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I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS

A few years ago (probably months) I featured a selection of hipster slang from back in the days. I just felt like sharing another selection from this work of art:

What is surprising about this book is that the hipsters the book is referencing are actually the hip cat’s that roamed America from 1920 to 1960, who wore leather jackets and liked to raise hell.

Here I was under the assumption that hipsters were people who don’t like to work but are financed by their parents, have an affection for taxidermy and all things Victorian, and love to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon out of the can.  Like most things hipster, hipsters actually borrowed the term “hipster” from another era.

FREE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

Out of work, unemployed.

HAEMOPHILIA OF THE LARYNX

A blabbermouth.

HAVE ONE ON THE CITY

Drink some water.

THE SCRAMBLE EGG TREATMENT

A sex show.

SCREWED, BLUED AND TATTOOED

A wild night out.

SINHOUND

A priest.

STRAIGHT FROM THE FRIDGE

Cool. Obviously.

TAKEN OFF THE PAYROLL

Killed/assassinated.

THAT VIBRATES ME

I’m impressed, I really like it.

YOUR ROOF IS LEAKING*

You’re a bit crazy.

BARBECUE:

A hot-looking lady.

BOIL MY CABBAGE*:

Blues slang for sex.

Let’s sit and wait to see if nowadays hipsters catch bait.
*: featured before.

(Source: lickystickypickywe)