1940's Slang

  1. Take a powder –
    to leave
  2. Fuddy-Duddy –
    old-fashioned person
  3. Gobbledygook –
    double talk, long speech
  4. Fat-head –
    stupid or foolish person
  5. Chrome-dome –
    word for a bald headed man
  6. Eager beaver –
    enthusiastic helper
  7. Armored heifer –
    canned milk
  8. In cahoots with – conspiring with
  9. Snap your cap –
    get angry
  10. Doll dizzy – girl crazy
  11. Ducky shincracker - a good dancer
  12. Above my pay grade – don’t ask me
  13. Cook with gas – to do something right
  14. Killer-diller – good stuff
  15. Hi sugar, are you rationed? – are you going steady?
  16. Stompers – shoes
  17. Flip your wig – to lose control of yourself
  18. Dead hoofer – poor dancer
  19. Bathtub – motorcycle sidecar
  20. Pennies from heaven – easy money
  21. Ameche – to telephone
  22. Gone with the wind – run off (with the money)
  23. Lettuce - money
  24. Gas - either a good time or something that was really funny
  25. Grandstand – to show off
  26. Brainchild – someone’s creative idea
  27. What’s buzzin’, cousin? – how’s it going?
  28. Khaki wacky – boy crazy
  29. Hen fruit – eggs
  30. Hi-de-ho - hello
  31. Pass the buck – pass responsibility for
  32. Motorized freckles – insects