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-ski, -avous: these are two suffixes (derived from Russian and French, respectively) used in flapper parlance to “dress up” normal words. The suffix could be added to any word. There was only one hard and fast rule: if you responded to a question containing a suffix, you had to use the same part of speech somehow. Example: “Would you like a drink-avous?” “No thanks, I’m on the wagon-avous.” “The sun-ski is so bright!” “Put on a hat-ski.”
A
ab-so-lute-ly: affirmative
all wet: incorrect
And how!: I strongly agree!
ankle: to walk, i.e.. "Let's ankle!"
apple sauce: flattery, nonsense, i.e.. "Aw, applesauce!"
Attaboy!: well done!; also, Attagirl!
B
baby: sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect.
baby grand: heavily built man
baby vamp: an attractive or popular female, student.
balled up: confused, messed up.
baloney: Nonsense!
Bank's closed.: no kissing or making out ie. "Sorry, mac, bank's closed."
bearcat: a hot-blooded or fiery girl
beat it: scram, get lost.
beat one's gums: idle chatter
bee's knee's: terrific; a fad expression. Dozens of "animal anatomy" variations existed: elephant's eyebrows, gnat's whistle, eel's hips, etc.
beef: a complaint or to complain.
beeswax: business, i.e. "None of your beeswax." Student.
bell bottom: a sailor
bent: drunk
berries: (1) perfect (2) money
big cheese: important person
big six: a strong man; from auto advertising, for the new and powerful six cylinder engines.
bimbo: a tough guy
bird: general term for a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd," i.e. "What a funny old bird."
blotto (1930 at the latest): drunk, especially to an extreme
blow: (1) a crazy party (2) to leave
bohunk: a derogatory name for an Eastern European immigrant. Out of use by 1930, except in certain anti-immigrant circles, like the KKK.
bootleg: illeagal liquor
breezer (1925): a convertable car
bubs: breasts
bug-eyed Betty (1927): an unattractive girl, student.
bull: (1) a policeman or law-enforcement official, including FBI. (2) nonesense, bullshit (3) to chat idly, to exaggerate
bump off: to kill
bum's rush, the: ejection by force from an establishment
bunny (1925): a term of endearment applied to the lost, confused, etc. Often coupled with "poor little."
bus: any old or worn out car.
bushwa: a euphemism for "bullshit"
Butt me.: I'll take a cigarette.
C
cake-eater: a lady's man
caper: a criminal act or robbery.
cat's meow: great, also "cat's pajamas" and "cat's whiskers"
cash: a kiss
Cash or check?: Do we kiss now or later?
cast a kitten: to have a fit. Used in both humorous and serious situations. i.e. "Stop tickling me or I'll cast a kitten!" Also, "have kittens."
chassis (1930): the female body
cheaters: eye glasses
check: Kiss me later.
chewing gum: double-speak, or ambiguous talk.
choice bit of calico: attractive female, student.
chopper: a Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, due to the damage its heavy .45 caliber rounds did to the human body.
chunk of lead: an unnattractive female, student.
ciggy: cigarette
clam: a dollar
coffin varnish: bootleg liquor, often poisonous.
copacetic: excellent
crasher: a person who attends a party uninvited
crush: infatuation
cuddler: one who likes to make out
D
daddy: a young woman's boyfriend or lover, especially if he's rich.
daddy-o: a term of address; strictly an African-American term.
dame: a female. Did not gain widespread use until the 1930's.
dapper: a Flapper's dad
darb: a great person or thing. "That movie was darb."
dead soldier: an empty beer bottle.
deb: a debutant.
dewdropper: a young man who sleeps all day and doesn't have a job
dick: a private investigator. Coined around 1900, the term finds major recognition in the 20's.
dinge: a derogatory term for an African-American. Out of use by 1930.
dogs: feet
doll: an attractive woman.
dolled up: dressed up
don't know from nothing: doesn't have any information
don't take any wooden nickels: don't do anything stupid.
dope: drugs, esp. cocaine or opium.
doublecross: to cheat, stab in the back.
dough: money
drugstore cowboy: A well-dressed man who loiters in public areas trying to pick up women.
