by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006
Petroleum based pomade used to style the hair. Favoured less in recent times due to all manner of modern waxes, hairsprays amd gels but still de rigeur amongst the swing, rockabilly, and greaser fraternities.
Can be used to create anything from a slicked back 1920s look to a 1950's pompadour.
Can be used to create anything from a slicked back 1920s look to a 1950's pompadour.
by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006
From "proletarian" meaning wage-earner or worker. The shortened version being a derogatory term used by the middle and upper classes to deride the working class majority.
by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006
Shortening of 'terrific'. Meaning great, fantastic, excellent. Commonly used in 1970s Britain. Often sarcastically.
by Thee Red Monkey July 30, 2008
Run. To be "on the lam" is to be on the run. Either from the law or from the mob. A popular expression in 1930's-1950's pulp fiction and film noir.
by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006
1) Jazz slang from the 1930s and 40s. The language of swing.
Cab Calloway produced some "hepster dictionaries" in the form of free booklets given away with his recordings of the time.
2)A partner dance from the 1950s based upon a 6-count pattern. A rather simplistic descendent of the more complex and exciting Lindy Hop. Danced to rockabilly, early rhythm 'n' blues, rock 'n' roll and sometimes swing, although Lindy is the preferred dance.
Cab Calloway produced some "hepster dictionaries" in the form of free booklets given away with his recordings of the time.
2)A partner dance from the 1950s based upon a 6-count pattern. A rather simplistic descendent of the more complex and exciting Lindy Hop. Danced to rockabilly, early rhythm 'n' blues, rock 'n' roll and sometimes swing, although Lindy is the preferred dance.
1) first chap~ Get off the fence Hortense! Dig those real gone gates! They totally send me!
second chap~ Sir, are you talking jive to me?
2)I'm knackered, I was jiving all night at the club. The Lindy Hoppers weren't too impressed though as they didn't play much swing.
second chap~ Sir, are you talking jive to me?
2)I'm knackered, I was jiving all night at the club. The Lindy Hoppers weren't too impressed though as they didn't play much swing.
by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006
Shortening of 'terrific'. Meaning great, fantastic, excellent. Commonly used in 1970s Britain. Often sarcastically.
by Thee Red Monkey June 11, 2006