Slang expressions from the 1920's
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list of slang from the '20s -- how things have changed...
Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish; similar to bee's knees; The best or greatest, wonderful.
Flat Tire - A dull witted, insipid, disappointing date. Same as pill, pickle, drag, rag, oilcan
"Now you're on the trolley!" - Now you've got it, now you're right!
Spifflicated - Drunk. The same as canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered, owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified or fried to the hat.
Some are still contemporary though -- Java for Coffee.
Posted by DaveH at May 24, 2005 10:46 AM