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1920’s Slang

1920’s Slang. Kate Lexy. Kate: You’re such a Dumb Dora , you can’t just take them for a ride and bump them off ! Lexy: Sure I can it’ll be like the movies, the real McCoy ! It’ll be copacetic !

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1920’s Slang

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  1. 1920’s Slang Kate Lexy

  2. Kate: You’re such a Dumb Dora, you can’t just take them for a ride and bump them off! Lexy: Sure I can it’ll be like the movies, the real McCoy! It’ll be copacetic! Kate: Baloney!! You’’re just tryin’ to be a bimbo. Just because they had hooch at a speakeasy mean you can drink giggle water. Lexy: I don’t want to drink giggle water it’ll make meupchuck, besides I’ll be a star in a movies. Kate: Let me guess; you’ll be the cat’s meow drinking joe. Lexy: Naw it’ll be about a palooka fighting a flyboy for a Moll. But she said “Sorry Boys, the bank’s closed! Kate: You slay me!!! Conversation

  3. Baloney - nonsense! Bank'sClosed - no kissing or making out - i.e. - "Sorry, Mac, the bank's closed. Bimbo - a tough guy Bump Off - To murder,To kill Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish; similar to bee's knees Copacetic - Wonderful, fine, all right Dumb Dora - a stupid female Fly boy - a glamorous term for an aviator Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage Hooch - Bootleg liquor Joe- for coffee Moll - A gangster's girl Palooka- a below-average or average boxer Real McCoy - The genuine article Take for a Ride - To drive off with someone in order to bump them off Speakeasy - An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor Upchuck - To vomit when one has drunk too much Youslayme - that's Funny Slang Meanings

  4. More slang • Get a wiggle on - get a move on, get going • Beeswax - business, i.e. None of your beeswax. • Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce! • Shiv - a knife • Struggle-Buggy - A car in which men try to seduce women. • Swell- Excellent

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