Many of these phrases are not used any more and it is a gas to talk in code with friends .
(Don't ameche and drive if you need to bunny, pull over!)
Alligator- swing fans or dancers
Ameche- to telephone
B.Y.T.- bright young thing
Bag- to shoot down a plane
Barouche- car, jalopy
Brainchild- someone’s creative idea
Bunny- to chat
Cast an eyeball- look around
City slicker- dandy from the city
Corny- unimportant, passé
Cozy- comfortable
Creep- despicable person
Darby- something good
Dead hoofer- poor dancer
Dig- like
Dillinger- fantastic
Drag a hoof- dancer
Drape- clothes, suit
Duchess- girl
Eager Beaver- enthusiastic helper
Fade- leave
Fifth avenue- high class
Frolic- dance
Frolic pad- nightclub
Fuddy-duddy- old-fashioned person
Gammin’-strutting, showing off
Ginned up- dressed up
Gobbledygook- double talk, long speech
Gone with the wind- run off (with money)
Got your boots on- understand what’s happening
Grandstand- to show off
Grotty- new but useless
Ground grippers- shoes
Have a ball- have a good time
Hep cats- swing music lovers, dancers (male)
Hep kittens- swing music lovers, dancers (female)
Hi-de-ho- hello
Hincty- snobby
Hopper- Lindy Hop dancer
Hoof- dance
In cahoots with- conspiring with
In the groove- very good
Jump- sing dance
Kicks- shoes
Lettuce- money
Niftic- good, sharp
Off-time jive-bad manners, incorrect
Old hat- out dated
Pass the buck- pass responsibility for
Pennies from heaven- easy money
Pulleys- suspenders
Rug cutters- dancers
Scene- situation
Smooth- good, agreeable
Stompers- shoes
Striders- trousers
Threads- clothes
Togged to the bricks- wearing best clothes
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