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03-16-2012, 05:48 PM | #1 |
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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?
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03-16-2012, 05:54 PM | #2 |
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Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
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03-16-2012, 06:06 PM | #3 |
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What about Daddy-O. Actually my daughter keeps that one alive. I'm always called Daddy-O.
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03-16-2012, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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Hubba ,hubba .
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03-16-2012, 07:09 PM | #5 |
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I'm much obliged sir.
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03-16-2012, 07:26 PM | #6 |
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03-16-2012, 07:38 PM | #7 |
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Those are good. How about:
Gas war Knickers Newsboy Golly! Soda jerk
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Quote:
TOE SACK POKE (paper bag)(not poke salad) FROG STICKER (cheap pocket knife) SLOP BUCKET (kitchen wastes for the hogs) SQUIRREL & DUMPLIN'S (delicacy!)
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03-16-2012, 08:10 PM | #9 |
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Here is the definitive list: http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm
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03-16-2012, 08:36 PM | #10 |
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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 |
03-16-2012, 09:31 PM | #11 |
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How about "dear" meaning expensive or valuable?
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03-16-2012, 11:37 PM | #12 |
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03-17-2012, 12:09 AM | #13 |
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Those web sites are the berries! Just bully!
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03-17-2012, 12:23 AM | #14 |
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HOT DOG!......Yowza,Yowza,Yowza !
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03-17-2012, 01:08 AM | #15 |
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Gas was $.12 9/10 when I was in high school in the '60's.
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03-17-2012, 01:58 AM | #16 |
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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 . |
03-17-2012, 09:56 AM | #17 |
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I'll add "Please" and "Thank you" to the list, please.
Thank you!
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some day gas is gonna be fifty cents a gallon .
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03-17-2012, 10:15 AM | #19 |
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03-17-2012, 11:44 AM | #20 |
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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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