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Monday 26 November 2018

You complete and utter noodle!!!

Image result for head model pngYou heard me right! You're a complete and utter noodle!!! This time we're looking at the 1920's slang and noodle is slang for 'head', so I was practically saying 'You complete and utter head!!!'.
It's not that good of an insult, is it? Well, nevermind, there are other really confusing words I can tell you about!

Alderman: A man's pot belly
Ameche: A telephone
Ankle: To walk or a woman 
Applesauce: A way to show a lack of appreciation
Babe: Woman
Baby: A person

Bearcat: a lively, spirited woman
Beef: Problem
Bee's Knees: An extraordinary person, thing or idea.
Bent Cars: Stolen cars
Big Sleep: Death
Button man: Professional killer
Buttons: The Police

Canary: Woman singer
Clam: A dollar
Cooler: Jail
Cop: Detective

Copper: Policeman
Cut down: Killed
Dope fiend: Drug addict
Dope peddler: Drug dealer
Dough: Money

Egg: Man
Fella: a man
Gal: Woman
Giggle juice: Liquor
Giggle Water: Liquor

Gowed-up: On dope or high
Gumshoe: Detective
Gumshoeing: Detective work

Guns: Pickpockets or hoodlums
Guy: A man

Heebie-Jeebies: The jitters
Hooch: Liquor
Hood: Criminal
Hoofer: Dancer

Kale: Money
Kick off: To die
Mitt: Hand
Mob: Gang
Mugs: Men
Nailed: Caught by the police
Newshawk: Reporter
Nippers: Handcuffs
Noodle: Head :)
Packing heat: carrying a gun
Sap: A dumb guy
Stiff: A corpse
Swell: Wonderful
Tail: Shadow or follow
Wop: derogatory term for an Italian

I tried to only include words that would appropriate and suiting to Bugsy Malone. But, if you would like to know more words to completely and utterly confuse the ever living heck out of everyone, look at these websites! (My sources!)

https://thoughtcatalog.com/nico-lang/2013/09/59-quick-slang-phrases-from-the-1920s-we-should-start-using-again/
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/how-sound-bees-knees-dictionary-1920s-slang/322320/
https://alcapones.com/slang_dictionary.php

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