Okay, so, I decided to dig into something totally different today – 1940s dirty slang. Yeah, you heard that right. I mean, who even talks like that anymore? But it’s kinda fun to see how people used to, you know, talk around things back in the day.
So I started with a simple search online. Just typed in “1940s slang” and boom, a ton of stuff popped up. Mostly, it was just regular old-fashioned words, but then I started noticing some, uh, interesting terms. Like, “eager beaver”? That’s what they called someone who was, like, super into doing stuff. I guess it makes sense but it sounds a little crazy to me.
Then there was “fuddy-duddy.” Apparently, that was for someone who was, like, totally stuck in their ways, old-fashioned. I can think of a few people I might call that, haha. But then I saw things like “crumb” which was apparently a jerk. But they also have “geezer” which was a mean way of calling someone old.
I also found that “khaki wacky” was slang for someone being boy crazy. I wonder if it has anything to do with the war. Also, the word “necking”. That one was a bit more obvious. It’s what we’d call “making out” today. I guess even back then, they had their ways of talking about, you know, getting busy.
Anyway, I spent a good chunk of the afternoon going through these lists and honestly, it was a trip. The 1940s must’ve had a colorful vocabulary, even just by looking at the influence of the war on slang. It’s like a whole different world, language-wise. I even made my own little list of the ones I thought were the most interesting, or the dirtiest.
My Top Dirty Slang Words from the 1940s:
- Eager Beaver – Someone super enthusiastic about doing something.
- Fuddy-Duddy – An old-fashioned person.
- Geezer – A mean way to call someone old.
- Gobbledygook – Nonsense, which I guess could be dirty depending on the nonsense.
- Crumb – A jerk or someone who is no fun.
- Necking – Making out.
- Khaki Wacky – Boy crazy.
So yeah, that was my little adventure for today. Learned a bit about how folks used to talk back in the 40s, especially when they were trying to be a little naughty. It’s pretty wild to think about how much language changes over time. What we say today might sound just as crazy to someone 80 years from now. Food for thought, I guess!
