I really hope you liked my skit and in case you were wondering what a lot of the words meant, here's a list of the slang words I used and what they mean.


Dapper – handsome

Juice Joint – An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor

Spiffy - An elegant appearance (as in "go make yourself look good")

Swanky – Elegant; luxurious; ritzy

Real McCoy - The genuine article

Whoopee – To have a good time

Nookie – Sex

Jake – Ok; Great; Fine

Panther Sweat – Whiskey

Giggle Water - Liquor or other alcoholic beverage. (I always thought of it as a mixed drink)

Sheba – A sexy or seductive woman; one's girlfriend (in this case wife)

Noodle juice – tea

Ritzy – Luxurious

Main Drag –

What's eating you? – What's bothering you?

Speakeasy – same as juice joint

Kiddo – pal

Drugstore Cowboy – A guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls

Fix – To bribe

Bee's knees - An extraordinary person, thing, idea; terrific

Middle aisle – To marry

Hit the road – To leave

Cast a kitten – To have a fit

Bent – drunk

Bull Session - Male talkfest, gossip ("guy talk")

Don't take any wooden nickels – Don't do anything stupid

Carrying a torch – Suffer from unrequited love

Horsefeathers! – Nonsense!

Dumb Dora – A stupid female; an absolute idiot

Ball and chain – One's wife

Flat tire – A stupid female

Flour lover – A girl with too much face powder

Torpedo – A hired thug or hit man

Bump off – To kill

Joe zilch – loser

Beeswax – business

Big Cheese – The Boss

Beef – Complaints

Heater – gun

Sugar daddy - A young woman's boyfriend or lover

Pipe down – Stop talking

Bimbo – A tough guy

Dame – A woman ("She's my woman")

Bum's rush – Ejection by force from an establishment

Sap – A fool

Goofy – In love with; crazy for

Futz! – Fuck!