G - H Flashcards
Gangbusters
Outstandingly excellent or successful
Gas (it was a gas)
Fun, a good time
Germ
A pest or annoying person
Get bent!
Disparaging remark as in “drop dead”
Get with it
Understand
Gig
Work, job
Beats
Give me a bell
Call me on the phone
Ginchiest
Cool, hip, admired by others
Go ape
Get very excited
Go for pinks
A drag race where the stakes are the cars pink slip
Hot rodders
Gone
He’s a real gone cat: knowledgeable about hip stuff
Goof
Someone who makes mistakes
Goopy
Messy
Goose it
Accelerate the car fully
Hot rodders
Greaser
A guy with tons of grease in his hair, which later came to describe an entire group of people. Yes, John Trivolta in Grease; me as well
Gringles
Worries
Grody
Sloppy, messy, or dirty
Grouse
A surfer
Grundy
A decision neither good nor bad; Also gross or disgusting
Hang
As in “hang out” which means to do very little
Haul ass
Drive very fast
Hot rodders
Heat
Police
Beats
Heater
A fun, a hold over from 40s gangster movies
Hep
With it, cool. Someone who knows the situation
Hey bean
Hello!
Hip
Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good
Hipster
Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good
Hit the road
Time to leave
Hood; hoodlum
Bad boys, rode motorcycles, wore leather jackets
Hoopie knob
A knob on the steering wheel that allowed for one handed steering
Hooped up
A car modified for speed
Hot rodders
Horn
Telephone
Hot mama
Cute or sexy girl
Hottie
A very fast car
Hot rodders
Hunk of junk
Broken down car
