What swear words were used in the 1940s in the US?
FORTIES The slang for youth of the forties was inspired by the Jive of the thirties. These next slangs describe body-parts. an ugly face–puss, phiz, map the face–knob, index the body–the frame mustache–brush whiskers–face lace, moss head–biscuit, dome, idea pot, noggin, think box eyes–blinkers, lamps, spotters, pies eyelids–shutters toes–ten ears–flippers, sails, flops, mikes, lugs (large ears) feet–plates, hocks nose–sneezer, handle (large nose), schnozz, horn legs–uprights, drumsticks, stumps, pillars, stems, slits knees–prayer dukes jaws–chops tonsils–snags mouth–bone box teeth–chewers, choppers, crumb crunchers stomach–bread basket, pale neck–stretcher elbows–hinges heart–pump, clocker, ticker shoulders–brace o’ broads arms–floppers, brace o’ hookers fingers–wigglers, feelers, stealers, fish hooks, pickers, forks hands–grabbers, paws, meat hooks, paddlers fists–dukes http://www.kimcox.org/slang.htm<
