Thursday, April 17, 2014

Flashback Friday

I never finished with the totally rad slang terms over the years!
So now...the best slang terms from the (drum roll) 70's!!

Psyche – trick someone
Crib – your home
Dream On – be realistic
In Your Face – embarrassing or upstaging someone
May the Force Be With You – you know this one J
The Man – authority
To the Max – the best it can be
Bunny – a cute girl
Chill – relax
Get Down – dance
Keep on Truckin – go w/the flow
What It Is – What’s up?
Airhead – dump person
Bear, Smokey – cop
Bogus – fake
Bunk – cheap or untrue
Buzz Off – get lost
Catch My Drift? – get it?
Chump – loser, fool
Gag Me With a Spoon – something disgusting
Gnarly – awesome
Gravy – easy
Head – pot head
Hood – a thug
Trippin – going crazy on drugs
Jinkies – “OMG!”
Jive – deceptive or nonsensical
Killer – cool
Kosher – cool, sweet
Mulah – money
Nanoo, Nanoo – a greeting phrase from Mork and Mindy
Narc – tattle tale
Rad – cool
Spiffy – something that looks good
Streak – run in a public place, nude
Tubular – awesome
Word – I agree
Dork – not a ‘cool’ person
Dude – cool or awesome guy
Mellow – relaxed
Shag – to have sex
Tough – really cool


I like 'dude'. I use that one all the time. I'm going to add to the list of slang I want to bring back...gnarly and jinkies. Yep, I like those. Oh, and maybe, tough. I like that one too.

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