All roads on this feature seem to lead to Jimmy Cagney. I vacillate between thinking of Cagney or Bogart as my favorite male star of the Hollywood Golden Age. Both could sling slang with the best of them and both used this week’s phrase:
Make it snappy.
Usage: Get me a beer, barkeep, and make it snappy.
This phrase is less obscure than some of the others I’ve trotted out and I think it’s a real winner. So, make it snappy and use it already.
“What’ll ya have?”
“Gimme a rubber band sandwich, and make it snappy.”
Ya…
“Get me a beer and make it tasty” is way too optomistic.
Spellin sucks.