Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:56     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

"I like bad boys!"

"Bad to the bone"

"wild child"

"flower child"

"such a hippie"

"She's so hippie dippy"

"totally cool!"

"cool dude"

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:52     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Uh, so, some of these phrases might still be in my vocabulary.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:48     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

"schweet!"

"fur sure!"

"radical!"

"wicked hangover"

"mad props"

"barf me out the door"

"chicken"

"heinous"

"such a ditz/airhead"

"Mom, you're driving me mental"

"space cadet"

"twisted"

"He's so fine!"

"give me your digits!"

"Stylin'"

"so badass"

"so glam"

"so classy"

"legit"/ "the real deal"

"dope!"
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:42     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

"kiss my a$$"
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:42     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My bad - I'm sorry
Sike or psych - just kidding


What era is "My bad" from?

I didn't hear it until my now 18-year old was in middle (ish) school. The only people I hear now who say it are kids/millennials.

HS '87 here


HS '83 here and we had both "my bad" and "psych".
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:42     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

"like, like you know um like totally!" (valley girl talk)

"way cool!"

"veg out"

"wannabe"

"so yesterday"

"homeboy"

"grody!"

"hella"

"eat my grits!"

"oh hell no"

"totally radical dude"

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:38     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

"Hey chica" or "Hola Chica" (used in middle school by everyone I knew who got some exposure to Spanish)

"Dork"

"Liar liar pants on fire" used by the under 8 crowd in the 70s

"Gnarly Dude"

"Cool beans!"

"Cowabunga"

"Schwing" and "We're not worthy" (from Wayne's world)

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:33     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Possibly from the 90s and Clueless

"Whatever!"

Did we do

"gag me with a spoon" yet?

More 90s:

From SNL "Let's have some cawfee and we'll tawk"

"uhhh Myyy Guuuud" (the precursor to OMG)

'That's HOT" (from Paris Hilton"

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Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:27     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

HS class of '87 here and loving this thread! I'd forgotten about no doy.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:24     Subject: Re:Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

phat
yes way!
bite me
you down?
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 10:07     Subject: Re:Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

These are all 90s and early aughts.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 09:20     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My bad - I'm sorry
Sike or psych - just kidding


What era is "My bad" from?

I didn't hear it until my now 18-year old was in middle (ish) school. The only people I hear now who say it are kids/millennials.

HS '87 here


I think 90s? Didn’t they say that in Clueless?


Yep! We said it in the 90s/00s (97 grad here)
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 09:16     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Anonymous wrote:Might be regional, but “Take off, you hoser!”


You need to watch Strange Brew with the McKenzie Brothers.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 09:03     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I remember "no doy"--but I remember saying that in the early 80s.

Not "slang" but another thing we did in the late 70's/early 80s that no one does now:
1. Lick your finger and put it on the other person and go "Psssss" (like something so hot it sizzles) to signify that they are hot.
2. Make an almost fist (not closed the whole way--basically the fingers folded down) and breath on them (saying kind of a breathy "ha") and then rub it on your upper chest.

Anyone remember doing that?


Was this the Alien exploding from your chest from the movie


No, it's more like huffing on your nails and then polishing them on your chest when you do something great.


PP you posted about this here.

Ah! So that's what the point of it was? I was pretty young (maybe 3 or 4) when my teenage relatives were doing it, and I wasn't really sure what exactly they were doing! Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2022 09:01     Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I remember "no doy"--but I remember saying that in the early 80s.

Not "slang" but another thing we did in the late 70's/early 80s that no one does now:
1. Lick your finger and put it on the other person and go "Psssss" (like something so hot it sizzles) to signify that they are hot.
2. Make an almost fist (not closed the whole way--basically the fingers folded down) and breath on them (saying kind of a breathy "ha") and then rub it on your upper chest.

Anyone remember doing that?


Was this the Alien exploding from your chest from the movie


No, it's more like huffing on your nails and then polishing them on your chest when you do something great.