.right { float: left; } .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-wrap { Slang, more than any other language, remains spoken and resists being recorded on paper (or for that matter any other medium). .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; } #ie6 #sidebar-container { max-width: none; This British slang for pregnant has its root in duff, a type of boiled or steamed pudding, as the BBC explained. All the best. .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-1c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-2c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-3c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-4c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-5c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-6c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-7c, .suf-mag-categories .suf-tile-8c { width: 100%; } Thanks! } Bloody - adv., intensifier, popularly used in the phrase "Bloody hell!" Very common, medium strength. .format-image .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } Quarter guinea: 5/3: 0.2625: 1718, 1762. #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } ; h5 { color:#4F2408;font-family:'Andika', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:12px; width: 444px; .commentlist li.comment, .commentlist li.pingback, .commentlist li.trackback { color:#331705;font-family:'Droid Sans', sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-size:13px; As TLC means Tender Love and Care. .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #nav-top, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #top-bar-right-spanel { width: 1200px; max-width: 1200px; min-width: 1200px; } [13], Slang is also used to create an identity or sense of belonging and a number of occupations have their own slang; most notably the armed forces, referred to as Forces or Service slang; and the construction industry. .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right { width: 100%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; } #nav-top .col-control, #top-bar-right-spanel .col-control { width: 1200px } } Nice kicks would be a compliment about your shoes. article.page span.author { float: left; padding-right: 10px; } border-top: none; #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-1c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-2c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-3c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-4c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-5c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-6c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-7c, #widgets-above-header .suf-widget-8c { width: 32%; margin: 5px 0.49%; } right: 200px; } How many have you heard in movies or music. The secret language that broke taboos. margin-left: -100%; } .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; } .post.format-video span.author { float: left; padding-right: 10px; } Whether you are an academic, a developer, or just a worshipper of words, please provide your details below to receive the OED news and updates most relevant to you. img.left-thumbnail, img.right-thumbnail { float: none; width: auto; } (Scots) 7. Once again, this one is found in many parts of the . #sidebar-wrap { List of British banknotes and coins, with commonly used terms. .page-template-no-sidebars-php #main-col { width: 100%; } -moz-box-sizing: border-box; .sidebar-wrap-right { .post.format-status span.author { float: left; padding-right: 10px; } } The 1940s got swallowed up in World War II. Drats! The world, released from the ravages of war, sought safety in numbers (collective security the term dates from the 1930s). .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2 { width: 49%; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; left: auto; right: auto; float: right; } margin-right: -275px; width: 207px; . #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; } Wangle - means to get or do something that is a bit devious. My dad (b.1920) always said its the shank of the evening to mean its early yet, dont leave. Usually he said it to people whod been around for some considerable time, so it may have been ironic. #widgets-above-header .col-control { width: 1200px } #nav .col-control { width: 1200px } Florin or double leopard: 6/-0.3: 1344. and #cl-warea-id-5 .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5 .cl-warea-row .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5.cl-warea-all .cl-widget, #cl-warea-id-5.cl-warea-original .cl-widget { width: 100%; } width: 290px; 4. .meta-pullout ul li { text-align: center; } .suf-mag-category-image { .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar.flattened, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-b.flattened { I love the old movies and got most of the 1940s slangfrom those old flicks like Twice Blessed, Jive Junction, and Buck Privates. .page-template-2l-sidebars-php .postdata .category { #nav-top, #top-bar-right-spanel { margin: 0 auto; } #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-3 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } } .post .date span.month { admiral's watch- a good night's sleep. #wsidebar-top, #wsidebar-bottom { width: 427px; } Gotta research it a little. .format-aside .tags { float: right; text-align: right; } @media screen and (max-width: 650px) { Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and . #nav ul li a, #nav.continuous ul li a, "The bee's knees" for example has been in American slang since at least the 1940s. #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-1c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-2c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-3c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-4c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-5c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-6c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-7c, #ad-hoc-1 .suf-widget-8c { width: 100%; margin: 5px 0; } .mm-row-equal, .mm-original, .mm-mason { text-align: justify; -ms-text-justify: distribute; text-justify: distribute; } It was the end of the golden age of swing, while jazz as we know it today was slowly coming to the forefront. right: 222px; They are fun to say! He is intoxicated. [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. #sidebar, #sidebar-b, #sidebar-shell-1 { ; It definitely doesnt mean Tender Love; I just listened to a George Burns and Gracie Allen episode in which Bill Goodwin used the phrase, I got a T.L. Since the 1930s this has fallen into common usage; although I would imagine that most people would not use it so readily if they knew its origin. } margin-right: -290px; right: auto; Sign up for our weekly newsletters and get: By signing in, you agree to our Terms and Conditions marketing to you or being processed as part of our business activities. -moz-box-sizing: border-box; .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-b, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-1 { The thing about slang is that it oozes over from generation to generation, occasionally changing spellings or meanings ("hep" used to mean "hip," until "hep" wasn't hip anymore). Dancing was very popular in the 1940s, great social entertainment. ; She shares her love of this genre through her novels, blog, and short stories. Collins English Dictionary (3rd edition) defines slang as "Vocabulary, idiom etc that is not appropriate to the standard form of a language or to formal contexts, may be restricted as to social status or distribution, and is characteristically more metaphorical and transitory than standard language". #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-no-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-1l-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-2l-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-2r-sidebars-php #sidebar-shell-2, .page-template-1l1r-sidebar-php #sidebar-shell-2 { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; width: 100%; left: auto; right: auto; } .meta-pullout ul { border-right: none; border-left: none; } width: 162px; #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-1, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-1, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-left #sidebar-shell-2, #sidebar-container.sidebar-container-right #sidebar-shell-2 {width: 100%;} .gallery-container { padding-right: 266px }.gallery-contents { width: 250px }.gallery-contents.left { left: -266px }.gallery-contents.right { margin-right: -266px } This list is always evolving and I value your suggestions on the 1940s slang youve read, heard in movies, or experienced when listening to older relatives. One of them was shape up or ship out! Not so much slang as in this blog post, but they are still hilarious! To avoid imprisonment, gay men used Polari, a language that the Oxford English Dictionary says is "made up of Italianate phrases, rhyming slang and cant terms." It had sprung up in the 1700s . From the music and the movies to the fashion style -- it was one of the most memorable decades in American history and the slang was something that was unique to the era. document.getElementById('vs-widget').innerHTML = widget; } .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #nav-top, .page-template-1r-sidebar-php #top-bar-right-spanel { width: 1000px; max-width: 1000px; min-width: 1000px; }
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