![]() ![]() Pick a few words and phrases to use at your 1920’s-themed murder mystery party!Īnd once your 1920s Slang is The Bees Knees, grab your friends and solve A Flapper Murder at the 1920’s Speakeasy Theme Murder Mystery Party Game!Īpplesauce: A mild curse, like “darn” (also, “Horsefeathers!”)īaby Vamp: A pretty or popular female, student.īearcat: A hot-blooded, vivacious or fiery girlīeat One’s Gums: Idle talk, someone “beats one’s gums” when they’re all talk, no actionīee’s Knee’s: It’s the best (also, The Cat’s Pyjamas, Elephant’s Eyebrows, gnat’s whistle, eel’s hips, etc.)īeef: A problem, as in “What’s your beef?”īeeswax: Business, as in “Mind your own beeswax.”īible Belt: Area in the South and Midwest where Fundamentalism flourishesīlind Date: A date with someone you’ve never metīlow: (1) a wild party (2) to leave (as in, “Let’s make like the wind and blow)īluenose: An excessively puritanical person, a prudeīronx Cheer: A loud spluttering noise made with the lips, used to indicate disapproval.īull: (1) a law-enforcement official (2) nonesense (3) to talk idly, to exaggerateīull Session: A male talkfest, gossip, stories of sexual exploitsīum’s Rush: Thrown out of an establishmentīunny: A term of endearment applied to the lost, disoriented. The Roaring 20’s gave birth to a number of new phrases – some of which are distinct to that era, and some of which are still used today. ![]()
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