Want to learn “Flapper” slang to razzle dazzle your friends and family?
post Check out this great article, “A to Z 1920’s Slang Guide for Flappers” and Ella Hartung’s dictionary of 1920’s slang words from the roaring ’20s.
To jump start you on your “Flapperized” Quest, I included a few of them below.
- Absent Treatment – Dancing with a bashful partner
- Barlow – A girl, a “Flapper”, a chicken
- Berries – Great
- Billboard – Flashy man or woman
- Blue Serge – His sweetheart
- Canceled Stamp – A wall flower
- Cat’s Pajamas – Anything that’s good
- Corn Shredder – Young man who dances on a girl’s feet
- Dog Kennels – Pair of shoes
- Mad Money – Carfare home if she has a fight with her escort
- Mustard Plaster – Unwelcome guy that hangs around
- Manacle – Engagement or wedding ring
- Mazuma – Cash, money, cheddar, greenbacks
- Lemon Squeezer – an elevator
- Seetie – anybody a flapper hates
- Ritz – stuck up
- Orchid – anything that’s expensive
- Rock of Ages – a woman over 30 years of age
- Lens Louise – a person monopolizing conversation
- Wooden Nickel – Don’t do anything stupid; take care of yourself
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