Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:45
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:Hurl for barf
Technicolor yawn
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:31
Subject: Re:Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
I remember jocks just constantly saying everything was "cold" (for brutal, unfair, tough, unfair, whatever).
"Eat My Shorts" seemed to get said a fair amount, too, but in a joking way.
"Eat My Shorts" seemed to get said a fair amount, too, but in a joking way.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:31
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:“Killer” for great. “Stoked” for excited. “Word” for I agree. “I heard that” also for agree.
I live where there are a lot of surfers, so I still hear "gnarly" and "stoked." In fact, one surfer signs off by saying, "In stoke, Dana." Defo too cool for school!
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:29
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Hurl for barf
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:25
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:I remember the Valley Girl era, Gag me with a spoon!
Pitch me with a fork!
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:23
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lots of blonde jokes. Calling someone a blonde was the height of insulting their intelligence.
And Polish. And dead babies.
And truly tasteless jokes.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:22
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Clueless movie was from 1995, so not in the 70s/80s.
We said "my bad" in elementary school in potomac md in 1988
and in NJ in the mid 80s.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 17:03
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote: 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!
I remember bubble writing and LYLAS. My BFF was so good at it.
I remember "go" and my parents saying "Are you going steady?"
Anonymous
10/07/2022 15:05
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:“Grody to the max!”
Yes. This.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 14:52
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:Clueless movie was from 1995, so not in the 70s/80s.
We said "my bad" in elementary school in potomac md in 1988
Anonymous
10/07/2022 14:47
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
Anonymous wrote:Lots of blonde jokes. Calling someone a blonde was the height of insulting their intelligence.
And Polish. And dead babies.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 14:28
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
“Grody to the max!”
Anonymous
10/07/2022 14:15
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
This may be school-specific, but: "college suck" for extra-curriculars you signed up for just to get into college. A concept close to the heart of DCUM.
Anonymous
10/07/2022 13:47
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
13:35 and only old hippies said “weed” and the cool kids said “pot.” Circa 1977-90s. No longer.
Lots of talk about “coolers” in 1984. I didn’t understand why my new boyfriend was so excited about bringing a few coolers along on one of our first dates. Truly thought he was packing up some small Igloo or Coleman containers perhaps to keep some perishables cool. Yes, really. Doyyyyy!
Lots of talk about “coolers” in 1984. I didn’t understand why my new boyfriend was so excited about bringing a few coolers along on one of our first dates. Truly thought he was packing up some small Igloo or Coleman containers perhaps to keep some perishables cool. Yes, really. Doyyyyy!
Anonymous
10/07/2022 13:41
Subject: Urban Dictionary for the 70s and 80s
13:35 PP
How about self-grading quizzes in elementary school? Seems to have happened a lot in the 70s - the teacher would stand at the front of the class and read aloud the answer key and we marked up our work.
There were always 3 or 4 boys (never girls) who’d hiss, “yesssssss!” after each answer.
How bout kids saying, “in your face!” as a joking insult? Or yell, “ohhhh, facialllll!” Heard this a lot during 5th grade.
How about self-grading quizzes in elementary school? Seems to have happened a lot in the 70s - the teacher would stand at the front of the class and read aloud the answer key and we marked up our work.
There were always 3 or 4 boys (never girls) who’d hiss, “yesssssss!” after each answer.
How bout kids saying, “in your face!” as a joking insult? Or yell, “ohhhh, facialllll!” Heard this a lot during 5th grade.