dry up: shut up, get lost
ducky: very good
dumb Dora: an absolute idiot, a dumbbell, especially a woman; flapper.
E
earful: enough
edge: intoxication, a buzz. i.e. "I've got an edge."
egg: a person who lives the big life
Ethel: an effeminate male.
F
face stretcher: an old woman trying to look young
fag: a cigarette. Also, starting around 1920, a homosexual.
fella: fellow. As common in its day as "man," "dude," or "guy" is today. "That John sure is a swell fella."
fire extinguisher: a chaperone
fish: (1) a college freshman (2) a first timer in prison
flat tire: a bore
flivver: a Model T; after 1928, also could mean any broken down car.
floorflusher: an insatiable dancer
flour lover: a girl with too much face powder
fly boy: a glamorous term for an aviator
For crying out loud!: same usage as today
four-flusher: a person who feigns wealth while mooching off others.
fried: drunk
futz: a euphemism for "fuck." i.e. "Don't futz around."
G
gams (1930): legs
gatecrasher: see "crasher"
gay: happy or lively; no connection to homosexuality. See "fag."
Get Hot! Get Hot!: encouragement for a hot dancer doing her thing
get-up (1930): an outfit.
get a wiggle on: get a move on, get going
get in a lather: get worked up, angry
giggle water: booze
gigolo: dancing partner
gimp: cripple; one who walks with a limp. Gangster Dion O’Bannion was called Gimpy due to his noticeable limp.
gin mill: a seller of hard liquor; a cheap speakeasy
glad rags: "going out on the town" clothes
go chase yourself: get lost, scram.
gold-digger (1925): a woman who pursues men for their money.
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."
goof: (1) a stupid or bumbling person, (2) a boyfriend, flapper.
goofy: in love
grummy: depressed
grungy: envious
H
hair of the dog (1925): a shot of alcohol.
half seas over: drunk, also "half under."
handcuff: engagement ring
hard-boiled: tough, as in, a tough guy, ie: "he sure is hard-boiled!"
harp: an Irishman
hayburner: (1) a gas guzzling car (2) a horse one loses money on
heavy sugar (1929): a lot of money
heebie-jeebies (1926): "the shakes," named after a hit song.
heeler: a poor dancer
high hat: a snob.
hip to the jive: cool, trendy
hit on all sixes: to perform 100 per cent; as "hitting on all six cylinders"; perhaps a more common variation in these days of four cylinder engines was "hit on all fours". See "big six".
hooch: booze
hood (late 20s): hoodlum
hooey: bullshit, nonsense. Very popular from 1925 to 1930, used somewhat thereafter.
hop: (1) opiate or marijuana (2) a teen party or dance
hope chest: pack of cigarettes
hopped up: under the influence of drugs
Hot dawg!: Great!; also: "Hot socks!" Rarely spelled as shown outside of flapper circles until popularized by 1940s comic strips.
hot sketch: a card or cut-up
I
"I have to go see a man about a dog.": "I've got to leave now," often meaning to go buy whiskey.
icy mitt: rejection
insured: engaged
iron (1925): a motorcycle, among motorcycle enthusiasts
iron one’s shoelaces: to go to the restroom
ish kabibble (1925): a retort meaning "I should care." Was the name of a musician in the Kay Kayser Orchestra of the 1930s.
J
jack: money
Jake: great, ie. "Everything's Jake."
Jalopy: a dumpy old car
Jane: any female
java: coffee
jeepers creepers: "Jesus Christ!"
jerk soda: to dispense soda from a tap; thus, "soda jerk"
jigaboo: a derogatory term for an African-American
jitney: a car employed as a private bus. Fare was usually five-cents; also called a "nickel."
joe: coffee
Joe Brooks: a perfectly dressed person; student.
john: a toilet
joint: establishment
juice joint: a speakeasy
K
kale: money
keen: appealing
kike: a derogatory term for a Jewish person
killjoy: a solemn person
knock up: to make pregnant
know one's onions: to know one's business or what one is talking about
L
lay off: cut the crap
left holding the bag: (1) to be cheated out of one's fair share (2) to be blamed for something
let George do it: a work evading phrase
level with me: be honest
limey: a British soldier or citizen, from World War I
line: a false story, as in "to feed one a line."
live wire: a lively person
lollapalooza (1930): a humdinger
lollygagger: (1) a young man who enjoys making out (2) an idle person
