More language of romance
Beginning with the crush, a relationship could grow into the stage when a couple were mutually attracted to each other, a point at which their friends referred to them as goofy. Flappers often referred to their boyfriends as goofs when beating their gums with their friendskis. Even those in the closest of relationships sometimes have arguments, and in the case of the 1920s a favorite retort during a lover’s spat was ish kabibble, used in substitution of I don’t care. Once agreement was achieved one would exclaim, Now you’re on the trolley, meaning that the point had been understood, and peace restored.
A sheik who decided that his sheba was the one forever would propose marriage, and sheik and sheba would become husband and wife (sheik and sheba came from the movie The Queen of Sheba). Public displays of affection were frowned upon in society circles in the 1920s, even among husband and wife, and cuddling and spooning, other terms for necking, were conducted in private for the most part, which led to another name for the automobile, or for the back seat of some automobiles, to be precise. It became known as the struggle buggy. Dappers in particular distrusted the sheik who possessed one.