![]() Alright I gotta keep my sauce box moving. your mouth was your "sauce box." Context is everything.Ģ2. "Whooperups" were, quote, "inferior noisy singers." I'm looking at you William Hung and also, you, me.Ģ1. Although, come to think of it, an egg might be better than a Dundie.ġ9. I guess this was back in the days before, like, trophies. If something or someone was "not up to dick," it was not healthy.ġ8. He brings his own provisions and doesn't contribute at all to the resort the he's visiting."ġ7. A "nose bagger" was, quote, "someone who takes a day trip to the beach. Whereas, of course, a giggle mugshot is a picture of Robert Downey Jr. A "gigglemug" was a habitually smiling face. A "door-knocker" was a type of beard, quote, "shaved leaving hair under the chin, and upon each side of the mouth forming with moustache something like a door-knocker." Damn hipsters.ġ5. "Don't sell me a dog" was a fancy way of saying "Don't lie to me."ġ3. "Cop a mouse" meant to get a black eye-not to be confused with the terrifying Cockamouse from How I Met Your Mother.ġ2. For instance, they called sausages "bags O' mystery" which they are. Meredith, what kind of sausages? Pork sausages? Another quarter for the staff pork chop party fund.ġ1. The 1909 book Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English Slang and Phrase captured some great phrases that were falling out of favor even back then. To "give someone the wind" is to jilt a suitor, which now a days we call "The rose ceremony on The Bachelor."ġ0. "A butter and egg man," has nothing to do with breakfast preferences, it's actually, according to one dictionary, a wealthy but unsophisticated small-town businessman who acts like a playboy when he visits the big city.ĩ. "Flub the dub" means to evade one's doody-No, duty.ħ. "In the ketchup" means in the red or operating at a deficit.ĥ. "Pang-Wangle" is to live or go along cheerfully in spite of minor misfortunes, like Mickey Mouse who goes along cheerfully despite having a dog who's a friend and also a dog who's a dog and also, come to think of it, Thor, who goes on despite having Loki as a brother, and Yoda, who goes on despite Luke Skywalker's incessant whining.Ĥ. You know, like cabbage. This was the old days.ģ. "Happy cabbage" is a sizeable amount of money to be spent on self-satisfying things. The goal here of course is to bring some of these awesome slang terms back into style so let's get started.Ģ. Here at mental_floss, we've got a growing collection of slang dictionaries, so today I'm gonna share with you some old school slang.ġ.like how "a wet sock" means a limp handshake. Special thanks to the Dictionary of American Slang, Dictionary of American Regional English, Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang and Phrase, Straight From the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang, 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages, Dictionary of the Underworld, and Jonathon Green’s Dictionary of Slang.ĭon't miss an episode- subscribe here! ( Images and footage provided by Shutterstock, transcript provided by Nerdfighteria Wiki. blowĪ breathing-hole (through the ice for seals etc) or a nostril ( especially on the head of a whale etc). Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. ![]()
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