# Sadly forgotten slang from the 20s. Wonder if I can revive any? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274 "2012-11-17T03:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274/21 "2012-11-18T03:06:27Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Use them! Bask in the knowledge that while everyone else uses bitch and cunt, you are using bint. Why call someone a bastard when you can call him a git? American swearing is so uncreative that nobody notices fuck anymore, but telling someone to “why don’t you just go off and attempt to fornicate yourself” does make them blink. > > One of the guys in my club can curse about someone for 20 minutes, never repeat himself and never gets vulgar. I take notes when he’s going off. Bint is still current this side of the pond and isn’t derived from bitch and cunt. Git is also commonly used. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274/22 "2012-11-18T03:48:25Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > if the music is right, I’ve been known to cut a rug… I was cutting the rug, down at a place called The Jug, with a girl named Linda-Lou. What are you, a wise guy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-forgotten-slang-from-the-20s-wonder-if-i-can-revive-any/641274.md?page=1)