Our favorite bits of 1920s slang
Phrases like French kiss, blind date, sexpert and backseat driver were all coined in the roaring twenties VIDEO
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Slang: The universal language
Lexicographer Jonathon Green explains the etymology of the f-word -- and how slang informs our speech
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