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bebe le strange | Slang from the 20's

bebe le strange

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Slang from the 20's

pleasedontsqueezetheshaman:

giantevilhead:

rach:

waksays:

Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in “Ah applesauce!”

Bearcat - a hot-blooded or fiery girl

Cash or check? - Do you kiss now or later?

Darb - An excellent person or thing (as in “the Darb” - a person with money who can be relied on to pay the check)

Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage; alcohol

“Now you’re on the trolley!” - Now you’ve got it, now you’re right!

Ossified - a drunk person

Spifflicated - Drunk. The same as canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered, owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified or fried to the hat

Lots, lots more here.

I want to say to there.

I plan to use ‘Now you’re on the trolley’ asap.

Say, You been hittin’ the giggle water, haven’t ya?

Nope, no trouble here, Ossifer (hic).

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