M
manacle: wedding ring
mazuma: money
Mick: a derogatory term for Irishmen
milquetoast (1924): a very timid person; from the comic book character Casper Milquetoast, a hen-pecked male.
mind your potatoes: mind your own business.
mooch: to leave
moonshine: homemade whiskey
mop: a handkerchief
munitions: face powder
N
neck: to kiss passionately
necker: a girl who wraps her arms around her boyfriend's neck.
nifty: great, excellent
noodle juice: tea
nookie: sex
Not so good!: I personally disapprove.
"Now you're on the trolley!": Now you've got it, now you're right.
O
ofay: a commonly used Black expression for Whites
off one's nuts: crazy
Oh yeah!: I doubt it!
old boy: a male term of address, used in conversation with other males. Denoted acceptance in a social environment. Also "old man" "old fruit." "How's everything old boy?"
Oliver Twist: a skilled dancer
on a toot: a drinking binge
on the lam: fleeing from police
on the level: legitimate, honest
on the up and up: on the level
orchid: an expensive item
ossified: drunk
owl: a person who's out late
P
palooka: (1) a below-average or average boxer (2) a social outsider, from the comic strip character Joe Palooka, who came from humble ethnic roots
panic: to produce a big reaction from one's audience
panther sweat (1925): whiskey
percolate: (1) to boil over (2) As of 1925, to run smoothly; "perk"
pet: necking, only more; making out
petting pantry: movie theater
petting party: one or more couples making out in a room or auto
piffle: baloney
piker: (1) a cheapskate (2) a coward
pill: (1) a teacher (2) an unlikable person
pinch: to arrest. Pinched: to be arrested.
pinko: liberal
pipe down: stop talking
prom-trotter: a student who attends all school social functions
pos-i-lute-ly: affirmative, also "pos-i-tive-ly"
punch the bag: small talk
putting on the ritz: after the Ritz Hotel in Paris (and its namesake Caesar Ritz); doing something in high style. Also "ritzy."
Q
quiff: a slut or cheap prostitute
R
rag-a-muffin: a dirty or disheveled individual
rain pitchforks: a downpour
razz: to make fun of
Real McCoy: a genuine item
regular: normal, typical, average; "Regular fella."
Reuben: an unsophisticated country bumpkin. Also "rube"
Rhatz!: How disappointing!
rub: a student dance party
rubes: money or dollars
rummy: a drunken bum
S
sap: a fool, an idiot. Very common term in the 20s.
says you: a reaction of disbelief
scratch: money
screaming meemies: the shakes
screw: get lost, get out, etc. Occasionally, in pre 1930 talkies (such as The Broadway Melody) screw is used to tell a character to leave. One film features the line "Go on, go on -- screw!"
screwy: crazy; "You're screwy!"
sheba: one's girlfriend
sheik: one's boyfriend
shiv: a knife
simolean: a dollar
sinker: a doughnut
sitting pretty: in a prime position
skirt: an attractive female
smarty: a cute flapper
smoke-eater: a smoker
smudger: a close dancer
sockdollager: an action having a great impact
so's your old man: a reply of irritation
spade: yet another derogatory term for an African-American
speakeasy: a bar selling illeagal liquor
spill: to talk
splifficated: drunk
spoon: to neck, or at least talk of love
static: (1) empty talk (2) conflicting opinion
stilts: legs
struggle: modern dance
stuck on: in love, student.
sugar daddy: older boyfriend who showers girlfriend with gifts in exchange for sex
swanky: (1) good (2) elegant
swell: (1) good (2) a high class person
T
take someone for a ride: to take someone to a deserted location and murder them.
tasty: appealing
teenager: not a common term until 1930; before then, the term was "young adults."
tell it to Sweeney: tell it to someone who'll believe it.
tight: attractive
Tin Pan Alley: the music industry in New York, located between 48th and 52nd Streets
tomato: a "ripe" female
torpedo: a hired thug or hitman
U
unreal: special
upchuck: to vomit
upstage: snobby
V
vamp: (1) a seducer of men, an aggressive flirt (2) to seduce
voot: money
W
water-proof: a face that doesn't require make-up
wet blanket: see Killjoy
wife: dorm roomate, student.
What's eating you?: What's wrong?
whoopee: wild fun
Woof! Woof!: ridicule
Y
You slay me!: That's funny!
Z
zozzled: drunk

