I just realized, we ARE in the 20s. When I'm old, I'm gonna be like "remember the 20s?"

@Roachiscomingforyou

2 жыл бұрын

OH SHIT YEAH

@hatersgotohell627

2 жыл бұрын

Except our era is gay af.

@fabiomino3506

2 жыл бұрын

@HN 😂

@lizaanual9166

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, the 1920s was gay af too.. It has never left.

@hatersgotohell627

2 жыл бұрын

@@lizaanual9166 we literally have a society that thinks men can identify as women and enter women's bathrooms and compete in girls sports. not to mention being gay is taught to kids like its something to aspire to. Most males unlike the 1920s are beta or feminine.

I swear, the internet made slang culture speed up exponentially. We go through a decades worth in about 3 months.

@1D991

2 жыл бұрын

Facts. "Dough" was in common use until the 2000s. I'm considered an "Elder millennial" and "dough" was always slang for money. Ritzy was also common, as were a few others (and even if uncommon, I grew up knowing the meaning of all of these terms)

@starllama2149

2 жыл бұрын

@@1D991 Damn I forgot about "dough"

@meesegomoo1836

Жыл бұрын

@@1D991 I knew pretty much all of these, I'm only 21. But where I grew up we also had WAY older (early modern English) speaking habits. Real fringe religious part of the ozarks.

@clicheguevara5282

Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that a lot of relatively current slang is stuff I heard growing up in the hood back in the 90s. Stuff like bet, dope, cap, lit, strapped, thicc, etc

@rjmurphyo0

Жыл бұрын

@@1D991 yeah but even in the 2000s it was uncommon for someone to say dough.

My father was born in 1926. I heard the slang of the 30's and 40's throughout my entire childhood.

@tvaddict6623

11 ай бұрын

Me too- my mom was born 1920 and my dad 1927

@teritrujillo6042

10 ай бұрын

Lol me too.

@CaryCotterman

9 ай бұрын

Me too! Dad: 1925, Mom: 1926. I also got a good dose of 1890s-1910s slang from my grandmother, born 1891. I still use some of these expressions, just for fun.

@MortusSweet

7 ай бұрын

I’ve grown up watching movies and shows from the 40-50’s, so that’s where I slang comes from 😂 people think it’s rather silly but I like me 🤷🏻‍♀️

@brandonespinoza9279

7 ай бұрын

Same, only it’s my maternal grandfather (mom’s dad), born on February 9, that year!

I do love how slang evolves, and I particularly love how much slang actually carries over to today.

@xavierharvey4961

Жыл бұрын

It's interesting that we are living in our own 20s.. kinda cool really🤣

@CaryCotterman

9 ай бұрын

"cool" being a good example.@@xavierharvey4961

@kea1234

7 ай бұрын

Me too. I try to tell my boomer coworkers(some are younger than you'd think) that language evolves and what you identify with pissed the old generation off and now you're old. They don't get it.

@againstthepods4316

7 ай бұрын

i wonder what all the people in these pictures are up to i would love to meet them they probably have so many stories now from that time.

@cateatfood6634

7 ай бұрын

What is even more cool is idioms. Almost all of which came from the Bible....

People in the 20’s: Begone *V A M P*

@clarkclaps4547

3 жыл бұрын

vamp anthem vamp anthem vamp anthem vamp anthem

@purplegurl79

3 жыл бұрын

Let Bygones be bygones! I always say that!

@caycayy

3 жыл бұрын

@@clarkclaps4547 sometimes you can see the replies before seeing the replies

@Golabkiwsosiepomidorowym

3 жыл бұрын

Please bring back VAMP

@whiteknight1479

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a better word. Vamp. Ha

From dough(1920) to bread(2020) it only took a hundred years to rise.

@garyzimmer8061

3 жыл бұрын

That takes a lot of crust, but you're on a roll.

@electricshrapnel4368

3 жыл бұрын

Bread goes back to at least the sixties

@cecilyerker

3 жыл бұрын

Good morning kings, let’s get this bread 🍞

@toigodgohdgjdfjkkj9878

3 жыл бұрын

if its hot/stolen $ isit toast

@chelebelle2223

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyzimmer8061 😁👍🏾 good one!

At least half of these have heavily lasted through the times..as an early 90’s baby, only a few of these I hadn’t heard growing up with my grandmothers 😀

@caittails

5 ай бұрын

Same age, and I hear them all the time from people even younger than me. 😂

Funny how 100 years later or so, the 1920's slang words still outperform the 2020's.

In 2120 there will be a video like this discussing the meanings of "bruh", "lit", "yeet", "boof", and so on.

@Qrayon

3 жыл бұрын

What do "yeet" and "bouf" mean?

@Qrayon

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ajz092 I guess we'll have to wait until 2120.

@sudonim7552

3 жыл бұрын

@@Qrayon "Yeet" can be used as a verb meaning "throw", or simply as an expression you say while throwing something. "Boof", as of right now, means a joint, as in "pass me the boof", although it's definitely not limited to that definition. What "boof" means can completely depend on the context you are using it in.

@Qrayon

3 жыл бұрын

@@sudonim7552 Thank you.

@freefinancialadvice

3 жыл бұрын

BOOF means to administer drugs through your rectum. Look it up if u don’t believe me.

Fun Fact: "Slang" is an slang word for Shortened Language 😉

@InsaneNuYawka

2 жыл бұрын

🤯

@jesuslovesyouandisthewayto1114

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus loves you he died for your sins repent and have faith to be saved

@jerrycurl637

2 жыл бұрын

you shouldn't write "an slang" it's "a slang"

@aaronflynndevereux1832

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerrycurl637 unless your Jeremy Clarkson

@patriciagriffith7402

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerrycurl637 grammar police🤢

Linguistics is a fascinating topic. So many of these slang terms still exist today, but have slightly or totally different meanings. This was very Hot and 23 scaddoll.

