1950s Slang Words
- actor - show-off
- baby - term of endearment
- cool - impressive or popular
- bash - party
- blast - a good time
- square - someone who is not fashionable or "with it"
- boss - great
- cat - a hip person
- cool it - relax
- Clyde, Daddy-O - terms of address for a guy
- dig - to understand
- drag - either a short race or a boring situation
- flick - a movie
- flip - to freak out
- greaser - someone who uses a lot of hair grease
- jets - brains, intelligence
- like wow, or like crazy - better than cool!
- make-out - a kissing/petting session
- nerd - same as modern meaning
- no sweat - no problem
- -ville added to a slang term - Nowheresville, Squaresville, etc - used to describe a place in slang terms
- pad - home
- peepers - glasses
- pooper or party pooper - no fun at all
- put down - to insult
- rap - to tattle on someone
- real gone - either unstable or very much in love
- righto - OK
- shot down - failed
- sounds - music
- spaz - someone who is uncoordinated
- split - leave
- threads - clothes
- tight - good friends
- weed - a cigarette
- wet rag - someone who is a bore
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