Word: slangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...different words were used in the strips studied. Nearly 80% of them simple primary-school words. Only slightly more than 5% were slang, misspelled or onomatopoeic words (in comic magazines the proportion is some...
...verb "to mugg" apparently stems from the dank soil of 19th Century prisons, where "mugger" was synonymous with footpad-"one of the wretched horde who haunt the street at midnight to rob drunken men." Its meaning, as given by the American Thesaurus of Slang: robbery with violence. In New York City muggers usually attack from behind if possible, throwing one arm around the victim's neck, while the assistant muggers frisk the victim...
...Stag Club soon, the group has resolved to join the Elks and the Mooses in a discussion on the possibilities of "Long Dialogue in the Modern Comic Strip," "Sending Dance Hall Girls' Little Sisters To Yale," and "The Place of the Egyptian sacred Bird in the Development of Modern Slang...
...Slang-hardened American flyers have been fascinated by "pukka gen," which means honest-to-God authoritative information. "Duff gen" is a wrong steer...
Newest U.S. air slang in Britain, where it is always received with enthusiasm and prompt use, is "sweating out." This usually means stewing in one's own juice, as "sweating out" a reprimand from a commanding officer. But it also has less serious meanings. Airmen in England sweat out a chow line (i.e., wait for food) or a routine assignment like a training flight...