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Jazz lingo

Axe --- An instrument.

Balloon lungs --- A brass man with plenty of wind.

Birdbrain --- A Charlie Parker imitator.

Blow --- A jazzman's term for playing any instrument.

The Bomb --- Very cool.

Bread --- A jazzman's word for money.

Bug --- To annoy or bewilder.

Burnin --- Used to describe a particularly emotional or technically excellent solo.

Cats --- Folks who play jazz music.

Changes --- Chord progression.

Chick --- A young and pretty girl.

Chops --- The ability to play an instrument, a highly refined technique. Also refers to a brass players facial muscles.

Clams --- Mistakes while playing music.

Dark --- Angry or upset (used in the Midwest).

Dig --- To know or understand completely.

Drag --- As a verb - to depress or bring down a person's spirits or, as a noun - a person or thing which depresses.

Finger Zinger --- Someone who plays very fast.

Flip --- A verb meaning to go crazy or a noun meaning an eccentric.

Flip your lid --- Same as "Blow your top."

Fly --- Smooth or slick.

Funky --- Earthy or down-to-earth.

Get Down --- To play or dance superlatively with abandon.

Gig --- A paying job.

Goof --- Fail to carry out a responsibility or wander in attention.

Groovy --- Used in the fifties to denote music that swings or is funky. For a short while in the sixties, groovy was synonymous with cool. The word has been used little since the seventies.

Head or Head Arrangement --- An arrangement of a song that is not written, but remembered by the band members (the tune and progression to improvise on).

Hip --- A term used to describe someone who knows or understands. Originally "hep" until the 40's or 50's.

Hipster --- A follower of the various genres of bop jazz in the 50's. These were the precursors of hippies in the 60's.

Horn --- Any instrument (not necessarily a brass or reed instrument).

JAMF - Jive A-- Mother F----R. Someone who is not thought highly of.

Licorice Stick --- Clarinet

Muggles --- One nickname for marijuana used by early Jazzmen (Armstrong has a song by this title).

Noodlin' -- To just play notes that have no particular meaning to a tune or solo.

Pad --- House, home, apartment or bed.

Popsicle Stick --- A sax player's reed.

Rusty Gate --- Someone who can't play.

Solid --- A swing-era superlative which is little used today.

Tag --- Used to end the tune, repeating the last phrase three times.

Train Wreck --- Event during the playing of a tune when the musicians "disagree" on where they are in the form (i.e. someone gets lost), so the chord changes and the melody may get confused for several bars, but depending on the abilities of the musicians (it happens to the best of them), there are usually no fatalities and the journey continues.

