dong, n.3 Coarse American Slang
= PENIS.
1930 in Amer. Speech V. 390. 1939 J. STEINBECKGrapes of Wrath xvi. 245 Tell 'em ya dong's growed sence you los' your eye.
doozer, n. N. American Slang
= *DOOZYn.
1930-9 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 174/2.
flat out, advb. phr.
1. Using or involving all one's (or its) strength or resources; at top speed; = ALLOUTadvb. phr. 4. Also as adj.
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2. Phr. to be flat out for (something): to direct one's attention, energies, etc., towards securing, effecting, doing, etc. (something). (Emphatic form of to be out for: OUTadv.).
1930Morning Post 7 Aug. 10/1 Everyone is ‘flat out’ for flyingmy trouble is to persuade anyone to do anything else.
Jeeves
The name of a character in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse represented as the perfect valet, used allusively. Hence Jeevesian, Jeeves-likeadjs., resembling Jeeves.
1930 E. WAUGHLabels iii. 46 The stewards..maintained a Jeeves-like standard of courtesy and efficiency.
macher
A man of importance, a bigwig; a braggart. Often derogatory.
1930Amer. Speech VI. 126 A Macher..from the German word... Literally translated the word means ‘maker’ and idiomatically..is used derisively, referring to a braggart.
Moxie
Courage, ‘guts’, ‘nerve’; energy, pep.
1930 D. RUNYON in Collier's 20 Dec. 32/3 Personally, I always figure Louie a petty-larceny kind of guy, with no more moxie than a canary bird.
muck-up
A mixing or confusing; a confused situation; a blunder, a fiasco, a mess, a muddle; Austral. (see quot. 1945).
1930Daily Express 9 Sept. 8/7 The muck-up of society..is almost complete.
oh yeah, int
An exclamation or interrogative suggesting incredulity, disbelief, or scepticism; ‘really?’, ‘is that so?’. Also as quasi-adj.
1930Forum Dec. 376/2 Only recently, that cultural masterpiece O yeah! sounded its death rattle. 1931 LOEB & SCHENKERPlease Stand By xii. 138 ‘Oh, are you William Wishtell,’ the girl from the Globe asked... ‘I've been dying to meet you.’ ‘Oh, yeah? Well, here I am in the flesh.’
patsy, a.
Satisfactory, all right.
1930Amer. Mercury Dec. 457/1 Patsy, all right. ‘The mutt offices patsy and we walk into a collar.’
prosty
Abbrev. of PROSTITUTEn. 1a. Cf. PROSSIE.
1930Bookman Dec. 397/2 These song writers exploit motherhood into a mania, and go Rotary about any old half-baked, klux-ridden Dixie backwash. They make love in kindergarten terms, turn Sunday-school superintendent about prosties whom they term ‘faded roses’ or ‘butterflies’, and otherwise trade on primitive mass ideas.
schnozzle
The nose. Similarly (joc.) s(c)hnozzola [cf. -OLA].
Esp. applied as a nickname to the U.S. entertainer James Francis (‘Jimmy’) Durante (1893-1980).
1930Variety 26 Feb. 24/5 It's the medium for the screen debut of Jimmy Durante, he of the large schozzola [sic.]. Ibid. 56/2 ‘Roadhouse Night’...brings Jimmy Durante to the screen. Admirers of his peculiar madness usually fear for its reception by a general public..but the Schnozzle's first screen appearance removes any doubts that might have been entertained.
snozzle, n. anglicized form of schnozzle
1930 D. RUNYON in Collier's 20 Dec. 13/2 He no sooner pokes his snozzle into the joint than a guy by the name of Louie the Lug..jumps up.
strip-teaser
performer of strip-tease; an ecdysiast or stripper.
1930Variety 26 Nov. 40/2 The main b[ox] o[ffice] lure is the girls, those known as ‘strip teasers’.
virgie, a. and n
1930 [see MUCKEDppl. a.]. 1965 H. GOLDMan who was not with It xxvii. 251 How do you know? A virgie like you were.
wee-wee, v.
intr. To urinate.
1930 C. BEATONDiary Dec. in Wandering Years (1961) IX. 192 Young men..hurried into the garden to wee-wee.
biggie
- a. An important person; a ‘big shot’. orig. U.S.
1931 H. MUTSCHMANNGloss. Americanisms 8/1 Biggie, important person, celebrity.
bonk, v.
1.colloq.a.trans. To hit (a solid surface or bony part of the body) resoundingly with or against something hard and unyielding. (See also quot. 1931.)
1931 BROPHY & PARTRIDGESongs & Slang 1914-18 (ed. 3) 286 To bonk, to shell; generally in the passive.
carny, n.
= CARNIVAL 2b; also, a person who works at a carnival. Also attrib. or as adj.
1931Amer. Speech VI. 330 Carnifolks, persons who engage in the carnival business.
ginzo
In contemptuous use: a person of Italian extraction; also as adj.
1931Amer. Mercury Dec. 413/1 He's a Roumanian or some kinda guinzo.
hoo-ha
A commotion, a rumpus, a row.
The use in quot. 1932 seems to be without parallel.
1931Punch 14 Oct. 402/1 The devil of a hoo-ha in the papers about increasing the demand for English-grown corn.
mocky
A Jew. Also attrib. or as adj.
