Well I've done my research. Just to get you er... "hip to the jive" and whatnot. So just to get you into the swing of things, read the list and hope a couple words stick. * Bee's Knees - An extraordinary person, thing, idea * Berries - is attractive or pleasing; similar to bee's knees, As in "It's the berries." * Big Cheese - The most important or influential person. Same as big shot * Bluenose - An excessively puritanical person, a prude * Bump Off - To murder * Carry a Torch - To have a crush on someone * Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish; similar to bee's knees; The best or greatest * Cat's Pajamas - Same as cat's meow * Cheaters - Eyeglasses * Crush - An infatuation * Dogs - feet * Drugstore Cowboy - a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls * Dumb Dora - a stupid female * Fall Guy - victim of a frame * Flat Tire - A dull insipid, disappointing date. Same as pill, pickle, drag, rag, oilcan * Frame - To give false evidence, to set up someone * Gams - A woman's legs * Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage; alcohol * Gin Mill - An establishment where hard liquor is sold; bar * Hard Boiled - a tough, strong guy * Heebie-Jeebies - The jitters * Hooch - Bootleg liquor* Hoofer - Dancer * Hotsy-Totsy - Pleasing * Jake - OK * Jalopy - Old car * Joint - A club, usually selling alcohol * Keen - Attractive or appealing * Kisser - Mouth * Lounge Lizard - a guy that is sexually active * Moll - A gangster's girl * Neck - Kissing with passion * Pet - Same as neck, but more so * Pinch - To arrest * Pushover - A person easily convinced or seduced * Ritzy - Elegant (from the hotel) * Scram - Ask someone to leave immediately * Speakeasy - An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor * Spiffy - An elegant appearance * Struggle Buggy - the backseat of a car. A parent's worst nightmare * Stuck On - Having a crush on * Swanky - Ritzy * Swell - Wonderful. Also: a rich man * Take for a Ride -To drive off with someone in order to bump them off * Torpedo - A hired thug or hitman * Upchuck - To vomit when one has drunk too much * Whoopee - To have a good time ciggy: cigarette clam: a dollar coffin varnish: bootleg liquor, often poisonous. dough: money dry up: shut up, get lost ducky: very good get a wiggle on: get a move on, get going get in a lather: get worked up, angry goods, the: (1) the right material, or a person who has it (2) the facts, the truth, i.e. "Make sure the cops don't get the goods on you." half seas over: drunk, also "half under." handcuff: engagement ring hard-boiled: tough, as in, a tough guy, ie: "he sure is hard-boiled!" heavy sugar: a lot of money heebie-jeebies: "the shakes," named after a hit song. high hat: a snob. hip to the jive: cool, trendy hood: hoodlum ish kabibble: a retort meaning "I should care." Jane: any female keen: appealing lay off: cut it out level with me: be honest line: a false story, as in "to feed one a line." mind your potatoes: mind your own business. mop: a handkerchief "Now you're on the trolley!": Now you've got it, now you're right. pipe down: stop talking sap: a fool, an idiot. shiv: a knife vamp: (1) a seducer of men, an aggressive flirt (2) to seduce What's eating you?: What's wrong?
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