@Not_Always

7 ай бұрын

23 skidoo

The word vamp has had two other meanings over the years. Jazz musicians used it to mean "A short, simple introductory passage", and graffiti artists in '80s New York used to use it to mean mugging someone. There was even a graffiti crew who called themselves The Vamp Squad.

@kosovo6280

11 ай бұрын

🧛🏿 carti

@biskit8050

8 ай бұрын

@@kosovo6280 SLATT

@xxxod

7 ай бұрын

​@@kosovo6280 SGP is og vamp

@LuckyCharms777

7 ай бұрын

I can see that. Mugging someone isn’t too dissimilar from a vampire sucking someone’s blood. Money being the lifeblood for our survival.

@ima8533

7 ай бұрын

@@LuckyCharms777that’s not what it means Vamp vamp life or vampin is just a person who up at night and sleeps in the day just like a vampire Nightlife people

I spent dough getting this tomato fried. We were about to make whoopi until a wet blanket dampened the mood.

@DantheToonMan

3 жыл бұрын

I’m just going to pretend I don’t know what you mean.

@vilefly

3 жыл бұрын

She was IT, wasn't she? But then that ragamuffin just had to go and pull out his heater on ya. He was all wet because that was his wife, see? Good thing Mugsey showed up and bounced him up on out of there. Don't worry about it. CHECKERS! THE COPS! RUN!

@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff

3 жыл бұрын

Robert James Johnson and Emma Harris weren't just making love: they were making Whoopi! (Look the names up if you don't get it.)

@shibolinemress8913

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff I see what you did there! 🖖😊

@MrMike-oc6dr

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't flip her huh?

I’m surprised how many are still in reasonably common usage.

@hojo70

3 жыл бұрын

And how!

@donnybrook8824

3 жыл бұрын

@@hojo70 Get out more and meet some friends, talk to strangers. Do something with your life.

@barbarak2836

3 жыл бұрын

@@donnybrook8824 Are you having a bad day, and it makes you feel better to take it out on others?

@donnybrook8824

3 жыл бұрын

@@barbarak2836 90% of these words are still common. Education must be dead.

@donnybrook8824

3 жыл бұрын

@J And how?

It’s amazing how many are still used and recognizable. Good job and how. I would add bootleg to your list. Still watching in 2023.

I'm in my 30's and out of the 17 slang words explained here, there were maybe 5 that I had never really heard of and made me feel I learned something new. The rest I found to be common knowledge and/or still in use to this day. I mean, who doesn't know what dough means or when something's hot? With that being said, I did enjoy the video. And even if I feel the definitions of some words were unnecessary, I didn't realize how old some slang was & it was cool to learn the stories behind them.

“A young adult male” Otherwise known as a young man

@jamesbarnousky1270

3 жыл бұрын

A "moid", if you will.

@putridabomination

3 жыл бұрын

A premature eldery XY Chromosome individual

@daviddebroux4708

3 жыл бұрын

@@putridabomination if you must

@thatyoutubechannel9953

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we were all very confused. Jackass.

@foiledits

3 жыл бұрын

Theres no need to feel down, i said young adult male

1920: In the future, we'll have flying cars! 2021: Let's bring back 1920's slang!

@MintleafCakes

2 жыл бұрын

well, this was published in 2020, but i get your joke

@shiruki8974

2 жыл бұрын

We have made a flying car already

@pscoolguy

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much all of the, "1920'sslang," is used today.

@JacksContent

2 жыл бұрын

@@shiruki8974 Yeah There Is One In Slovakia I Believe. It Is A Small Aircraft That When On The Ground Transforms Into A Car

@MimicMimicMimic

2 жыл бұрын

We actually have a flying car, they are still in testing though. Lol

This video be bussing bruh fr fr no cap🔥🔥💯💯🔥

Thanks, youre doing a great job with these videos. It helps me understnd my grandparents era from long ago.

Thank you, I’ll be needing this when I time travel

@ezteal5665

3 жыл бұрын

Mind where do we meet before wards

@thomasvleminckx

3 жыл бұрын

And how!

@user-wf1yv4ko9y

3 жыл бұрын

Lets crash wall street again

@returnofbeaux

3 жыл бұрын

quantum entanglement is a helluva drug.

@AustinJones330

3 жыл бұрын

Same

1920s slang: "You put on quite the ritz my old chap!" 2020s slang: "Why you actin amogus sussy baka poggers bruh"

@rowenkylee5627

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone talking like the 2020s need an exorcist.

@boozeyoozey7248

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know about 'sussy' but I know that 'amongus' is just a funny word some people use, 'baka' is a japanese word for 'idiot' or 'dumb' it also died off in 2018 or 2019 because I can't find anyone who uses it unironically today, 'poggers' is a word for 'very good' and it became popular with the twitch streamer Tommyinnit.

@robintst

2 жыл бұрын

Slang has never been worse than right now.

@ss6truks

2 жыл бұрын

No. Nobody says that

@bruce_sat4n66

2 жыл бұрын

@@robintst nah, i don't think so

I've heard lots of these from my grandmother and even mother. Some I never heard. And 2 or 3 I use today. Interesting video - thanks for sharing!

I picked up a lot of these slang words from parents and grandparents and still hear and even use such phrases today!

Old Karen: Back in my day we didn’t have slang. 1920’s teenager: ok wet blanket Edit: this comment is a joke, it funny. Stop trying to disprove my claim because there isn’t any.

