Roaring Twenties

American  

plural noun

1. the 1920s regarded as a boisterous era of prosperity, fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, and wild youth.

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Roaring Twenties Cultural  

1. The 1920s in the United States, called “roaring” because of the exuberant, freewheeling popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards. (See flappers and Jazz Age.)

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Etymology

Origin of Roaring Twenties

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The phenomenon could possibly lead to an economic boom like the roaring twenties after the 1918 influenza pandemic.

From Scientific American • Aug. 30, 2021

I think now everybody’s talking about the roaring twenties, about dressing up again, about going out again.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2021

Tragically the roaring twenties collapsed into the Great Depression and a song reflecting those times was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" by Yip Harburg.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2018

A visual explosion, his scenes of Gatsby's flamboyant parties, though set during the roaring twenties, are accompanied by contemporary artists like Jay-Z, Beyonce and Lana Del Ray.

From BBC • May 16, 2013

In all fields of music, the do-as-you-please freedom of the roaring twenties gave way to more organised, ordered forms in the 1930s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall