Comments on: Flapper slang http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 17:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kingazaz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1653276 Kingazaz Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1653276 None of those definitions were even close to being as dirty as I thought they'd be when I read the terms. None of those definitions were even close to being as dirty as I thought they’d be when I read the terms.

]]> By: Gurgel P. Högberg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652986 Gurgel P. Högberg Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652986 Every time I read this I can't help but wonder if there is not a similar story behind it as with the story of grunge slang that's told in Hype! That being, a hoax perpetreted by those in the know on the clueless outsider reporters printing this stuff Every time I read this I can’t help but wonder if there is not a similar story behind it as with the story of grunge slang that’s told in Hype!
That being, a hoax perpetreted by those in the know on the clueless outsider reporters printing this stuff

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652936 noah django Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652936  yeah, I saw that the type was computer-generated, but that illo looks scanned, like the other one on the page linked.  the absence of an artist credit seems to indicate a scan that was clipped out of it's original context.  in any event, my enjoyment isn't dependent on it's vintage.  /reply to Bill also, this is not "From a 1926 volume of Glamordaze," but from Flapper, as Katey Corrigan pointed out below.  Glamordaze is a website, and as such was not extant in 1926.  yeah, I saw that the type was computer-generated, but that illo looks scanned, like the other one on the page linked.  the absence of an artist credit seems to indicate a scan that was clipped out of it’s original context.  in any event, my enjoyment isn’t dependent on it’s vintage.  /reply to Bill

also, this is not “From a 1926 volume of Glamordaze,” but from Flapper, as Katey Corrigan pointed out below.  Glamordaze is a website, and as such was not extant in 1926.

]]> By: Katey Corrigan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652695 Katey Corrigan Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652695 A longer, earlier version has been online for a while: http://bookflaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/flappers-dictionary.html# I highlighted my favorites when I posted them on my Tumblr: http://fifteencardigans.tumblr.com/tagged/a-flapper%27s-dictionary The many variations on "the cat's pajamas" are charming. A longer, earlier version has been online for a while: http://bookflaps.blogspot.com/2011/04/flappers-dictionary.html#

I highlighted my favorites when I posted them on my Tumblr: http://fifteencardigans.tumblr.com/tagged/a-flapper%27s-dictionary

The many variations on “the cat’s pajamas” are charming.

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652677 blueelm Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652677 http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/1284357685/late-19th-century-tattoo-on-a-piece-of-human-skin Here's a picture of one (warning: it's a picture of a chunk of skin with tattoo on it) but I've read criminal descriptions of women arrested for various things that include descriptions of their tattoos from the 19th and early 20th century. AFAIK there were tattoo shops in the 1800's in US. But you wouldn't even really need a shop, and chances are a lot of old tattooing was done with home made pigments and needles. http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/post/1284357685/late-19th-century-tattoo-on-a-piece-of-human-skin

Here’s a picture of one (warning: it’s a picture of a chunk of skin with tattoo on it) but I’ve read criminal descriptions of women arrested for various things that include descriptions of their tattoos from the 19th and early 20th century.

AFAIK there were tattoo shops in the 1800′s in US. But you wouldn’t even really need a shop, and chances are a lot of old tattooing was done with home made pigments and needles.

]]> By: Beryl MacLachlan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652647 Beryl MacLachlan Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652647 I can't find a good single reference, but a little Googling suggests that tattoos were surprisingly prevalent at various levels of society for Victorian women.  Thus, it doesn't seem that clear that a flapper wouldn't have a tattoo.  Also, a little heart like that could be put on as a beauty patch.  (Doesn't change the date of the image, of course.) I can’t find a good single reference, but a little Googling suggests that tattoos were surprisingly prevalent at various levels of society for Victorian women.  Thus, it doesn’t seem that clear that a flapper wouldn’t have a tattoo.  Also, a little heart like that could be put on as a beauty patch.  (Doesn’t change the date of the image, of course.)

]]> By: PinkWithIndignation http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652589 PinkWithIndignation Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652589 These sound too perfect to be real. These sound too perfect to be real.

]]> By: Mark Stephan http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652534 Mark Stephan Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652534 It's interesting that they were all negative terms though... what about the positive? It’s interesting that they were all negative terms though… what about the positive?

]]> By: xunker http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652499 xunker Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652499 See also "Grunge Speak": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak See also “Grunge Speak”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak

]]> By: Bill Sudbrink http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652496 Bill Sudbrink Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652496 Look closely, the image is dated 2011.  It is not vintage.  Flappers may have done a lot of things, but getting tattoos was not one of them. Look closely, the image is dated 2011.  It is not vintage.  Flappers may have done a lot of things, but getting tattoos was not one of them.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652431 noah django Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652431 that illustration is the real gem here. that illustration is the real gem here.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652423 GawainLavers Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652423 I have to put food on my family somehow. I have to put food on my family somehow.

]]> By: Eksith Rodrigo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652413 Eksith Rodrigo Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652413 You running for VP or something? You running for VP or something?

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652401 GawainLavers Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652401 That's "potatoe". That’s “potatoe”.

]]> By: Eksith Rodrigo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652399 Eksith Rodrigo Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652399 Flapper slang, the hashtags of the speakeasy Flapper slang, the hashtags of the speakeasy

]]> By: showme http://boingboing.net/2013/02/11/flapper-slang.html#comment-1652393 showme Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212269#comment-1652393 I can count to potato! I can count to potato!

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