1931 D. RUNYON in Collier's 10 Jan. 10/3, I consider this..disrespectful, like calling Jewish people mockies, or Heebs, or geese.
nitwitted, a
Lacking in intelligence. Hence nitwittedness, stupidity.
1931Observer 6 Dec. 11 Many of the American films are just as shoddy, just as nitwitted.
poop, v.4
a.intr. To break down, ‘conk’ out.b.trans. To tire, to exhaust. So poopedppl. a., exhausted, worn out. Freq. with adv., esp. out.
1931Technol. Rev. Nov. 65/2 If his engine poops or konks, he will be forced down. 1932Amer. Speech VII. 335 Pooped; all pooped, tired out; exhausted.
speako
= SPEAKEASY.
1931Amer. Mercury Dec. 415/2 There's only one thing in the world that puts a speako over, and that's good will.
Blat
A newspaper. Cf. BLADDERn. 6d.
1932 D. RUNYON in Collier's 21 Aug. 32/2 In fact, there is some mention of it in the blats.
burp, v.
- intr. To belch. Hence burpingvbl. n. and ppl. a., belching or making a similar sound.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 330 Burp, to belch. - also noun
cojones
a. Testicles.b. Courage, ‘guts’.
1932 HEMINGWAYDeath in Aft. ii. 28 It takes more cojones to be a sportsman where death is a closer party to the game.
crapper
A privy.
1932 in Amer. Speech VII. 330.
futz
intr. To loaf, waste time, mess around.
1932 J. T. FARRELLStuds Lonigan (1936) iii. 56 Studs kept futzing around until Helen Shire came out with her soccer ball.
Goof
.intr.a. To dawdle, to spend time idly or foolishly; to ‘skive’; to gawp; to let one's attention wander. Sometimes const. off.
1932 J. T. FARRELLStuds Lonigan (1936) I. i. 5 To get even with..the Hunkie janitor, because he always ran them off the grass when they goofed on their way home from school.
gotcha, gotcher
a representation of the colloq. or vulgar pronunciation of (I have) got you (see esp. GETv. 21a).
1932 E. WALLACEWhen Gangs came to London xxii. 197 The 'plane was nearing the centre of Cavendish Square, when it suddenly heeled over. Its tail went down and it fell with a crash in the centre of the garden which occupied the middle of the square. ‘Gotcher!’ It was Jiggs' triumphant voice.
hair-do
a. A way or style of dressing the hair (orig. U.S.).b. A cutting and setting of the hair.
1932 E. FERBERThey brought their Women (1933) 24 Why don't we wait until I get the new hair-do.
me-and-you
1932 P. P. Rhyming Slang 23 Me and you..Menu
narker
An informer; a policeman; one who complains or disparages.
1932 NORDHOFF & HALLMutiny on Bounty iii. 39 The captain's ‘narker’ or spy among the men.
Nerts
repr. a colloq. or euphemistic pronunc. of nuts (NUTn.1 7e).
1932Amer. Speech VII. 334 (Johns Hopkins jargon) Nertsexclamation of incredulity or disgust. (Nuts?)
okey-doke, a
= O.K. adj. a.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 334 Okey-dokey, O.K.
peck
Abbrev. PECKERWOOD b. U.S. Black slang.
1932Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 31/5 Peck, a white person.
pix2
var. pics, pl. of PIC4.
In quot. 1932 used for the sing.
1932Variety 19 July 4/5 (heading) ‘Million’, Par's all~star pix. Ibid. 9 Aug. 15/4 (heading) Open sesame for Brit. pix in Dominion.
pricey, a
Expensive, high-priced. Also Comb.
1932 ‘C. L. ANTHONY’ ServiceIII. ii. 101 I've got the day off to-daybeen up to a sale to see about a show-case. But I couldn't touch it. It was a very pricey article.
Schmeck
A drug; spec. heroin.
1932Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 31/5 Smeck, dope.
Skivvy
1.N. Amer.slang (orig. Naut.).a. An undershirt, a vest. Also skivvy shirt.b.pl. Underclothes.
1932 J. L. D'ESQUECount in Fo'c'sle 216 He cut away the unconscious engineer's shirt and skivie with his jack~knife.
Smooch
intr. To kiss; to neck or pet; spec. while dancing to a lazy, romantic melody.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 336 Smooch,..to kiss.
Snazzy
Excellent; attractive; classy, stylish, flashy.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 336 Snazzy, agreeable; attractive.
Swacked
Drunk, intoxicated.
1932Amer. Speech VII. 436 A man drunk is ‘limp’, ‘tight’, ‘swacked’
Tampax
The proprietary name of a sanitary tampon for women; also applied loosely to any variety of tampon, and in fig. contexts. Cf. TAMPONn. 1.
1932Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Mar. 1063/2 Tampax. For sanitary absorbent tampons. 1935Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Feb. 187/1 Tampax... Sanitary absorbent tampons.
Temp
A temporary employee; esp., a temporary secretary (see TEMPORARYn. 4).
1932Amer. Speech VII. 278 A temp, a part-timer [i.e. a part-time non-civil service employee of the U.S. Post Office].
Whammo
= WHAMn.2 2; an exclamation suggesting a sudden violent blow or surprising event, etc.
1932Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 7 May, But the heavy comes to, and Whamo! The boy goes down bam.