Recruiting for a Golden Age Bash! Game

[Heroglyph]

Here's some 1940's slang, if anyone wants to use it. (some may be repeated)

Above my pay grade—Don’t ask me
Armored heifer—canned milk
Bandit—enemy fighter
Bathtub—motorcycle sidecar
Cook with gas—to do something right
Dead hoofer—poor dancer
Flap your lips—talk
Flip your wig—to lose control of yourself
Gammin’—showing off
GI—Government Issue, an American service member
Gone—knowledgeable
Hairy—old, outdated
Hen fruit—eggs
Hep cat/kitten or cool cat/kitten—hip person
Hi sugar, are you rationed?—Are you going steady?
Hi-de-ho—hello
Hit the silk—to bail out, use a parachute
I’m going fishin’—I’m looking for a date
Killer-diller—good stuff
Licorice stick—clarinet
Motorized freckles—insects
Mud—coffee
North Dakota rice—hot cereal
One striper—private first class
Popsicle—motorcycle
Snap your cap—get angry
Stompers—shoes
Threads—clothing
What’s buzzin’, cousin?—How’s it going?
Whistle Dixie—to be wrong or mistaken
Yuck—a foolish person

Take a powder – to leave

Fuddy-Duddy – old-fashioned person

Gobbledygook – double talk, long speech

Fat-head – stupid or foolish person

Chrome-dome – word for a bald headed man

Eager beaver – enthusiastic helper

Armored heifer – canned milk

In cahoots with – conspiring with

Snap your cap – get angry

Active duty – sexually promiscuous boy

Share crop – sexually promiscuous girl

Doll dizzy – girl crazy

Ducky shincracker - a good dancer

Above my pay grade – don’t ask me

Cook with gas – to do something right

Hi sugar, are you rationed? – are you going steady?

Stompers – shoes

Flip your wig – to lose control of yourself

Dead hoofer – poor dancer

Bathtub – motorcycle sidecar

Pennies from heaven – easy money

Ameche – to telephone

Gone with the wind – run off (with the money)

Lettuce - money

Gas - either a good time or something that was really funny

Grandstand – to show off

Brainchild – someone's creative idea

What’s buzzin’, cousin? – how’s it going?

Khaki wacky – boy crazy

Hen fruit – eggs

Hi-de-ho - hello

Pass the buck – pass responsibility for

Motorized freckles – insects

[Harrigan]

Thanks, Heroglyph -- what a swell thing to do!

[Heroglyph]

No problem. I was thinking I might pepper some of them into Lady Paramount's speech patterns, and these are some that came up on the search.

Looking forward to taking on some Ratzis!

[Harrigan]

First post is up. Have at it!

[bigsteveuk]

Great intro.

[Harrigan]

Thanks, and great start to the game from all of you! Pretty stoked that we're finally off and rolling.

Time to move the chatter over to the OOC thread, probably, though I don't mind replying here as well. urbwar, certainly feel free to build MM out here, then we'll get him moved.

[urbwar]

And here is Major Meteor:

[Harrigan]

Everyone okay if we let this thread drop off and now move all discussion to the OOC thread? I don't think there's anything critical we're leaving behind here (that we can't get from the archives...)