Apple (n.) -- the big town, the main stem, Harlem. Blip (n.) -- something very good. Ex., "That's a blip"; "She's a blip." Cat (n.) -- musician in swing band. Chick (n.) -- girl. Cop (v.) -- to get, to obtain (see collar; knock). Freeby (n.) -- no charge, gratis. Ex., "The meal was a freeby." Gimme some skin (v.) -- shake hands. Gut-bucket (adj.) -- low-down music. Hep cat (n.) -- a guy who knows all the answers, understands jive. Hincty (adj.) -- conceited, snooty. Jitterbug (n.) -- a swing fan. Jive (n.) -- Harlemese speech. Joint is jumping -- the place is lively, the club is leaping with fun. Kopasetic (adj.) -- absolutely okay, the tops. Licks (n.) -- hot musical phrases. Lock up -- to acquire something exclusively. Ex., "He's got that chick locked up"; "I'm gonna lock up that deal." Mellow (adj.) -- all right, fine. Ex., "That's mellow, Jack." Nix out (v.) -- to eliminate, get rid of. Ex., "I nixed that chick out last week"; "I nixed my garments" (undressed). Nod (n.) -- sleep. Ex., "I think I'l cop a nod." Off the cob (adj.) -- corny, out of date. Off-time jive (n.) -- a sorry excuse, saying the wrong thing. Pad (n.) -- bed. Queen (n.) -- a beautiful girl. Riff (n.) -- hot lick, musical phrase. Rug cutter (n.) -- a very good dancer, an active jitterbug. Salty (adj.) -- angry, ill-tempered. Send (v.) -- to arouse the emotions. (joyful). Ex., "That sends me!" Square (n.) -- an unhep person (see icky; Jeff). The man (n.) -- the law. Threads (n.) -- suit, dress or costuem (see drape; dry-goods). Unhep (adj.) -- not wise to the jive, said of an icky, a Jeff, a square. Vine (n.) -- a suit of clothes. What's your story? -- What do you want? What have you got to say for yourself? How are tricks? What excuse can you offer? Ex., "I don't know what his story is." Yarddog (n.) -- uncouth, badly attired, unattractive male or female. Zoot (adj.) -- exaggerated Zoot suit (n.) -- the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit .
-snip-
Some of these words & phrases are still in current used (like "salty", "threads", and "the man").
Some of these words have been retired because they are considered too old-fashioned. An example from the list above would be "send" (as in the song "Darling, you send me").
And some of these words and phrases aren't used at all nowadays like "rug cutter", "off-time jive" and "off the cob" because-well because they didn't make the cut. :o)
And the meaning of some of those words might even have the completely opposite meaning nowadays. For instance, I've heard and used the word "blip" before as in the sentence "Ain't that a blip?" (Btw, this isn't really a question) That sentence means "Ain't that something?" (with "something" meaning "a mess", something that's "jacked up", something bad" [not good].
One thing this dictionary of jive talk suggests is that all vernacular words and phrases are not created equally.