1. Look suspicious
   Are nerdy
2. Ask too many questions
   Can't sleep

This one comes from the 1950s. Someone might use this if they are being asked a lot of questions that they don't want to answer. It's meant to be a defensive answer.

1. Good
2. Bad

Someone "mutton-headed" was stupid. This one was taken from Francis Grose’s, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," first published in 1785.

1. Yes
2. No

This one comes from the 1960s. It meant that someone was attractive superficially, but didn't have anything going for them on a deeper, personal level.

1. Girlfriend
   Cigarette
2. Affair
   Stuff

While popularly used in the 1920s, this one has biblical roots. It goes back to the Queen of Sheba, who some people think may have had some sort of relationship with King Solomon.

1. Double-dealer
   Priest
2. Academic
   Murderer

Someone ambidextrous can use both hands. In the 1600s, an "ambidexter" was someone who would make deals with people and double-cross them.

1. Ruined
   Wet
2. Confusing
   Fine

This expression dates back to at least 1914 in the U.S.A., but it was also used in Australia. it meant "excellent," but the precise origin is unknown.

1. Do something right
   Mess things up
2. Give someone a kiss
   Run away

This phrase originated when gas stoves were being advertised as more effective than wood-burning stoves, so to cook with gas literally meant to use the better technology.

1. Cigarette
   Know-it-all
2. Girlfriend
   Pet

This word comes from the 1930s. While modern people know it better from the clothing brand, Abercrombie and Fitch, back in the day it was used to describe someone who thought they were smarter than everyone else.

1. Super fast
   A gas guzzler
2. Ugly
   A lemon

The 1920s are not particularly known for their green way of life, and a car considered inefficient or a "hayburner" back in the early days of cars would have had to have been exceptionally bad. It means it went through gas as quickly as fire goes through hay (which is really fast.) A "hayburner" was also a losing racehorse.

1. Small talk
   Driving
2. Cooking
   Dancing

This slang comes from the 1940s. It was used to refer to people who couldn't dance. A "hoofer" was a dancer, so it's clear why a "dead hoofer" would call to mind a really terrible dancer!

1. In love
   Tired of her
2. Attracted to her
   Angry

This expression comes from the 1930s. It was used to apply to men who were so in love with women that they didn't use sense, and therefore found themselves in bad situations.

1. Lie
   Talk to them
2. Leave
   Succeed

This one was popular until about 1870. It was a reference to the fact that people who used to sell dogs would try to pass off mutts as purebreds.

1. Glasses
   An ugly dress
2. tToo much jewelry
   Too-tight pants

This was used in Victorian times. A man wearing gas-pipes was wearing way-too-tight pants, that looked, well, like the pipelines used to carry natural gas.

1. Yes
2. No

The Victorians loved their insults. "Mutton shunter" was a derogatory Victorian name for cops. "Mutton" was sometimes slang for prostitute, and policeman would shunt (shove) them out of an area.

1. An ugly bracelet
   A wedding ring
2. An arrest warrant
   A killjoy

In the 1920s, marriage was often referred to as a prison sentence through slang. Wedding rings were also referred to as manacles.

1. Beer
   A cocktail
2. Whiskey
   Water

This slang comes from the 1930s. It referred to a glass of water. Water was alternately called "city juice" during the 1930s, as well.

1. Sad
   In love
2. Hungry
   Beautiful

The phrase dates back to 1880. It indicates a state of melancholy. Morbid means, essentially, an obsession with dark and sad things.

1. Pickup artist
   Hobo
2. Medicine man
   Guy from the West

This expression comes from the 1920s. It was used to refer to men who hung out on street corners, trying to meet women.

1. Beautiful
   Strict
2. Poor
   Noble

A "martinet" is a strict disciplinarian. This one was taken from Francis Grose’s, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue."

1. Detective
   Idiot
2. Professor
   Husband

Hawkshaw was a word used in the early twentieth century. It's slang for detective. It actually came from the name of a character in an 1863 play called, "The Ticket of Leave Man."

1. Angry
   In love
2. Depressed
   Bored

This was a 1950s favorite. Someone who was "frosted" was angry. It's similar (though not identical in meaning) to how we say that someone is acting "cold" today.

1. Beautiful
   Lazy
2. Immoral
   Generous

This one is a Jazz Age doozy. A "dewdropper" is a type of guy that does nothing more than sleep during the day because he isn't employed.

1. Ugly
   Delicious
2. Too extravagant
   Cheap

This phrase is from the Victorian era. It was making fun of extravagance by comparing it to the excessive notion of eating butter on a piece of bacon.

1. A balloon
   A grandmother
2. A sick person
   A cigarette

This term likely originated as British Army slang from the Second Boer War (at the turn of the twentieth century.) It referred to high-tar, unfiltered cigarettes and their detrimental effects on the troops' ability to breathe.

1. Rich person
   Small child
2. Spouse
   Prude

This word was popular in the 1920s to describe people who weren't really feeling the wild times. It means someone who is very obsessed with what they believe is proper and pious behavior.

1. Old
   Drunk
2. Rich
   Cruel

This one comes from the Roaring 20s. Despite Prohibition being in full swing, people still got wasted. We can thank the Irish for this particular piece of slang.

1. Errands
   Celebrating loudly
2. Blocking traffic
   Selling illegal things

This one is comes from the name of a town, Mafeking, that survived a siege during the Boer War. When it was over, the people celebrated (quite loudly) in the streets. This gave birth to the word "mafficking."

1. Whiskey
   Moonshine
2. Milk
   Tea

This one comes from the Jazz Age (the 1920s.) "Noodle juice" was tea; we know, it's not super obvious.

1. Parents
   Hands
2. Shoes
   Keys

This one is from the Victorian era (we can think the Brits for lots of lovely slang!) It was another word for hands.

1. Drunk
   Embarrassed
2. Broke
   Nosey

This was used during the Victorian era. If someone was "poked up," they were embarrassed.

1. No more kissing
   Someone's broke
2. Dinner is ready
   It's bedtime

This one comes from the 1920s. A woman would have said this to a man who was angling for a kiss when she didn't want to give him one.

1. Brave
   Sexy
2. Stupid
   Lost

This was popular during Victorian times. By the 1920s, the definition had morphed into a form of appreciation, such as, "Thanks doll! You're a real brick!"

1. Funny
   Very late
2. Flaky
   A buzzkill

This one was popular in the 1920s. A "wurp" is a wet blanket or a buzzkill. Definitely not someone who could appreciate the Jazz Age in all its glory!

1. A wallflower
   Married
2. Mean
   Beautiful

This one comes from the 1920s. A shy, quiet, lonely woman who keeps to herself is a "canceled stamp."

1. Is intelligent
   Leads an extravagant life
2. Lies a lot
   Is very old

This one comes from the 1920s. An "egg" is someone who leads an absurdly rich lifestyle. This is referenced in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, "The Great Gatsby," where the wealthy characters lived in the towns of West Egg and East Egg.