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Swing Jive was popular in the 1930s.
The jazz music itself started a new vocabulary of terms.The language used by the jazz musicians was quickly adopted by young swing fans, known as cats or alligators (probably derived from gate, the traditional term of address exchanged by jazz musicians).
A tin ear was someone who didn't like music.
Instruments were called anything other than their real names. A clarinet was a gob stick, a string bass was a doghouse, a tram was a trombone, an iron horn a cornet, a guinea's harp, gitbox, or gitter was a guitar,
a groanbox was an accordion, a wood pile was a xylophone, drums were skins and a saxophone was a gobble-pipe.
There were two basic schools of jazz, sweet (conventional) or hot (swing).
On the sweet side of the spectrum were corn (old-fashioned jazz), the long underwear gang (a sweet band),
salon (restrained jazz), lollypop (cloying, sweet jazz) and schmaltz (overly sentimental music).
On the hot side of the scales was clam-bake (wild swing), dillinger (very hot swing), gut-bucket (lowdown blues), barrel-house (free and easy jamming, or improvising) and in the centre collegiate (extremely slow swing).

Jive
jazz cat slang

A Hummer (n.) -- exceptionally good. Ex., "Man, that boy is a hummer."
Alligator (n.) -- jitterbug.
Apple (n.) -- the big town, the main stem, Harlem.
Apple -- Naive, unsophisticated
Armstrongs (n.) -- musical notes in the upper register, high trumpet notes.
Axe (n.) -- Musical instrument used to make a living
Barbecue (n.) -- the girl friend, a beauty
Barrelhouse (adj.) -- free and easy.
Battle (n.) -- a very homely girl, a crone.
Beat (adj.) -- (1) tired, exhausted. Ex., "You look beat" or "I feel beat." (2) lacking anything. Ex, "I am beat for my cash", "I am beat to my socks" (lacking everything).
Beat (n.) -- short for beatific
Beatific -- intent on joy
Beat it out (v.) -- play it hot, emphasize the rhythym.
Beat up (adj.) -- sad, uncomplimentary, tired.
Beatnik (n.) -- sarcastic term for a beat. Derived by Herb Caen in 1958 as a combination of Beat and Sputnik
Bird (n.) -- female
Black (n.) -- night.
Black and tan (n.) -- dark and light colored folks. Not colored and white folks as erroneously assumed.
Blew their wigs (adj.) -- excited with enthusiasm, gone crazy.
Blow (v.) -- to play; to depart; to make
Boogie-woogie (n.) -- harmony with accented bass.
Boot (v.) -- to give. Ex., "Boot me that glove."
Box (n.) -- record player
Bread (n.) -- money
Break it up (v.) -- to win applause, to stop the show.
Bree (n.) -- girl.
Bright (n.) -- day.
Brightnin' (n.) -- daybreak.
Bring down ((1) n. (2) v.) -- (1) something depressing. Ex., "That's a bring down." (2) Ex., "That brings me down."
Buddy ghee (n.) -- fellow.
Canary (n.) -- girl vocalist.
Cat (n.) -- musician in swing band.
Chick (n.) -- girl.
Chirp (n.) -- female singer.
Comes on like gangbusters (or like test pilot) (v.) -- plays, sings, or dances in a terrific manner, par excellence in any department. Sometimes abbr. to "That singer really comes on!"
Cool It -- calm down
Corny (adj.) -- old-fashioned, stale.
Cut out (v.) -- to leave, to depart. Ex., "It's time to cut out"; "I cut out from the joint in early bright."
Dad (n.) -- a male, sometimes used as sarcasim
Dig (v.) -- (1) meet. Ex., "I'll plant you now and dig you later." (2) look, see. Ex., "Dig the chick on your left duke." (3) comprehend, understand. Ex., "Do you dig this jive?"
Dim (n.) -- evening.
Dime note (n.) -- ten-dollar bill.
Drag -- a disappointment
Dreamers (n.) -- bed covers, blankets.
Dutchess (n.) -- girl.