@Hamptino

3 жыл бұрын

She probably went to petting parties

@dabdella1460

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hamptino 😅😅😅 yeah a zoo

@belstar1128

3 жыл бұрын

The 200000000 year old karen

@MichaelJ44

3 жыл бұрын

Source?

@MichaelJ44

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 🤦‍♂️

My mother, who died at 94 in 2018, was fond of the word "pill" meaning someone who was a dud or not very lively, at party or such. "She's a real pill, that one!" Thanks for a great video! I knew every one of the phrases!

@pamelatapia5595

Жыл бұрын

My mom was the same age group as yours, and always called me a "pill" when I was being overly active and talkative.

@lynn6221

Жыл бұрын

Mom used to say that too. And another was - I've got more aches and pains then a bottle of Carters pills. Lol

@jameswilliams3241

Жыл бұрын

My mom used the same term she'll be 93 in September. My grandparents and my parents used many of these terms so I'm familiar with the terms, my mom always referred to us as a bunch of ragamuffins and sometimes as crumbsnatchers

@Seattleseeker

Жыл бұрын

A pill is someone who is hard to take. A card on the other hand would be someone fun to play along with.

@kenbranaugh8251

Жыл бұрын

That poor sap" my dad would say

I LOVE you trying to decipher TRUE slang of the day vs what has become more desirable. It can come off as more making fun of an era. Thank you! this feels like true historian work.

@againstthepods4316

7 ай бұрын

i wonder what all the people in these pictures are up to i would love to meet them they probably have so many stories now from that time.

My Dad was a teenager in '20s Southside Chichago. I grew up with this stuff.

Man, you made me feel old. I am 62 and was raised by my Grandparents, so I heard a lot of these words in use.

@gamesgames2389

2 жыл бұрын

@Average Joe I hope you didn't hear the word woopie ever being used XD

@joejones8454

2 жыл бұрын

your profile picture makes me happy

@mr.hotpockets3425

2 жыл бұрын

Damn

@Catsface99

2 жыл бұрын

I am 63 and my PARENTS said those things and so do I and many of my friends. My parents were born in the 1930s.

@irlredline7965

2 жыл бұрын

Noice you're 62 and you have Spawn as your profile pic it's nice seeing the older generation with stuff like that

Another "dough" reference - "doe" for deerskin, common currency in frontier America, "buck" = a buckskin = $1.

@jonnyOysters

3 жыл бұрын

@GODWIN VINCENT GEVICE Moe I didn't.... I mean I knew about bucks meaning money but I didn't know the origin of it

@IONLYKNOWMOVESTHATKILLPEOPLE

3 жыл бұрын

@GODWIN VINCENT GEVICE Moe neither did I dickbag

@GameStationDreamBox

3 жыл бұрын

@GODWIN VINCENT GEVICE Moe yeah, me either dumbass

@SonofSethoitae

3 жыл бұрын

"Dough" is actually dough though. It's related to the older slang term "bread," which itself comes from the Cockney Rhyming Slang "bread and honey" for money

@huitlang931

3 жыл бұрын

A buck can actually be $1 to 1,000,000 or more depending on context.

word "vamp" exist , carti : rEal ShHHIIIIIIIITTTt?

@zen7even

Жыл бұрын

😂

My Grandfather Henry used to say “.....since Christ lost his shoes in the Sinai Desert.....” to denote a long passage of time. As in: “I haven’t seen that guy since Christ lost his shoes in the Sinai Desert.” My sister and I still use that phrase and laugh every time. He had a lot of great bits. He was born in 1890.

@ferdelance6801

3 жыл бұрын

Since king hatchet was a young boy! Have you heard of this one?

@soarornor

3 жыл бұрын

@@ferdelance6801 Never heard it but that’s a great one.

@joemacdonnagh6750

3 жыл бұрын

Since day dot.

@generalpatzer6893

3 жыл бұрын

Since Christ was a cowboy...lol

@lubertdass1444

3 жыл бұрын

I always loved “As old as Methuselahs mother” and “ I don’t know him from Adams house cat”

"Dough" and "Bread" were still common slang in the 1970s. I was born in 1962, and I spent my share of dough trying to make bread.

@realeyesrealiserealliesful2957

Жыл бұрын

I used the word dough today

@zabariduwab9950

Жыл бұрын

I use bread all day everyday

@pantherman8719

Жыл бұрын

I got some throw-away bread.

@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272

Жыл бұрын

I was boirn in 1970, and I'm pretty sure they are both used. I mean, maybe they are dated, but would a kid today need a KZread video to actually explain it?

@press_here__8697

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they’re both still common today. I’d say bread is more popular than dough, but I’ve still used and heard both at least once or twice this month

Can you make a sequel to this video? I'd love to know more slang words of the 1920s

We can't neglect how later generations alluded back to some of the earlier slang in the comedy of their own time, such as the law firm Dewey, Cheatem & Howe in the Three Stooges. One of my favs has always been "that's Jake" (roughly translated to "that's cool"), and reintroduced into the 1970s lexicon in the wildly successful movie "The Sting", and mostly used by Robert Redford in dialog.

1920 - “let’s get this dough” 2020 - “let’s get this bread”

@JesusChristisLORDrepent

3 жыл бұрын

1020: *lets get this yeast*

@evie402

3 жыл бұрын

In a few years it's gonna be toast

@Ihavepinkeye

3 жыл бұрын

@@evie402 or sandwich

@davej4476

3 жыл бұрын

We got baked

@Tech-vd7qs

3 жыл бұрын

Lets get this starch

I first heard "And how!" used by The Little Rascals.

@TempoDrift1480

3 жыл бұрын

I first heard dough by Bugs Bunny when Fud almost got that inheritance.

@johncbeer

3 жыл бұрын

Every episode!

@fupatrash

3 жыл бұрын

aaand how!

