20s
Youth's prime years
The 20s refers to a decade—the 1920s, 2020s, or any century's third decade: Jazz defined the 20s.
It also means the years of someone's life from 20 to 29: She spent her 20s traveling.
As a temperature or number range, it spans 20–29: Temperatures will dip into the low 20s tonight.
1920s American cultural heyday
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
- ProhibitionConstitutional alcohol ban era
bootlegging · Harlem Renaissance · silent film · talkies · Model T · radio · consumerism · bobbed hair
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
Eighteenth Amendment · temperance · Al Capone · organized crime · raid · smuggling · repeal · teetotaler
Pioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- Bessie SmithLegendary blues vocalist
- Jelly Roll MortonPioneering New Orleans pianist-composer
- hot jazzEarly improvisational American music
- DixielandEarly New Orleans jazz
Duke Ellington · swing · improvisation · speakeasy · Cotton Club · Savoy Ballroom · trumpet · saxophone
Age roughly eighteen to thirty
- twentysomethingPerson aged 20-29
- career startInitial professional position
- independenceFreedom from external control
- datingPursuing romantic connections
quarter-life · adulting · first job · graduate · millennial · Gen Z · coming of age · self-discovery
Historic stock market crash
- stock market crashRapid decline in share prices
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
bank failures · unemployment · breadlines · Hoovervilles · deflation · economic collapse · 1929 · panic selling
Jazz Age
1920s American cultural heyday
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- CharlestonSouthern Atlantic port city
Prohibition · bootlegging · Harlem Renaissance · silent film · talkies · Model T · radio · consumerism · bobbed hair · Great Gatsby
bootlegger
Illegal liquor trafficker
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
rum-running · Eighteenth Amendment · temperance · Al Capone · organized crime · raid · smuggling · repeal · teetotaler · homebrew
Louis Armstrong
Pioneering jazz trumpeter, singer
- Bessie SmithLegendary blues vocalist
- Jelly Roll MortonPioneering New Orleans pianist-composer
- hot jazzEarly improvisational American music
Duke Ellington · Dixieland · swing · improvisation · speakeasy · Cotton Club · Savoy Ballroom · trumpet · saxophone · scat
young adulthood
Age roughly eighteen to thirty
- twentysomethingPerson aged 20-29
- career startInitial professional position
- independenceFreedom from external control
dating · quarter-life · adulting · first job · graduate · millennial · Gen Z · coming of age · self-discovery · youth
Black Tuesday
Historic stock market crash
- stock market crashRapid decline in share prices
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
speculation · bank failures · unemployment · breadlines · Hoovervilles · deflation · economic collapse · 1929 · panic selling
20s1820s
Third decade, nineteenth century
1720s · Victorian era · Middle Ages · antiquity · ancient times