Early black (n.) -- evening
Early bright (n.) -- morning.
Evil (adj.) -- in ill humor, in a nasty temper.
Eye (n.) -- the television
Fall by (v.) -- visit
Fews and two (n.) -- money or cash in small quatity.
Final (v.) -- to leave, to go home. Ex., "I finaled to my pad" (went to bed); "We copped a final" (went home).
Fine dinner (n.) -- a good-looking girl.
Flip -- go nuts over
Frame (n.) -- the body.
Frisking the whiskers (v.) -- what the cats do when they are warming up for a swing session.
Gabriels (n.) -- trumpet players.
Gas -- exciting event
Gasser (n, adj.) -- sensational. Ex., "When it comes to dancing, she's a gasser."
Gate (n.) -- a male person (a salutation), abbr. for "gate-mouth."
Growl (n.) -- vibrant notes from a trumpet.
Gut-bucket (adj.) -- low-down music.
Guzzlin' foam (v.) -- drinking beer.
Hard (adj.) -- fine, good. Ex., "That's a hard tie you're wearing."
Hard spiel (n.) -- interesting line of talk.
Have a ball (v.) -- to enjoy yourself, stage a celebration. Ex., "I had myself a ball last night."
Hep (adj.) -- wise
Hep cat (n.) -- a guy who knows all the answers, understands jive.
Hide-beater (n.) -- a drummer (see skin-beater).
Hip (adj.) -- wise, sophisticated, anyone with boots on. Ex., "She's a hip chick."
Holding (v.) -- possession of drugs or money
Home-cooking (n.) -- something very dinner (see fine dinner).
Hot (adj.) -- musically torrid; before swing, tunes were hot or bands were hot.
Hype (n, v.) -- build up for a loan, wooing a girl, persuasive talk.
Icky (n.) -- one who is not hip, a stupid person, can't collar the jive.
In the groove (adj.) -- perfect, no deviation, down the alley.
Jack (n.) -- name for all male friends (see gate; pops).
Jelly (n.) -- anything free, on the house.
Jim -- derogatory term for men
Jitterbug (n.) -- a swing fan.
Jive (n.) -- Harlemese speech; offensive; no good
Joint is jumping -- the place is lively, the club is leaping with fun.
Jumped in port (v.) -- arrived in town.
Kick (n.) -- a pocket. Ex., "I've got five bucks in my kick."
Kicks (v.) -- fun; entertainment
Kill me (v.) -- show me a good time, send me.
Killer-diller (n.) -- a great thrill.
Knock (v.) -- give. Ex., "Knock me a kiss."
Land o'darkness (n.) -- Harlem.
Lay on (v.) -- give; loan
Licks (n.) -- hot musical phrases.
Main kick (n.) -- the stage.
Main queen (n.) -- favorite girl friend, sweetheart.
Man, the (n.) -- police
Mellow (adj.) -- all right, fine. Ex., "That's mellow, Jack."
Mess (n.) -- something good. Ex., "That last drink was a mess."
Mezz (n.) -- anything supreme, genuine. Ex., "this is really the mezz."
Nicklette (n.) -- automatic phonograph, music box.
Off-time jive (n.) -- a sorry excuse, saying the wrong thing.
Pecking (n.) -- a dance introduced at the Cotton Club in 1937.
Peola (n.) -- a light person, almost white.
Pick up on -- understand
Pigeon (n.) -- a young girl.
Pops (n.) -- salutation for all males (see gate; Jack).
Queen (n.) -- a beautiful girl.
Ride (v.) -- to swing, to keep perfect tempo in playing or singing.
Riff (n.) -- hot lick, musical phrase. A story; conversation
Righteous (adj.) -- splendid, okay. Ex., "That was a righteous queen I dug you with last black."
Rock me (v.) -- send me, kill me, move me with rhythym.
Rug cutter (n.) -- a very good dancer, an active jitterbug.
Sad (adj.) -- very bad. Ex., "That was the saddest meal I ever collared."
Salty (adj.) -- angry, ill-tempered; rude
Sharp (adj.) -- neat, smart, tricky. Ex., "That hat is sharp as a tack."
Sides (n.) -- phonograph record
Skin-beater (n.) -- drummer (see hide-beater).
Skirt (n.) -- sexy girl
Sky piece (n.) -- hat.