@eddyindahouse8169

3 жыл бұрын

“Do you have an account with us?” “And how!”

@scottnowell4975

3 жыл бұрын

What about "the bee's knees"?

I was born in 1972 and have heard 90% of these even recently. I heard 'wet blanket' today in another youtube video. I don't think these phrases died out until more recently because the slang culture is in fast forward now.

I still use a lot of these expressions occasionally, probably having picked them up from family members and older films they used to watch.

In germany the translation of "and how" is commonly used today. "Und wie"

@greedokenobi3855

3 жыл бұрын

Same in the Netherlands, we use it a lot! En hoe!

@fenn_fren

3 жыл бұрын

Also in Czechia. "A jak!" is still commonly used even today.

@xZandrem

3 жыл бұрын

Same in Italy, we use it as a common response, we say "Eccome" (which is an attached version of the two words "E" and "come" translated in english as "And" & "How") Maybe the american slang word came from our europeans common saying during the great immigrations of our ancestors

@defendrr_ru

3 жыл бұрын

Can confirm, the word is used in Russia too, although rarely.

@lyingeyes5579

3 жыл бұрын

Same in Afrikaans too👀 En hoe nou!

I have a high school yearbook from the 1930s. The word "swell" was used a lot in the things kids wrote in the yearbook. I guess that was used in the 1920s too.

@thetooginator153

3 жыл бұрын

I saw my dad’s early-fifties high school yearbook, and almost everyone wrote: “To a swell guy...” These days, it seems like “swell” is mostly used a bit sarcastically, as in “I spilled coffee on my shirt! Isn’t that just swell?”

@AAM29290

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetooginator153 I use swell all the time instead of saying it went “so well”

@thetooginator153

3 жыл бұрын

@@AAM29290 - I tried to find the origin of “swell” and I couldn’t find anything, but I bet it comes from “so well” as you said. I think it’s a fun word, and I’m glad you are helping keeping it alive. I’m sixty, and I remember adults using the word “swell” to mean “good” when I was a boy. I think “swell” started to be replaced with other words (in California at least) in the late sixties. Words for “good” change with every new generation because kids like to have their own vocabulary that is different from adults. When I was in high school, one word for “good” was “gnarly”, which was immortalized in the movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”. I bet the word “swell” (as an adjective) is VERY old, so, I bet that it has had many periods of heavy usage over the centuries, and I bet it will become common again.

@lordfenix17

3 жыл бұрын

Well isn't that swell?

@vibaj16

3 жыл бұрын

TheTooginator I feel like these days “swell” is seen as fancy/old way of saying good, like if it was from Shakespeare’s time

I've honestly heard every single one of these used in regular conversation during my life. I think language doesn't change as much as you think it does.

I remember in my junior year of high school, my history teacher went over the 1920s slang and gave us an assignment where we had to write a small script for a reenactment of everyday conversations back then. I remember using “putting on the ritz” 😁

My grandmother had a two part brooch from the 20s. It was a silver piece that said GEE and a tiny chain connected to another piece that said WIZZ. I asked her where she got it. She said it was on a dress she bought in the 1930s. In hard times they would put free jewelry on dresses to make them more attractive. I HAVE THIS BROOCH TO THIS DAY. And still think about what a new and fresh flapper phrase it once was. AW GEE WIZZ!!!

@HOLLASOUNDS

Жыл бұрын

Got to make that dough, Shes a bit of a Vamp and will suck you dry, Dressing like the Rits, Hes a bit of a ragamuffin, She is a Hot tomato, He is a bit of a wet blanket, selling hot goods, Giving Me Heebie Geebies, Shes definitely got IT, these are all thinks someone from England in there 30s will still say today.

@-.__328

Жыл бұрын

@@brendonlacroix2251 humans are both fantastic and terrible at the same time

@gregtavarez3322

Жыл бұрын

@@-.__328 thats what makes us truly unique. We are capable of creation and destruction unlike any other creature on this planet . But don’t focus on the bad cus theres ALOT of it . Focus on the good of humanity cus thats what true humanity is , helping others and creating a community for all.

@dylanmonstrum1538

Жыл бұрын

Damn man, thats really awesome actually

@hardcase7753

Жыл бұрын

that sounds like an epic brooch

“If you don’t know where to go to, why don’t you go where fashion sits. Putting on the Ritz.”

@chelebelle2223

3 жыл бұрын

😁

@keithjohnston5936

3 жыл бұрын

PUDDI’ ONNA REE! Young Frankenstein! The cheesy top 40 hit by Taco ruined it.

@nonameman9291

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, way to fuck up the lyrics.

@over-educated-sp

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonameman9291 settle down there cool music nerd. You’re obviously old enough to know the song, yet have the temperament of a basement dwelling duche bag. I was only like 13 when the 80’s remake of this song came out. I was definitely not listening to raído friendly shit, I.e. this song. I simply wrote the first thing closest to this, I remembered at 12-15 years old. You are everything you hate about yourself when you glance at yourself in your mirror. Now go have mommy make you some Mac & cheese. FYI, I’m a history professor, and the 20’s are not my emphasis. You internet nerd.

@Docneg

3 жыл бұрын

@@over-educated-sp Ha! The professor also misspells "radio", "douche", and "Internet". Over-educated, indeed.

Wow great video! Love the narration, too! Excellent job!

What an adorable channel, thank you so much for such cultural content!😇💙💜🙏🙏🙏

its funny how some slang has stuck around for 100 years

@adrinathegreat3095

3 жыл бұрын

Half the four letter slang words used today are 18th and 19th century

@apathyguy8338

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. language evolves. If you could travel back 500 years you'd likely only understand about half the words people spoke. People would think your an ignoramus. Well more people would.

