So you thought your granparents always pottered about in the garden and talked about the weather?
it aint so and heres how...
In a reputable publication somewhere out... there
somebody has compiled 1950's american slang
I instead...
have pinched it wholesale from the guardian's website and used it as a blog.
Ha!
BARBECUE;A hot-looking lady.
BOIL MY CABBAGE;Blues slang for sex.
BUCKET OF BLOOD;A spit and sawdust bar.
BUNK HABIT;Lounging around while others smoke opium, and inhaling the fumes.
BUTTER-AND-EGG;Out-of-town sucker, free with his money
CHICAGO OVERCOAT;Coffin.
CHICAGO LIGHTNING;Gunfire.
COLD MEAT PARTY;A funeral.
COMMUNITY JOY RIDE;A druggie party.
DEAD SOLDIERS;Empty beer bottles.
DIME DROPPER;An informer (someone who drops a dime in payphone to call the cops).
FACE LIKE A RUSSIAN FLAG;Embarrassed, ie red.
FLORIDA HONEYMOON;A dirty weekend.
FREE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT;Out of work, unemployed.
HAEMOPHILIA OF THE LARYNX;A blabbermouth.
HARLEM SUNSET;Knife wounds.
HAVE ONE ON THE CITY;Drink some water.
HOT SQUAT/JUICE JOLT;The electric chair.
JACK RABBIT BLOOD;Habitual prison escaper.
KNOW YOUR GROCERIES;Be hip, aware, alert to the situation.
LONGHAIRS;Non-hipsters, squares, lovers of straight music.
MATTRESS ROUTE;Sleeping your way to the top.
MOOSE-EYES;A leering dude.
OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE;Vintage liquor or wine.
PREPARING BAIT;Putting on makeup.
PULLING THE DUTCH ACT;Committing suicide.
RIDING ACADEMY;Brothel.
ROUNDHEELS;Party girl (deriving from a supposed natural ability to regularly fall over backwards).
THE SCRAMBLE EGG TREATMENT;A sex show.
SCREWED, BLUED AND TATTOOED;A wild night out.
SINHOUND;A priest.
SNIFFING ARIZONA PERFUME;Going to the gas chamber.
STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE;Cool. Obviously.
TAKEN OFF THE PAYROLL;Killed/assassinated.
THAT VIBRATES ME;I'm impressed, I really like it.
THROW THAT DIRT IN YOUR FACE;Being buried.
TORSO-TOSSER;Hootchie-coochie dancer, stripper.
VOMIT ON THE TABLE;Speak up.
WEEK AT THE KNEES;Unsuccessful courtship.
YOUR ROOF IS LEAKING;You're a bit crazy.