Slave (v.) -- to work, whether arduous labor or not.
Slide your jib (v.) -- to talk freely.
Solid (adj.) -- great, swell, okay.
Spoutin' (v.) -- talking too much.
Square (n.) -- an unhep person (see icky; Jeff).
Susie-Q (n.) -- a dance introduced at the Cotton Club in 1936.
Swing to -- to be happy; content
Take it slow (v.) -- be careful.
Take off (v.) -- play a solo.
The man (n.) -- the law.
Trucking (n.) -- a dance introduced at the Cotton Club in 1933.
Turn on -- take drugs
Unhep (adj.) -- not wise to the jive, said of an icky, a Jeff, a square.
Vine (n.) -- a suit of clothes.
V-8 (n.) -- a chick who spurns company, is independent, is not amenable.
Wail (v.) -- play; sing; talk
What's your story? -- What do you want? What have you got to say for yourself? How are tricks? What excuse can you offer? Ex., "I don't know what his story is."
Whipped up (adj.) -- worn out, exhausted, beat for your everything.
Yarddog (n.) -- uncouth, badly attired, unattractive male or female.
Yeah, man -- an exclamation of assent.
Zoot suit (n.) -- overexaggerated clothes.
Jazz Lingo
Axe - n. A musical instrument.
Bad - adj. Good.
Balloon Lungs - n. A musician that seems to never run out of breath esp. a brass player.
Birdbrain - n. Someone who tries to imitate Charlie "Bird" Parker.
Blow - v. Play an instrument.
Bomb, The - n. Someone or something that is extremely cool.
Boogie Man - n. Critic.
Bread - n. Money.
Bring Down, Bringdown - v. To depress; n. Someone who depresess.
Dad, Daddy-o - n. What hipsters call other guys.
Dark - adj. Upset. *This term was used mostly in the Midwest.
Dig - v. Understand totally.
Finger Zinger - n. Someone who plays very fast.
Gone - adj. Crazy, another jazz superlative.
Groovy - adj. In the 1950's, music that swung or was funky; Later it became synonymous with cool.
Gutbucket - n. An early term for lowdown music. *Liqour was stored in what were called gutbuckets. The term refers to a type of music associated with heavy drinking.
Head - n. Melody.
Heat - n. Solo space.
Helping - n. A solo chorus.
Hep, Hip - adj. Used to describe someone who understands well. *The term was originally "hep" till the forties or fifties when it became "hip".
Hipster - n. In the 1950's, someone who followed the different types of bop jazz.
Horn - n. French Horn; Any wind instrument whether brass or woodwind.
Hot - adj. Superlative that can mean cool, incredible, gorgeous, ect.
Hot Plate - n. Incredible recording.
Jack - n. A man. *This term is usually used in a negative way.
JAMF - n. A Jive @$$ Mother F----R, someone not thought very highly of.
Jazz Box - n. A jazz guitar.
Jazzer - n. A jazz player.
Junk - n. Heroin.
Kill - v. Excite.
Licks, Hot Licks - n. An early word for solos or phrases.
Licorice Stick - n. Clarinet.
Moldy Fig - n. Someone who was a player or fan of the early New Orleans jazz during the bop period. *This term was used by the Bop players and fans.
Muggles - n. Early word for marijuana.
My Chops is/are beat - When a player's esp., a brass player's, lips give out.
Noodlin' - v. Playing random notes that don't seem to necessarily fit a song or solo.
Popsicle Stick - n. A saxophone or clarinet reed, esp. a thick one.
Sackbutt - n. Trombone.
Schmaltz, Schmalz - n. Sweet music.
Skins Player - n. Drummer.
Smokin' - v. Playing like there ain't a tomorrow.
Solid - adj. Dependable; cool.
Sugar Band - n. A sweet band that plays with a lot of rubato, glissandos, and vibrato.
Tag - n. A short, marcato note that ends a song; A phrase that is repeated three times as an ending to a song.
Take Five - Take a five minute break.
Tubs - n. Set of drums.