@selfishstockton6123

3 жыл бұрын

@@apathyguy8338 but the 18th and 19th centuries weren’t 500 years ago 🙄

@apathyguy8338

3 жыл бұрын

@@selfishstockton6123 You are correct. My point was today's slang is in tomorrow's dictionary. I don't believe that point is off topic here.

@JudgeJulieLit

2 жыл бұрын

... to 200.

1920s: sheik and sheiva 2020s: himbo and bimbo

@MCTogs

3 жыл бұрын

Chad and Stacy, if you feel so inclined

@toyotaprius79

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@danksanchez4324

3 жыл бұрын

@@MCTogs truly the incel circle of life lmao

@TheIraqiforce

3 жыл бұрын

Sheba*

@requiemforpsyche

3 жыл бұрын

Himbo and bimbo has been used since the 80s tho

I remember my grandparents, that was in their teens and twenties in the 1920's, using many of those words. But I think you missed Gem, as in "oh honey you are a gem!" Which means a very helpful person that will go out of their way to do something for another. The equivalent of what we were saying more modern times "you are a lifesaver"

What great content, bro! Thank you for sharing!

so... is anyone gonna talk about how 1920's "sheik" is functionally the same as 2020's "chad"?

@yigebru505

2 жыл бұрын

History repeats itself

@yeanah2571

2 жыл бұрын

It doesn't, Chad is not desirable..

@aifebleshoj4049

2 жыл бұрын

Genius

@PhyreI3ird

2 жыл бұрын

@@yeanah2571 originally it wasn't, but I think since it was a term used by incels to throw pity parties for themselves and wallow in gloom, lots of people have embraced it as a positive term to trigger them.

@SerunaXI

Жыл бұрын

@@yeanah2571 Chad may have started as derogatory, but the context of it shifted and became embraced by those that felt it was meant for them. Through some cultural evolution, it's come to represent peak male attractiveness. The derogatory context can still be active, but most brush it off and look to the compliment of the word instead.

I grew up with this vintage slang. I recognize all of it. My grandmother used it, my parents used it and I’ve used it. I’m 65 years old.

@sweetnsour3693

2 жыл бұрын

Have you passed on the slang to your kids?

@superchitownhustler

2 жыл бұрын

That's swell!

@jaylyn1471

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@bflogal18

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 62 and I recognize a lot of this slang. “And how” is a term I heard my parents say many times and I picked it up as a kid.

@texasred2702

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaylyn1471 I totally see what you did there.

Many of these were still common idioms when I wa growing up in the 70's and 80s.

Love this channel!!🎉🎉

anyone else expected footage with audio of the slang? but then you realize its from the 20's and theres rarely any footage with audio...

@sethfrisbie3957

2 жыл бұрын

I did as well.

A few more I remember: Being drunk was "sauced" No was "nix" Stopping something was "putting the kibosh on it" A pistol was a "rod" or "heater" A hairpiece was "rug" A hat was a "lid" A boxer was a "palooka" Women were "dames" Getting killed was "iced" Gangsters were "heavies" Dice were "bones" A bag was a "poke" Keep quiet was "put a lid on it" or "zip it" A machine gun was a "Tommy gun" or a "typewriter" Running from the law was "on the lam" Money was "moolah" A lawyer was a "mouthpiece"

@melissacooper4282

3 жыл бұрын

I know lots of slang terms for money. Dough, loot, bread, moolah, and cash.

@allisgrace1313

3 жыл бұрын

My grandparents were born in 1915 and 1916 and sauced was definitely the word they used for being drunk!

@adreabrooks11

3 жыл бұрын

"Poke" (bag) isn't really slang as such. It's the anglicized spelling of the French word "poque" - which means the same thing. A small poque (informally "poquette") is where we get the word "pocket." On the other hand, some think that the slang (now accepted in common speech) word "poach" came from this same term - since a thief or unlawful hunter would conceal their goods in a poke, to avoid casual notice.

@michaelshultz2540

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissacooper4282 clams,whampum, lettuce,scratch,show cards,etc...

@janealexander1378

3 жыл бұрын

Drunk; "you could get paralyzed for 15 cents" -Ethyl Waters, 'The New Jump Steady Ball' 1929

as a forty year old this is all very obvious to me, but still entertaining. you made a new subscriber :) i am a huge annette hanshaw fan. and al bowly.

I have heard nearly all of these. I guess watching old movies and listening to old music really paid off

What I wouldn't give for Art Deco to make a comeback.

@BadWebDiver

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@deechonada

3 жыл бұрын

too much?

@elgatofelix8917

3 жыл бұрын

What I wouldn't give for this channel's lame videos to stop appearing in my recommended

@trippybruh1592

3 жыл бұрын

Especially the architecture and interior design. One of my favorite places in the world is the Little America hotel in SLC. As soon as you walk in it's like stepping back in time and it's so warm and comfortable even during the rough winter months.

@iaoshua

3 жыл бұрын

its back

Dough 1:16 Vamp 1:49 Sheik 2:30 And how! 3:34 Putting on the ritz 4:13 Ragamuffin 4:58 Tomato 5:39 Wet Blanket 6:18 Whoopie 6:58 Fried 7:40 Bump off 8:20 Cheaters 8:55 Hot 9:19 Hock 10:04 Petting Party 10:48 Bob 11:29 Heebie Jeebies 12:20 Thanks for watching! 14:09 I just needed to make a list to quickly pull these out whenever lol

@waferae

Жыл бұрын

thanks

@StrawbearXD

Жыл бұрын

Forgot it

@CalebDNM

Жыл бұрын

@@StrawbearXD forgot what?

@StrawbearXD

Жыл бұрын

@@CalebDNM the word it

@CalebDNM

Жыл бұрын

@@StrawbearXD the word what?

