Great page on old-time carny lingo.
www.goodmagic.com/carny/
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 18:33, 3 replies)

Now that is Interesting!
A suprising number of those words can be heard used in pubs around here in rural Lincolnshire, I'd always known ther was a fair bit of "traveller" heritage round here. But a bit more than I guessed.
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Sat 11 Jun 2011, 18:52, closed)

I like this
And am thusly clicking.
I was brought up hearing a lot of those words and use several myself even now.
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 0:55, closed)

Agh! Comic Sans! Abort! Abort!

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Sun 12 Jun 2011, 10:51, closed)