Jabberwocky

If your vocabulary is strictly stock, and the teen-agers tell you it's off the cob, you may as well stop bumping your gums. But you, too, can get on the grooby side. A jive-talk glossary that is strictly Dracula has been put out by Parents' Institute, publishers of Calling All Girls (and Parents' Magazine). Some excerpts:

Saloon: Goodby.

Like chicken? Grab a wing: Let's dance.

Bag with a sag: A girl with a bad figure.

F.H.A.: A loan.

Stop bumping your gums: Keep quiet.

Gruesome twosome: A couple going steady.

Worming: Studying.

Rat race: A dance.

Ameche: The telephone.

Witch: Male synonym for favorite girl (e.g., "She's my witch").

Fag hag: A girl who smokes.

Mothball: One who never dates.

Dracula: In a class by itself (e.g., "This party is positively Dracula").

Parole: Diploma.

Grooby: "Smooth."

Strictly stock: On the dull side.

Grub gabble: A female assemblage.

Watch works: Brain.

Jelly's sister: A jam.

They're a thing: They're in love.

Off the cob: Corny.

Johnny's out of jail: Your slip is showing.

C.O.D.: Come over, dear.

Five by five: Overweight.

A.W.O.L.: A wolf on the loose.

Listens O.K.: Looks beautiful.

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