As a hepster it's cool to see the younger generation latch on to the older jive. Just *one* thing i've gotta blow steam on: Louis Armstrong was born in the Battlefield in New Orleans, French Creole country, so you don't pronounce the S in his name. Say it like "Louie" if you want to be solid.

I'm a Brit in my 30s - most of these are familiar to me! Many still used in Britain to this day even if they're old-fashioned and might be used more jokingly. I'd never heard glasses called "cheaters" though! Oh, and I've always seen "hock" as "hawk"

People still say "dough", and to a much lesser extent "and how"

@liamroberts9047

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Lynn, How are you doing?

@rowenkylee5627

2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard "and how" being used.

@lynnpehrson8826

2 жыл бұрын

@@rowenkylee5627 it wouldn't be a normal thing to say, but someone may say it in a sarcastic or comedic context

@mollieisabellereynolds

2 жыл бұрын

my mum used to call me a ragamuffin when my hair was tangled as a little kid. she was born in 1973.

@PhxVanguard

2 жыл бұрын

i say, "and how". lol

i will never forget my early childhood. i was born in 1995 and I had the honor and privilege of meeting people born in early 1900s and I remember like yesterday, it was 2002, meeting a woman who was born in 1902. She told me to "keep your ideas open and enjoy living in the future" because we're living in the times she wished she could have. It didn't hit me until recently when i'm in my late 20's to see what she actually meant by that.

My mum was born in 1924 ... she died in January 2021. She was a treasure trove of memories from by gone times & experiences. ✨💖✨

@mikebeesley3150

2 жыл бұрын

My mom was 92 when she passed away, she was funny, when someone rang the doorbell she would say "who DAT" and when she and when she picked up the phone she said "who dis" it was great.

@texasballunofficial

2 жыл бұрын

@@jokesrcool3737 r.I.p

@ShellShock11C

2 жыл бұрын

Life well lived.

@ShellShock11C

2 жыл бұрын

@@ccox7198 Really dude? Like...REALLY? Gtfo.

@descartesdonkey4291

2 жыл бұрын

has she kicked the bucket?

Thanks, this'll be really helpful once i fix up the time machine

Really a nice video I enjoyed. Back then, these words an phrases caught-on and made their way into popular usage. It's different today; so much of popular culture is designed and instantly inserted into the populous via our all-pervasive media.

So even in the 1920's people described parties as "fire" and "lit"

@VeritasEtAequitas

3 жыл бұрын

But cool and hot can mean the same thing.

@lets-getbrandon4192

3 жыл бұрын

@@VeritasEtAequitas now you’re on the trolley

@skyblaze1134

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this generation didnt make up anything new lot of slang is older than you may think.

@ferencmarcellpalyi220

3 жыл бұрын

@@VeritasEtAequitas yep, it's up to you which one you use. Also, it's down to you which one you use.

@robintst

2 жыл бұрын

"Lit" lasted a few decades back then but it meant being drunk.

The 1920s was the era the slang "cool" came into use as well, specifically because of Calvin Cooliage, the 30th American president. Because Calvin was unflappable, aloof, strict, sharp, and stayed out of the political mud, the first part of his last name became a shorthand to refer to someone as steady, smooth, sly, and fashionable.

@breastfeeder4856

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a very cool fact

@robintst

2 жыл бұрын

Cool . . . beans.

@nytrodioxide

2 жыл бұрын

Yo that's cool

@kap369

2 жыл бұрын

I think the Jazz crowd started cool and hip. Makes more sense to me, but I wasn’t there.

@literallyunderrated

2 жыл бұрын

No… and at least spell his name right

What a fun video! The photos and video clips were a huge bonus.

Excellent video! I remember a few of these from my Three Stooges obsession as a kid.

I though the phrase “wet blanket” came from how uncomfortable a wet blanket would be, it being wet turned it from being soft comfortable and warm into something wet and cold. I just imagined a wet blanket among normal blankets, or laying in a bed and getting a wet blanket instead of a dry one. I guess I haven’t really thought about it since I was a kid.

@jombiejuss

Жыл бұрын

Or in England you could call a person “moist” meaning weak, soggy, soft. Great slang is great and sticks because they transcend many multiple implications and shows our gift of abstract communication which is exclusively the way our human species communicates

@trekkiejunk

Жыл бұрын

“Abstract communication” is not “exclusively the way our human species communicates.” We also communicate directly with language, not just abstractly.

@jombiejuss

Жыл бұрын

Trekkie Junk language is made up of abstract clusters called words. Each word is made up of abstract symbols called letters. Context further ads to the flexibility abstraction makes of them. Like saying “The tree has no bark.” Or “the dog has no bark”

@sheep4483

Жыл бұрын

​@@trekkiejunk I think the point is that language itself is abstract, it can be used to convey concrete things but really the true power of it is that it can be used to describe anything, whether it exists concretely or not, and as concretely or abstractly as one may want. Although furthermore, I think you misinterpreted "exclusively the way our human species communicates" as it being the exclusive way we communicate, when I think he more likely meant that we, exclusively, communicate using language in such a manner, as opposed to any other species.

@jombiejuss

Жыл бұрын

Sheep44 Dialect also evolves slowly throughout, and the youth using their slang as apart of newer language that feels timely and like their own and adopting a updated dialect to communicate with their peers and know whose familiar. That flexibility allows for such communication breakdowns and restructures to go on. “Water needs to flow to stay fresh” ☯️👈

“Making whoopee” was still being used on The Newlywed Game and Match Game in the ‘70s.

alot of these slang terms are still used today . and maybe the reason that the 1920s was able to spread slang was because thats basically the time when motion pictures started and many people watched them at the time and repeated what they saw on the screen .

