One Hundred Year Old Slang

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I recently watched a video on YouTube about popular words in the twenties. This was the beginning of a little freedom for women, especially in clothing, as their mothers and grandmothers had to deal with corsets and bustles, etc. Here are a few words mentioned in the video. Some of the words are still known, though rarely used-- 'wet blanket, dough (money), fried (drunk or high), vamp, ragamuffin.' A few had different meanings--'hot' as in stolen items, I think this is still a common meaning of the word. The word 'It' had the meaning of a sexy women. You had it or you didn't. 'Sheik' was a handsome man, 'Heebie Jeebies' meant fear or the feeling that something wasn't right, 'and how' meant it's true and then some, 'bob' was a certain short haircut for women. Of course, every generation has the coolest slang and one day all that slang will be read with amusement. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/car-automobile-transport-passenger-1485677/