After all, who can really pinpoint the moment when a word becomes not just a word, but something that forever represents a moment in time? I know you feel me.
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(Ex.: Anyone who says they're "hip to the jive" is definitely not hip to any jive whatsoever.) This list is by no means conclusive or blindingly accurate, just weird and funny. And of course, slang can quickly become really uncool, especially if your old man used to it. ‘’In this small dictionary we have attempted to collect and explain all of the major and minor slang words and phrases used at Hawthorne High School. The thing about slang is that it oozes over from generation to generation, occasionally changing spellings or meanings ("hep" used to mean "hip," until "hep" wasn't hip anymore). The Cougar Town HHS website contains a slang dictionary that is explained below. Crowell (a company later incorporated into HarperCollins).
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Historically, It’s a gas was used by Irish English speakers to describe an enjoyable situation or person. The word, shortened from German Blitzkrieg, originally refers to a. To be drunk, high or generally out of it. The word is a combination of ape and shit and is possibly. As you might expect, Prohibition slang is overflowing with references to speakeasies, flapper babes, and cocktails - not to mention about a million ways to say "I'm drunk." Marijuana references become more and more popular once the hippies burst onto the scene, '80s slang is as cheesy as aerobic-wear, and '90s slang borrows heavily from hip hop ( bling-bling, homie, dawg). The first full-scale dictionary of American slang appeared in 1960 when Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner’s Dictionary of American Slang was published by Thomas Y. Think again: This 1960s slang was actually used for all kinds of laughter-inducing situations (although, let’s face it, this doesn’t necessarily exclude passing gas). To lose control due to anger or excitement. Like fashion or music or poor Congressional choices, slang is a fantastic way to get a sense of another era.
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Writers need slang like bearcats need giggle water, know what I mean? Sure, you could spend the rest of your writing life using pristine, multi-syllabic words from the 16th century that have been honed into Latinate diamonds by the passage of time - or you could give in to the joy of juice joints, Shebas, and spliffication, and have yourself a grand old time frolicking through the hilarious world of American slang.