I once saw a tip jar that had a note on it saying "We knead our dough" I have always thought that was really clever

@SerunaXI

Жыл бұрын

You exist for your wage, you work for your tip.

Fun fact regarding the exclamation "and how!" mentioned here: In German, we have an equivalent exclamation, "und wie!", which is the exact same phrase, translated directly word by word. And it is used in the exact same manner and context. It has gone out of fashion over the past few decades, but it is still very recognizable and doesn't sound off to a German speaker.

@4oska763

2 жыл бұрын

Now that I think about it in Polish it would sound something like 'A jak! ' or 'A jakże!'

@S_--

2 жыл бұрын

To add onto the polish guy's comment: Southern Slavic languages have this too. We say "И то како!" Or alternatively we use the full variation of the middle word to get "И тоа како!" We like to shorten words a lot so the first one would probably be more common.

@bumschak12

2 жыл бұрын

also we have the word "verhökern" which directly translates to the slang word "hock". And it is also used as slang. I wonder if we adapted the american phrases, or if the influences came by german ancestors. I fear we will never know :D

@texasred2702

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly there's a similar Spanish (or at least Mexican) expression, "Y que?" which roughly means "so [what]?"

@mreunome

Жыл бұрын

And how!....conjures up Moe, Larry, Curly...And Shemp

I'm 65, but grew up with collectible 78's, play the ukulele, love B&W movies, and studied Tin Pan Alley songsters. Nothing new for me, but great to see!

I would like to see a video on slang of the 1920's jazz culture which were plentiful.

I have my great grandmothers high school year book and the best part is all the slang terms written by other students "youre the tops" and "to a fellow jitterbug" are my favs- slang through out the years is so interesting

@donicaburley9163

Жыл бұрын

Cool beans!

@buckabrams4337

Жыл бұрын

@@donicaburley9163 my grandma says that all the time

@adamivester9876

11 ай бұрын

Gracie's a swell! (Meaning someone is rich)

@bigbadvoodooMAGAdaddy

11 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if it's 20's but there isn't nothing like a hootenanny!

@VioletJoy

11 ай бұрын

How fun!!

You'll never catch me copper! I ain't talkin' see!

@3starperfectdeer233

3 жыл бұрын

Flatfoot, gumshoe is better sounding

@3starperfectdeer233

3 жыл бұрын

@1tiercel I thought it was another name for a Gman

This was fun and I remembered most of them But that's because im 77 and heard them from my parents and grandparents 😅

It's amazing to see how much of this slang is still in use today. How many decades can make that claim?

My impression is that "ragamuffin" only referred to poor children, never to adults. Also, his name may have always been spelled "Louis" Armstrong but it was always pronounced "Louie".

@tallboy2234

2 жыл бұрын

Rag-a-muffin is definitely a child wearing rag-like clothes. Louie is just the shortened, knick-name of the formal Louis. The city St. Louis is often called St. Louie.

@fuckdefed

2 жыл бұрын

@@tallboy2234 It wouldn’t sound remotely formal to pronounce the name of any of the kings of France called ‘Louis’ as ‘Lewis’ when it should be ‘Loo-ee’. Louis Spence, Louis Theroux and Louis Walsh are British and Irish celebrities who are always called ‘Loo-ee’, it’s only in America where ‘Louis’ is normally pronounced ‘Lewis’ (though ‘Louis Armstrong’ is occasional called ‘Lewis’ outside of America by people who are consciously trying to pronounce his name in the way that he, himself, said it.).

@kenkur27

2 жыл бұрын

@@tallboy2234 'Louie' is also the original French pronunciation of the name

@maryerb6062

2 жыл бұрын

That's because it's French.

@lornas-w4661

2 жыл бұрын

But when he sings he himself pronounces it Lewis.

"Wet Blanket" is still pretty common today.

@fraise_fraud

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure

@sadderbythecloud

2 жыл бұрын

Used alot in grappling / wrestling

@ethan1340

2 жыл бұрын

okay boomer

@camerons9229

2 жыл бұрын

idk why everyone is replying saying “not so much.” I have called people a wet blanket and heard it used commonly my whole life. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

@weirdhuman627

2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard 'Wet Blanket' before watching this video.

Loved it! Extremely interesting and entertaining. Thanks!

I was born in the 40s but I actually still use most of these today

"You know I believe, and how!" - The Beatles 1969

@peaceonearth8693

3 жыл бұрын

The Three Stooges were often saying pretty much that. Especially the "and how" part.

@toddschendel4999

3 жыл бұрын

@@peaceonearth8693 😎

@imasonofadeadbeat2928

3 жыл бұрын

Specifically, George Harrison.

@karaamundson3964

3 жыл бұрын

Paul loved his father's old (1920s) records, and they would often play & sing the tunes.

@ginny3491

3 жыл бұрын

Yep!

*"The human brain is the most complex structure in the whole entire universe"* _-Human Brain._

@ahhh9k

3 жыл бұрын

d e e p

@tristanblackford7903

3 жыл бұрын

The universe is a structure; a construct of spacetime, matter, energy, dark matter, dark energy, and the laws of physics.

@5people829

3 жыл бұрын

@@tristanblackford7903 dark matter and energy are just filler words until we find what they actually are or what causes them.

@tristanblackford7903

3 жыл бұрын

@@5people829 that does not affect the validity of my statement.

@tristanblackford7903

3 жыл бұрын

people unless they are simply products of some physical law such as gravity is, then I guess I'm being redundant.

I liked your explanations. Great video.

I like seeing the footage of Buster Keaton, one of the GREATS of the silent film era. Both he and Charlie Chaplin lived to see a resurgence of appreciation of their artful work during the 1960s. Many, many silent films are WORTH watching. Thank you.

