G - H Flashcards

1
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Gangbusters

A

Outstandingly excellent or successful

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2
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Gas (it was a gas)

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Fun, a good time

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3
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Germ

A

A pest or annoying person

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4
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Get bent!

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Disparaging remark as in “drop dead”

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5
Q

Get with it

A

Understand

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6
Q

Gig

A

Work, job

Beats

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7
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Give me a bell

A

Call me on the phone

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8
Q

Ginchiest

A

Cool, hip, admired by others

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9
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Go ape

A

Get very excited

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10
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Go for pinks

A

A drag race where the stakes are the cars pink slip

Hot rodders

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11
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Gone

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He’s a real gone cat: knowledgeable about hip stuff

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12
Q

Goof

A

Someone who makes mistakes

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13
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Goopy

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Messy

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14
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Goose it

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Accelerate the car fully

Hot rodders

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15
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Greaser

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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

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16
Q

Gringles

A

Worries

17
Q

Grody

A

Sloppy, messy, or dirty

18
Q

Grouse

A

A surfer

19
Q

Grundy

A

A decision neither good nor bad; Also gross or disgusting

20
Q

Hang

A

As in “hang out” which means to do very little

21
Q

Haul ass

A

Drive very fast

Hot rodders

22
Q

Heat

A

Police

Beats

23
Q

Heater

A

A fun, a hold over from 40s gangster movies

24
Q

Hep

A

With it, cool. Someone who knows the situation

25
Q

Hey bean

A

Hello!

26
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Hip

A

Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good

27
Q

Hipster

A

Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good

28
Q

Hit the road

A

Time to leave

29
Q

Hood; hoodlum

A

Bad boys, rode motorcycles, wore leather jackets

30
Q

Hoopie knob

A

A knob on the steering wheel that allowed for one handed steering

31
Q

Hooped up

A

A car modified for speed

Hot rodders

32
Q

Horn

A

Telephone

33
Q

Hot mama

A

Cute or sexy girl

34
Q

Hottie

A

A very fast car

Hot rodders

35
Q

Hunk of junk

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Broken down car