Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (6 results returned)
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $200: Once meaning to swindle, in the '60s it became a type of handshake, so "gimme some" Skin |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $400: To a '20s flapper or a '90s rapper, this stuff is called "green" Money |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $600: A shmatte in Yiddish, it meant "to dance" early in the century & "to make fun of" in the '20s & '90s Rag |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $800: Decades earlier, Bill & Ted would have said "Mustard!" instead of this superlative "Excellent!" |
#3093, aired 1998-01-28 | 20th CENTURY SLANG $1000: Its change of meaning over the century from "wealthy" to "cool" also came with a change of "F" to "PH" Phat |
#1250, aired 1990-01-26 | WORD ORIGINS $800: This popular slang expression of the early 20th century is probably just a shortened form of magnificent nifty |
Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1 result returned)
#5734, aired 2009-07-09 | MUSIC WORDS: Before it acquired its musical meaning in the early 20th century, it was baseball slang for "pep" or "energy" jazz |
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