That pic of the “bobbed” hairstyles was wonderful! As a 73YO gal with naturally curly hair - of course I lusted after those straight, smooth styles…but was consigned my entire life with the crimps, curls, swirls and frizz that my now Very Fancy grey hair has lived thru…and triumphed over…Curly Girls Rule!! Thank you for this fun adventure back into “cool speak”!,

@jillian.x

Жыл бұрын

I always thought that The Bob was magnificent when styled with curls! Did you ever try to style your hair that way when you were younger?

@claudiamiller7730

Жыл бұрын

@@jillian.x..When I was little I wore ponytails and braids to control my hair andI forced my locks straight during the late ‘60’s to have a “Beatle Bob”…thanks to my sister being a hairdresser…and my hair was Shirley Temple quality curly so didn’t have much chance to combine sophisticated smooth, chic hair with Soft, easy curls! My hair is still actually wildly curly - and the humidity in North Carolina adjust is just NOT helping at all!💙

@daviddowns7552

Жыл бұрын

humidity here in n.c. is usually terrible.

@hambeastdelicioso1600

Жыл бұрын

That lovely lady was Louise Brooks who starred in some of the most groundbreaking silent films of the era.

@alexshatzko1381

Жыл бұрын

bobby pins

“Looking like a vamp, like a video queen” Def Leopard

@restricttheopennotes

2 жыл бұрын

"Lookin like a tramp, like a video vamp"* But i seen culture runs through you

As strange as it seems in this day and age I use many of these slang words today as do lots of others. The words just come out. I don't really remember my parents using them or teaching them to me, could be I just watched a lot of TV and movies growing up and picked them up from there. I have to admit I get some really strange looks from some people. Some will even ask why I say such weird things, most especially kids. Thanks for sharing this. 😊

Thanks so much. One of my favorite vintage movies is “Ball of Fire” made in 1942. A group of professors have been hired to make a new encyclopedia & early in the movie a garbage truck driver ask them a trivia questions. He uses several slang words prompting a naive professor to do more field research to update the slang in his article. When I ran across your video the movie has some of the same words. I heard some in these words in Looney Toons cartoons growing up. Smackaroo, moolah,banger, fish and dough for a dollar. Check it out & hopefully you will explain some of these slang words to us dames.😉😄

Seems like most are still in use today. None were unknown.

@dave-yj9mc

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know "tomato"... but I've used Peach

@dickiegreenleaf750

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Not sure why he’s acting like these are foreign words. Majority of these are known and still used. Sure not a lot but heard them many times.

@brianmccarthy5557

3 жыл бұрын

Tomato was used in the 1990's crime drama "The Grifters" starring John Cusack, Annette Bening and Angelica Houston, based on the Jim Thompson novel. The Bening character uses it to describe herself. I've heard it rarely used in real life. Most of the rest of these are in common use to various degrees and I've used them myself. Petting parties was stlll around when I was a young teen in the 1970's but I haven't heard it since. Vamp is pretty unusual. Sheik is only used with respect to the condom of the same name, since we have far more experience with Islamic Arabs than they did then, mostly negative. You did give me the info to understand the title of the play and 1950's film "Come Back Little Sheba" with Burt Lancaster. I've heard Sheba used by some older black men to describe a queenly black woman, by not by younger men. "It" was generally replaced in the 1960's by "charisma" which is still used, though it's echoed in phrases like "She's got it!" and "you've either got it or you don't".

@dc1697

3 жыл бұрын

"Keen" is an old one . "Numb skull" is another . "Wise guy" ; "clams" is one I use when dealing with money

@dickiegreenleaf750

3 жыл бұрын

@@dc1697 numb skull lol

I always liked the phrases, "The bees knees" and "The cat's pajamas/meow" meaning to hold something or someone in high esteem. Also the phrase, "I'll say" as in "I'll say she is" meaning emphatically agreeing with someone. "It's a cinch" or "A piece of cake" as in that's easy. "Blow this joint" to leave. "the lowdown" information. "Say" always starts a sentence to emphasize something. As in, "Say, that's a beautiful girl." I really think the '20's and '30's were the birth of slang.

@kristinen9854

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that while watching the video that the 1920's was the birth of slang.

@ShortBusScotty

3 жыл бұрын

23 skadoo

@Whipslinger1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShortBusScotty 23 Skidoo. That was a Policemens term, first used by a Police officer to a bunch of loiterers on, if all places, 23rd St. Meaning, you've got to clear off of 23rd St. No loitering allowed. True story. I was surprised when I first read it. Thought it was way to contrived to be believed, but that is the story. And that's how that frase got born.

@darknessanddistance4469

3 жыл бұрын

How about " take a powder" As in disappear quietly from the Gathering? Call a bathroom a powder room has something to do with that

@marilynndonini7247

3 жыл бұрын

@zorian. When the Flatiron Building was built at the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, New York City in 1902, it was discovered that its triangular shape caused a wind tunnel effect at its base that blew women's skirts up almost to their knees--a sight that attracted many a young man to hang around the building hoping to get a glimpse of forbidden body parts such as female ankles and calves!!! Although the expressions "23" and "skiddoo" (both meaning roughly "get outta here" or (another 20's slang term!) "Scram") had arisen separately a few years prior to the building, there's no doubt that the cops used them both in rousting the would-be "mashers" from ogling the free show--hence this apocryphal attribution of the origin of "23 skiddoo"! It sure makes a great story though!!!

I remember watching Harold Lloyd when I was kid. No words were needed…Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton…

Some of these really need to make a comeback.

@geometricentric

5 ай бұрын

…and how!

pretty sure I saw reviewbrah in the background of one of these scenes

@fabianweber6937

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