Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
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Me too, me too! |
Anonymous
Same. I had forgotten about "grody," though. I might start it up again. |
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"so retro"
"my mom is from the dark ages" "I feel the need for speed" "floor it" "high as a Kite" "check him out" "strung out" "drunk as a skunk" "high and dry" "I'm so buzzed" "hook up" (can mean all different things) "get laid" "shag" "get jiggy" "2 headed monster" "he/she's so easy" "one hot tamale" "blow my mind" or "mind blown" "cut a rug" (said when you feel like using retro talk for dance) "get wasted/messed up" |
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| "peachy keen" |
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"good 2 shoes"
"brown noser" "total rebel" "so punk" "bro" Loverboy" "such a babe" "weirdo" "wassup" "mom went psycho on me" "flappin his gums, yappin' away" "smooth talker" |
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We used to call people Indian giver all the time, like if you took gave something and took it back. Totally not cool today and why it's stayed in the 70s and 80s.
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Anonymous
+1 "Poseur" was another big one when I was in HS. |
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"I swear to God if she/he..."
"totally awesome!" "Have mercy" "That is so 1980!" "He's such a surfer dude" "Werk it girl!" "Finders keepers, losers weepers" (another for the under 8 crowd in the 70s/80s) "strut your stuff" "freak" "girls rule, boys drool" "girl power" "pink swear' "shake it, don't break it" "cut loose" |
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"No fake" as a sometimes alternative to "No duh."
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| I am the OP and just want to say I am totally loving this thread. It is bringing back so many goofy memories. It's so awesome to see so many cool dudes and dudettes and my fellow nerds and dorks posting and like um I just wanna thank you. Please keep posting and I hope you all have a totally rad and awesome Friday and weekend. Retro rules! If our only our kids realized how cool we are. I am so not a fossil and I don't live in the dark ages gosh darnit. |
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I still say “veg out” for relaxing.
We said “sweet” a lot as positive affirmation for any good news of any kind. We had some rather course expressions for people perceived to be arrogant or “up themselves”. According to a professor Google, 1980s Slang Words And Phrases Gag me with a spoon! Meaning: That's disgusting! ... Gnarly. Meaning: amazing, awesome; or, disgusting. ... Eat my shorts! Meaning: a crude remark to tell someone to go away, stop bothering you, etc. ... Homeboy, homegirl, homebuddy, etc. ... Veg out. ... Wannabe. ... Where's the beef? Aug 27, 2021 |
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"Fun city!"
As in, "we waited in line 4 hours for tickets to see The Bangles -- fun city!  "
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Anonymous
I forgot about "sweet." For arrogant we used to say "He is so high on himself." |
Anonymous
| Lots of blonde jokes. Calling someone a blonde was the height of insulting their intelligence. |
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Oh my God, you guys, I’m like so totally crushing on Shane! He asked me to *go* with him!
(I remember “having a boyfriend” in 6th grade in 1980 and explaining the perplexing term of “going with a boy” to my parents) Guys and girls were “foxy” as in , Scott Baio is so foxy! I love his feathered back hair. “Feathered back” hair! We all knew what this was! I recall signing yearbooks as BFF (best friends forever) and LYLAS (love ya like a sister) in 1978. Of course I wrote LYLAS or Love in giant “bubble letters” and drew each letter to look like a balloon eleven with a # in a corner of the L to look like a reflection.Very trendy! |