The Flatiron Building and 23 Skidoo!
byI haven’t already noticed, I have a particular fondness for slang. Though the phrase “23 Skidoo” was popularized in the 1890s, it is indelibly…
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Crib, Mouth-Piece, & Swag; or How to Speak Like a Gilded Age Criminal
byI watch a lot of old movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and I’ve seen my fair share of 1930s gangster flicks (George…
Some Edwardian Slang
byAs per Violet Asquith’s (dau. of H. H. Asquith, PM 1908-16; m. Sir Maurice Bonham Carter in 1915) Diaries and Letters, 1904-1914 and Lady…