Slang 1920

1. SLANG to the izzle
Of the
1920’
s
Zoe Rosoff-Verbit

2. Slang of the 1920’sSlang of the 1920’s
The purpose of my slide show is to
teach you or just remind you that
much of what we say and how we
communicate is influenced from the
1920’s. Many slang words of the
roaring 20’s have been passed down
through the yearsand into our
everyday vocabulary, changed,
misused, or just eliminated.

3. Baby
Sweetheart
“Hey baby”

4. Nonsense!
“US history is sooo stupid.”
“Pshh, that’s HOOEY.”

5. Blind
Date
going out with someone
you do not know
?

6. A large amount
I had boocoos of money until I spent it all on a car.

7. A FLAPPER’S
DAD

8. A boring person.
“Why don’t you like Jimmy?”
“It’s not that I dislike him, he is just such a flat tire.”

9. Gold
Digger
A woman who marries a man for his money

10. * Heebie-jeebies *

11. Jalopy

Anoldcar

12. SCRAM!SCRAM!


To get out or leave
quickly

13. Spiffy

14. Zozzled

15. The End