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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

10 Slang Words From The 50s

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Mens Room Top 10

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0:00.0

A post is going viral of a bunch of teen slang words from a newspaper clipping from the Northwest News back in 1954.

0:07.6

Oh.

0:08.0

So let's have some fun.

0:08.7

The men's room top 10.

0:11.8

The men's room top 10.

0:17.2

So I went and found all these trendy teen slang words from 19 and 54. I will give you guys the word you tell me what you believe that it means. Are any of these still in use? Yes. Now, you're a nerd if you're going to use these. Okay. All right. This is all I'm going to say there. A cool Jonah. Has anybody ever heard of a cool Jonah? Hmm. No, I guess that's a cool person.

0:38.3

A cool person? Okay, Miles, and again? But cool was used then. Cool was used then, back in 1954. A cool Jonah. That's a well-dressed kid is what that is. Oh, it's a cool Jonah, man. There's a cool Jonah. All right. Look at him over there, that cool Jonah. Snappy. Anybody know what George was back in the day?

0:55.3

George. George. Like the name over there, that cool Jonah. Snappy. Anybody know what George was back in the day?

0:55.4

George.

1:09.6

George. Like the name George. It was an object. It was something that you did want to obtain. Everybody. A cigarette. Money. Oh, George Washington. Oh, there you go. Because now it's all about the Benjamin's back. And a dollar was a big deal. Definitely expanded.

1:10.5

We need the George.

1:11.2

You can have the George.

1:12.0

I'll look for the business.

1:12.4

Yeah, right.

1:13.8

The George ain't going near as far as you used to. That's right. Spooning your scarf. Anybody know what spooning your scarf?

1:21.7

Man, if you use it in a sentence, please. We're all sitting around the table there, spoon on our scarf.

1:28.7

Wow. Man, I have all sitting around the table there, spooning our scarf. Wow.

1:29.8

Man, I have no idea.

1:31.2

It's literally just eating your food.

1:33.4

Oh.

1:33.7

Spooning your scarf.

1:34.5

Spooning your scarf.

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