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Can You Pass This General Knowledge Quiz From 1953?
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By: Monica Lee
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Flappers, speakeasies, feather boas and the Charleston. Life in the 1920s was unconventional. Rationing from WWI was a thing of the past. And the world was ready to celebrate in a big way. Flappers challenged traditional, Victorian standards by smoking, drinking and dancing in public. And the jargon reflected the newfound freedoms of the Roaring Twenties with fun and silly words. Consider language like "giggle water," “applesauce” and “bee’s knees," -- one couldn't help but share in the contagious giddy mood of the slang.
Prohibition, instead of quelling drunkenness and violence, is widely cited as a leading cause of organized crime during the 1920s. Naturally, there was a large amount of lingo that had to do with procuring and drinking alcohol. The 1920s slang included "I have to see a man about a dog" (going to buy a drink) to such jargon as "foot juice" (wine), "ossified" (drunk), "on a toot" (bender), and "panther piss" (whiskey, particularly homemade whiskey). Of course, social interactions had their own language as well. Many names for the opposite sex were especially goofy, from boyfriends being called "jellybeans" to attractive women referred to as "a choice bit of calico". How much of this jargon could you have figured out? Test yourself now, and if you score well, make some whoopee!
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