Detective Manders's definitions

Jazz Slang

Slang from the 1950's and jazz culture. Similar to Beatnik slang. Popular terms through the 1920's to 1980's includes words like baby, bag, bug, cats, chops, crib, daddy-o, dig, fly, funky, hip, jive, pad, scene, wail, and wig out.

She uses a lot of Jazz slang. She called me a cool cat.

by Detective Manders August 6, 2011