G - H Flashcards
(35 cards)
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
