Monday, March 22, 2010

1950's American Slang Word(s) of the Day #16

Note: The words I use are chosen from the Pocket Dictionary of American Slang. A popular abridgment of the finest dictionary of American Slang ever published. compiled by Harold Wentworth and Suart Berg Flexner.  "contained here are definitions of almost all the slang words in common use today" The dictionary was published in 1960 and took ten years to compile. what you read here is copied word for word from the dictionary EXCEPT for the EXAMPLES and CLARIFICATIONS. Those are mine.

The 1950's American Slang Word(s) of the Day today is:

Jelly Roll: n. 1. A man extremely virile or obsessed with sex; a man who curries the sexual favors of women. 2. A lover; a sweet Papa or Sweet Mama. very common Negro use. Most popular with southern Negros. c. 1875-c. 1915   Now associated with and made known to white people by use in early jazz groups and lyrics; perhaps esp. by the early great jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton. still some Negro use.


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Example: "Oh Louis, come here and talk to mama...hold mama in your big, strong arms. You're my Jelly Roll Baby, you're my  Sweet Papa tonight."

Clarification: "Louis, please come over here and use graphic word imagery in order to heighten the sexual pleasure between us. Physically acquire possession of me and assume control. I consider you extremely virile and capable of engaging and performing in a copulative manner. You are at my disposal tonight. "

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