minus-squareFlying Squidlink10•edit-22 months agoNo one uses much 1930s and 1940s Hep Cat slang anymore and that’s a real shame because Cab Calloway went out of his way to promote it. https://flashbak.com/cab-calloways-hepsters-dictionary-a-guide-to-the-language-of-jive-1938-378657/ Sure, people still use “salty” to mean angry about something, but when was the last time you heard someone “creeping out like the shadow?”
minus-square@BarbecueCowboylinkEnglish4•2 months agoI love this link. Considering it’s coming up pretty close to being a century old, I’m actually surprised how much of this has made it into the common lexicon. I feel like even the etymology on capped could be interesting and maybe share a common source with modern cap.
No one uses much 1930s and 1940s Hep Cat slang anymore and that’s a real shame because Cab Calloway went out of his way to promote it.
https://flashbak.com/cab-calloways-hepsters-dictionary-a-guide-to-the-language-of-jive-1938-378657/
Sure, people still use “salty” to mean angry about something, but when was the last time you heard someone “creeping out like the shadow?”
I love this link.
Considering it’s coming up pretty close to being a century old, I’m actually surprised how much of this has made it into the common lexicon.
I feel like even the etymology on capped could be interesting and maybe share a common source with modern cap.