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minus-squarevithigarlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months ago“Flapper” was a 1920s subculture of women that was, well, exactly what’s pictured. The original etymology is unclear, as far as I know.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoDidn’t know the etymology, you made me look! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper Sounds reasonable to me. Wonder if there’s any tie in with “chick” as slang for “girl”.
“Flapper” was a 1920s subculture of women that was, well, exactly what’s pictured. The original etymology is unclear, as far as I know.
Didn’t know the etymology, you made me look!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper
Sounds reasonable to me. Wonder if there’s any tie in with “chick” as slang for “girl”.