1920s-1950s
Dapper
You look “dapper”
neat and stylish in dress and appearance
Groovy
That song is groovy
cool or fantastic
Ghost
He ghosted me
suddenly cut off all communication
No cap
no lie, or for real
Twain
And they twain shall be one flesh
two, or a pair
Ankle-biter
Don’t let the ankle-biter break anything
a small child
Dweeb
Don’t be such a dweeb
socially awkward person
Salty
Don’t get so salty
upset or bitter
bet
ok Or yes, often used to express agreement or confirmation
Artificer
“Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron”
skilled worker in manual trades like metalworking or stoneworking
Flip your wig (Snap your cap)
He flipped his wig when he found out
Threads
I like your threads
clothes
Props
He gets props for that move
respect or credit
Rizz
Short for charisma; skill in charming or flirting
Husbandry
“for we are labourers together with God; ye are God’s husbandry”
farming, agriculture
Bee’s knees
She is the “bee’s knees”
outstanding person or thing
Crash
Do you know somewhere I can crash tonight?
to sleep or stay somewhere temporarily
get giggy
They got giggy when the song started
to dance or get into the groove
bussin’
amazing or extremely good
Dearth
There were frequent dearths in Palestine
severe scarcity or famine
Hard-boiled
That person is “hard-boiled”.
Tough or unemotional
Fuzz
Watch out for the fuzz
Scrub
Don’t end up a scrub
unsuccessful or undesirable person
Aura farming
doing something to look cool without trying too hard
Sodden
”but the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken”
boiled, cooked with water