Slang+Used+(1940s-1950s)

__ 1940's Slang __
 * "Bust your chops" – Basically meant scolding but not to literally hit someone.
 * **"Buzz" – Refers to being tipsy.**
 * "Call girl" – A prostitute that you have to have an appointment to see.
 * **"Cheesy" – Means cheap.**
 * "Chicken" – Referred to someone being a coward.
 * **"Cold" – Referred to leads that could no longer be followed.**
 * "Cracks me up" – To make someone laugh really hard.
 * **"Dope" – Meant information.**
 * "Drop" – To kill.
 * **"Fat-head" – A word said about stupid or foolish people.**
 * "Fix" – This word meant a dose of drugs (usually narcotics).
 * **"Geezer" – A derogatory word for an old person.**
 * "Gas" – Meant a good time or something that was funny.
 * **"Hairy"- Crude, clumsy.**
 * "Hang up"- To quit.
 * **"Hang!"- Injerction of frustration or emphasis.**
 * "Hardware"- A gun.
 * "H**ave a cow"- Throw a fit.**
 * "Ace"- Expert.
 * **"Bad business"- Trouble. **
 * "Be-bop"- A dance to fast big band jazz.
 * **"Bender"- A drinking spree. **
 * "Biz"- Business.
 * **"Black and white"- Police car. **
 * "Blow a fuse"- Lose your temper.
 * **"Bum"- To borrow. **
 * "Bum rap"- False accusation.
 * **"Buzz from the farm"- To die. **
 * "Can"- Jail or prison.
 * **"Chopper"- Tooth. **
 * "Chrome-dome"- A bald guy.
 * **"Cold fish"- An unresponsive person. **
 * "Cook with gas"- To do something right.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cookie"- Guy or gal. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Quarterback"- To lead.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Rag"- To make fun of, tease. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Rocks"- Ice.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Rub out"- To kill. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Rug"- A toupee, a wig.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Sappy"- Gullible.**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Sauced"- Drunk, intoxicated.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Sell out"- To betray someone.**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Sharp"- Excellent, outstanding.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Sing"- To inform or tattle.**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Smoke out"- Force out, to make come out.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Souse"- A drink.**
 * "Crib notes"- Forbidden notes taken to an exam.
 * **"Thingamabob"- An object for which a name is unavailable.**

__1950's Slang__


 * "﻿<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Actor" - Show-off.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Agitate the Gravel"- To leave.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Are you writing a book?"- You're asking too many questions.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**"Baby Cute"- Girl, term of address for either sex.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Bad news"- Depressing person.
 * "Bent eight"- A V-8 engine.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cruisin' for a bruisin'"- Looking for trouble.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cube"- A normal person.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"No sweat"- No problem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Nuggets"- Loose change.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Odd ball"- Someone a bit off the norm.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"On the stick"- Pulled together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Pad"- Home.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Paper shaker"- Cheerleader or Pom Pom girl.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Party pooper"- No fun at all.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Passion Pit Drive"-In movie theatre.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Peepers"- Glasses.