The lost Model A vocabulary I was thinking today about words and phrases that were common in the Model A era, and how they have all but disappeared from our everyday language. For example:
Tin Lizzy Flivver Oh You Kid! Swell So's yer old man Flapper Shingle-bob haircut Jalopy Bowler (hat) Cat's Meow Cat's Pajamas Cat's Whiskers Hootch Gat Spats Swank (and Swanky) I'm sure there are others. Anybody want to share what they remember? |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary What about Daddy-O. Actually my daughter keeps that one alive. I'm always called Daddy-O.
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Hubba ,hubba .
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary I'm much obliged sir.
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Gas is going to eighteen cents a gallon!
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Those are good. How about:
Gas war Knickers Newsboy Golly! Soda jerk |
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TOE SACK POKE (paper bag)(not poke salad) FROG STICKER (cheap pocket knife) SLOP BUCKET (kitchen wastes for the hogs) SQUIRREL & DUMPLIN'S (delicacy!) |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Here is the definitive list: http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm
There are some doozies in here! |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary And then there's:
Hootenannay Jittney Bus Flim Flam Man Dame Boogie-Woogie Hep Cat Juke Joint Vamp Mickey-Finn Moxie Speakeasy Dizzy with the Dames Gin Joint Hooch Double Cross Hotsy Totsy Rot Gut Bathtub Gin Pip Scram 23-skidoo Trip the light fantastic G-Man Flatfoot, Gumshoe Peachy Keen Clam-bake Bee's Knees On the lam Spiffy Nifty Heebie-Jeebies |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary How about "dear" meaning expensive or valuable?
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary Those web sites are the berries! Just bully!
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary HOT DOG!......Yowza,Yowza,Yowza !
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Gas was $.12 9/10 when I was in high school in the '60's. |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary I remember pumping Esso Extra when it went to , 36.9 , I think reg. was 29.9 .
You could pump some in a glass jar and it looked like tea . |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary I'll add "Please" and "Thank you" to the list, please.
Thank you! |
Re: The lost Model A vocabulary some day gas is gonna be fifty cents a gallon .
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Re: The lost Model A vocabulary The cheapest gas that I remember here in Alabama, in the sixties was 29.9 regular, 31.9 ethyl. In 1972 gas prices dropped to a low of .25 cents per gallon. I remember filling several 55 gallon drums, because I didn't figure the low price would hold for long. The best that I remember, it stayed at 25 cents pe r gallon for over a year. At the time regular was 94 octain and ethyl was 100. I remember visable gas pumps in the very early fifties in remote places.
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