Have you ever heard your grandparents say something and you had no clue what they were talking about? Well this is a guide to 50's slang. I should probably tell you what slang is in case some of you don't know. Slang are words you use every day, words your parents might not know. Some slang words that I personally like are "rad", "cool", "yo" etc. Every era in time has differnt slang terms. These are a few people in the 1950's used.

Agitate the gravel - to leave , or exit
Ankle-biter - a child or extremely small person
Ape - to explode from anger
Bash - great party
Bobbed - shortened
Cat - a "hip" person
Circled - married
Cooties - imaginary infestations of the truly "un-cool"
Cream - badly damage
Cut the gas - Be quiet!
Dolly - cute girl
Dig - to approve
Duck Butt or D.A. - Hairstyle of greasers where hair in back is combed to the middle
Fake out - a bad date
Fat City - a great thing or place; Happy
Fream - someone who doesn't fit in
Greaser - a guy with tons of grease in his hair, which later came to describe an entire group of people. (yes, John Travolta in Grease.)
Heat - police
Horn - telephone
Jacketed - going steady, dating
Kookie - nuts, in the nicest possible way
Lighter - a crew cut
Make the scene - to attend an event or activity
Nosebleed - an insult
Paper shaker - cheerleader
Pile up Z's - get some sleep

Well as you have probably noticed this is some cheesy stuff; stuff your parents or grandparents say to embarass you. That's all for now I have to go " catch some z's "

MarMonroe