Words and Expressions


absquatulate

acknowledge the corn

antifogmatic


Barnburner

bite the dust

blog

blow your buffer

booboisie

boodle

Brother Jonathan


cakewalk

calibogus

callithumpian

cherry-pick

cocktail

come on like gangbusters

cousin on

cut a hog


dope

doughface

drink the Kool-Aid


fanzine

filibuster

flapper


gandy dancer

gerrymander

go ballistic

go Dutch

go haywire

go postal

greenhorn

grog-hole

groovy

hacker

hash

ham it up

high ball

hit pay dirt

hit the skids

Hooverville


Internet


jerkwater town

jump on the bandwagon

jump the shark


keep the ball rolling


land office business

Loco Foco


megabyte

mizzle

mugwump


netop

nimptopsical


okay

Okie

Old Hunker

on the ball

out in left field


pantywaist

Philadelphia lawyer

piker

pluto

punk

pull a boner

put on (the) dog

ride the goat

ride the gravy train

root hog or die

row up Salt River


see a man about a dog

see the elephant

shindig

shivaree

Silent Generation

slacker

snollygoster

sockdologer

speakeasy

spondulix

stand like a Stoughton bottle

stay until the last dog is hung

stinkibus

subprime


tenderfoot

tinhorn

tin-pan

Trekker

try it on the dog

twenty-three skiddoo


waldo

wamble-cropped

wave the bloody shirt

whistle stop


Yankee