Either you grew up during the decade of the 1950s, or you parents or even your grandparents. It was a period for America’s youth when they really set their own path, creating a new style of music (Rock-n-Roll), dancing, favorite foods, clothing styles and especially their own style of slang words.
So to better understand what your parents may have been saying some 60 years ago, here are a few of the popular slang words and their meanings from the 1950s.
Peepers – were eye glasses
Agitate the gravel – to leave
Wazoo – a person’s rear end
The Heat – the police or sheriff officers
Razz my berries – something or activity is very exciting
Get bent! – you just told the person to go away
Cast an eyeball – to look at
Threads – that was one’s clothing
Frosted – meant you were angry
Radioactive – something or person who is very popular
Spaz – referred to an uncooperative person
Wet rag – someone who is no fun
Rattle your cage – to get very upset
List of other 1950s slang phrases.
Related FamilyTree.com genealogy blogs:
Colonial and 19th Century Slang
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