Nice GAMS...What a DISH...

[HaraldTheSwede]

Let's not forget all the damsels in distress.

 

[The Wolf]

irony and juxtapostion

I think it funny that "Dame" is a title but you call a gal a dame and it's low class.

My favorite use of "frail" is from "Minnie the Moocher": "She was the roughest, toughest frail..."

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Angelicious]

What about the term "viper" for a woman? Especially the, er, less trustworthy ones...

Examples: The song "Youse A Viper" by Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys, or the line "...Vipers like that don't stay for long! ..." in "Here Comes The Man With The Jive" by the same band.

 

[zeus36]

Noggin

Beak

Noodle

 

[PADDY]

Hows tricks?

That's a common expression here in Ireland.

Absolutely!!
What's the crack?

 

[Biltmore Bob]

Who's yer Daddy?

 

[Vanessa]

...bump for an entertaining thread. . .

 

[Kay O'Hara]

Interestingly enough, many of these terms are still widely used today, particularly in circles where people gather to celebrate the era(s) in which these terms were common-place and never considered by the ladies of the time to be inappropriate. And in the arena of vintage stockings, *gams* will always be the word of choice used when describing lovely legs.

 

[Chad Sanborn]

Manly Terms?

Did the women of the day have terms for men? ...and their parts?

Chad

 

[Forrestal]

Call it Hell; call it Heaven?¢‚Ǩ¬¶..
It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a probable 12 to 7?¢‚Ǩ¬¶..
That the Guy?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s only doin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ it for some DOLL!!!
Regards,
Nathan Detroit

 

[The Wolf]

Manly body parts

Meat hooks for his big mitts i.e "He kept trying to get his meat hooks on me."
Different connotation than "biscuit hooks".
Many words were for either sex. "bean" for head, "glims" or "glimmers" for eyes, etc.

Sincerely,
The Wolf