Some of this slang may even seem ripe for a comeback.
Slang changed in numerous ways over many different eras in US history, from the 18th century to the the Great Depression to the commercial boom of the '50s. If you were to hit the saloon on a Friday night in a frontier town, instead of 'getting trashed' you would 'paint your nose,' which you would be 'feezed,' not 'hyped,' to do. Things people used to say in old west capture the ambience of the land in ways watching John Wayne westerns and playing Oregon Trail could not. For those of you who want a better idea of life in the Wild West, Old West slang terms definitely help get you in that mindset of cowboys, cattle wranglin', and casually overlooked 'brothels.' A romanticized and often misunderstood period of US history, the Old West utilized a vernacular perfect for the dusty and gritty lifestyles of the pioneers and outlaws who brought the wild to the region.