20’s Slang Terms

All Wet

Mistaken, arguing from an incorrect point of view

Baloney

Nonsense

Bible Belt

Region in the South where fundamentalism was dominant

Drugstore Cowboy

Fellow who hangs around cafes and other public places trying to

pick up girls

Flapper

Youthful woman of the 1920’s, informal in manner, usually

portrayed wearing short skirts and rolled stockings and smoking

cigarettes

Flat Tire

Boring Person

Gam

A Girls Leg

Gatecrasher

One who goes to a party without an invitation

Giggle Water

Alcoholic Drink

Gin Mill

Place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold

Heebie-Jeebies

The jitters

Hooch

Hooch

Liquor illegally made

Hotsy-Totsy

Nice, pleasing

Keen

Wonderful, appealing

Lousy

Rotten, contemptible

Ossified

Drunk

Pinch

To arrest

Scram

To leave in a great hurry

Speakeasy

Bar selling illegal alcoholic drinks

Spiffy

Looking fashionable and elegant