Señor Grumblecakes (jervo) wrote,
Señor Grumblecakes
jervo

today's mcsweeney's list

MYSTIFYING
EXPRESSIONS
THAT VICTOR SKAARUP
AND KRIS WINTHER
THOUGHT FIT
TO INCLUDE
IN THEIR 1949
SWEDISH
REFERENCE WORK
"USA SLANG ,
ORDBOK OVER
MODERN
AMERIKANSK SLANG."

BY ETHAN HEIN

- - - -

all to the mustard
awry-eyed
baked wind
balcony owl
barbadacious
bun-yanker
catching the monk
dilly-mill
dutch treat
geegawful
mendelsohning
panther sweat
patch my pantywaist!
prunes, to be full of
putty blower
skibby
slither tuber
wavy navy
wooden nutmeg
x-legged
yard goose
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