Judge — February 21, 1920 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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Answers to Probloid No. What five words can you coin to make American Slang strictly up-to-date? By Gevetr Burcess () decide this Contest was easy. Far and away in the lead, Mr. Irving Davis, of 14! cific Street, Brooklyn, has shown a finer sense of word values, more humor and any other correspondent more aptness than He is therefore awarded First Prizr Bimbo (n) Female who wears tn ettes, smokes cigarettes, has bobbed fi and works for a living WW) Qo et) Nootch (n) One who puts his gum on the y ULL Ow me WW \b vacant seat next to him at the mov ies. REPUBLIC THEATRE. azod Street Fint (n) Amodest young lady; one who Mats., Wed. & Sa will not wear a Georgette waist. Very A. H. WOODS PRESENTS rare in New York City Shappy (n) A young girl who has The Sign on the Door ee ee ELTING . THEATRE. 42nd St., west of Broadw: “|| Evenings 8:30, Mats. Wed. & Sat. at 2:30) A. H. WOODS: dj) Of a sour disposition, as of er for several days after his New eronts Year's resolution to quit smoking The Girl In The Limousine “100°; FUNNIER THAN ‘FAIR AND WARMER'"* THEATRE Wes 42d Suet) COHAN & HARRIS freA Ofna eae Sac B10 COHAN & HARRIS Present | THE ACQUITTAL Other gems from Davis Unabridged are Bame (n) An infinitesimal sum; that shich is left to the average man of his week's wages after giving his wife her low ance AN New Play Kgen, nd other salesmen or agget (n) The week following Thanks: HAPPY DAYS “ek ehy which brings with it daily turkey parts left after you had BERN Say vie HIPPODROME © stop eating and send for the doctor | Woozle (n) ‘The straight line on a HAPPY PRICES ium formed by parting his (n) Speeches delivered by Book Seats § weeks ahead. s hair in the midile Still in the Air Zushy (adj) Having arched eyebrows gery mixed himself up an awful as William horn of licker, night before last, composed of Farum or Julian Street ard cider, lemon extract, camphire, tooth ache Exsogy (adj) Discomfort, such as expe remedy, horse liniment, and one thing and enced after eating breakfast in bed and another,” related Gap Johnson, of Rump the crumbs exsog all over the sheets ge, Ark Dijjy (v) The horrible act of chewing “What did to him?” asked an acquaint person with two ance, plates of false teeth W the details. He hain't it nd curling eye-lashes such molasses kisses by with his usual zeal, speed and Fisher ¢ York -runs Next in merit wit, Mr. Henry true to form with Hoip (v) A popular but unctiquetti calectual manner of musically consuming soup. Glug (n) The unpleasant taste leit in the mouth after partaking of castor oil Segaciate (v) Signal to disband used by crooks, profiteers and other shady ¢har acters . Weejo (n) The sometimes termed applause fer (n) A gliding ragtime dan sity, Dept. 282-14 galleryites’ FOR HEADACHE ANO NEURALGIA / ANTI-KAMNIA C9 TABLETS |e earn nen A\0c & 25¢ PACKAGES F. P. Pitzer of Jersey City, gave me the biggest ASK SEO AK TABLETS laugh of all. A woman who wears a derby Fut. (n hat Now a sense of humor is a serious thing Why a thing is funny no man can say. And whether or not it is funny at all depends upon the point of view. The man who slips on a banana pecl doesn’t laugh half so hard as the And so it is difficult to I select those that make person watching hit explain my choice, t pictures in my mi s person who Kausimp (n) \ frive does things as they shouldn't be did; s. looking for gas leaks with a lighted match, walkin it is thick enou, things that should not be diden (Elbert H. Mite Cincinnati, O.) us ice to see if rhim, and other Nooting (pp) Stretching one’s neck to read the other fellow’s paper (Chas. Werner, P. Quolloph (n) That first, nauscous, soul rolling qualm of seasickness. Intestinal rebellion Scroggle (n) ‘The orotesting, “do-it some-more” feminine motion that “she” makes when seized in the manly a the Hero; the “get-away-closer” sort of a nestling shove (F. Ryser, York, Penna.) rms of Prohibition undoubtedly will, with its new emotions, need many new expressions. Most of the contestants devoted some ingenuity to these post-diluvian ideas, but they satisfy me no more than .5 per cent. beer. However, 1 cull Stoojin (n) A Prohibitionist Miss Mary Hiller, Indianapolis, I Swugged (pp) Inebriated on at sholic beverage (Miss Dorothy C. A. Isenbeck, Brook- line, Mass.) And. being myself what C. V. Buttleman of kK zoo, Mich., calls a Bogunk ne who laughs at motion-picture comedies.’ I must confess I laughed also at his definition of Phglugg ph—* a bird that flies with his tonsils!” comicbooks.com