1940s: the Pivotal Decade - Research Article from Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about 1940s.

1940s: the Pivotal Decade - Research Article from Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about 1940s.
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What We Said:

Big eyes: A crush, as in "I have big eyes for her!"

Cooling: Unemployed.

Geets: Money.

"Here's looking at you, kid": These famous lines uttered by Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine to Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa Lund in the film Casablanca quickly passed into popular usage as a toast.

Hollywood eyes: A description of a pretty girl: "She has Hollywood eyes."

Icky drip: A person whose looks or interests set them apart from the crowd.

"Mash me a fin": "Would you loan me $5?"

"Murder!": "Wow!," an expression of surprise or great excitement.

Nab: A policeman.

Oomph girl or Sweater girl: A term first used by the Hollywood press to describe a full-figured, good-looking girl. Many Hollywood starlets would claim to be the "original" oomph or sweater girl.

Percolator: A car.

Pin-up girl: Attractive women featured on posters during World War II...

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