#people

Cockney back-slang for 'woman' — said backwards so the subject didn't catch it.

Cockney back-slang for 'girl' — 'girl' reversed and split to make it speakable.

A fiery, spirited young woman with attitude and energy to spare.

Nadsat for people, from the Russian 'lyudi'.

Nadsat for a woman, literally 'bird' in Russian, echoing British slang 'bird'.

Nadsat for an old woman, from the Russian 'babushka' (grandmother).

Lunfardo for a woman or girlfriend, one of the most tango-soaked words in the porteno argot.

A well-off, well-dressed man about town, the tango's classic flush gentleman.

Nadsat for a man or guy, clipped from chelloveck and the Russian 'chelovek' (person).

Nadsat for a girl or young woman, from the Russian 'devochka'.

The boss, the head honcho, the most important person in the room.

A swing-music fan or hep jitterbug, often a white enthusiast soaking up Harlem jazz.

A sharp, in-the-know person who's wise to jazz, style, and the latest jive.

A kid, lad or young guy, one of the warmest words in the porteno vocabulary.

A con artist, bluffer or all-talk fraud, a beloved insult in porteno life.

Nadsat for a boy or young man, from the Russian 'malchik'.

A glamorous, alluring young woman of the jazz age, the female counterpart to a sheik.

A smooth, romantic young ladies' man of the 1920s, named after Valentino.