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Ab-so-lute-ly - affirmative

All Wet - describes an erroneous idea or individual, as in, "he's all wet."

And How - I strongly agree!

Applesauce- an expletive same as horsefeathers, As in "Ah applesauce!"

Attaboy - well done!; also Attagirl!

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Baby - sweetheart. Also denotes something of high value or respect.

Balled Up - confused, messed up

Baloney - nonsense!

Bank's Closed - no kissing or making out - i.e. - "Sorry, Mac, the bank's closed."

Bearcat - a hot-blooded or fiery girl

Beat it - scam or get lost

Beat one's gums - idle chatter

Bee's Knees - An extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate

Beef - a complaint or to complain

Beeswax - business, i.e. None of your beeswax."

Bell bottom - a sailor

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Berries - That which is attractive or pleasing; similar to bee's knees, As in "It's the berries."

Bible Belt - Area in the South and Midwest where Fundamentalism flourishes

Big Cheese - The most important or influential person; boss. Same as big shot

Big six - a strong man; from auto advertising, for the new and powerful; six cylinder engines

Bimbo - a tough guy

Bird - general term for a man or woman, sometimes meaning "odd," i.e. "What a funny old bird."

Blind Date - going out with someone you do not know

Bluenose - An excessively puritanical person, a prude, Creator of "the Blue Nozzle Curse."

Bootleg - illegal liquor

Breezer - an convertible car

Bronx Cheer - A loud spluttering noise, used to indicate disapproval. Same as raspberry
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Bull - (1) a policeman or law-enforcement officer including FBI (2) nonsense (3) to chat idly, to exaggerate

Bull Session - Male talkfest, gossip, stories of sexual exploits

Bum's rush - ejection by force from an establishment

Bump Off - To murder, To kill

Butt me - I'll take a cigarette

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Caper - a criminal act or robbery

Carry a Torch - To have a crush on someone

Cash - a kiss

Cash or check? - Do you kiss now or later?

Cat's Meow - Something splendid or stylish; similar to bee's knees; The best or greatest, wonderful.

Cat's Pajamas - Same as cat's meow

Chassis - the female body

Cheaters - Eyeglasses

Check - kiss me later

Ciggy - cigarette

Clam - a dollar
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Copacetic - Wonderful, fine, all right

Crush - An infatuation

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Daddy - a young woman's boyfriend or lover, especially if he's rich

Dame - a female

Dapper - a Flapper's dad

Darb - An excellent person or thing (as in "the Darb" - a person with money who can be relied on to pay the check)

Dead soldier - an empty bear bottle

Deb - an debutant

Dick - a private investigator

Dogs - feet

Doll - an attractive woman

Dolled up - dressed up

Don't know from nothing - don't have any information

Don't take any wooden nickels - Don't do anything stupid

Double-cross - to cheat, stab in the back

Dough - money

Drugstore Cowboy - a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls
[up]

Dry up - shut up, get lost

Ducky - very good

Dumb Dora - a stupid female

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Earful - enough

Edge - intoxication, a buzz. i.e. "I've got an edge."

Egg - a person who lives the big life

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Fall Guy - Victim of a frame

Fire extinguisher - a chaperone

Fish -(1) a college freshman
(2) a first timer in prison

Flat Tire - A dull witted, insipid, disappointing date. Same as pill, pickle, drag, rag, oilcan

Flivver - a Model T; after 1928, could mean any old broken down car

Flapper - A stylish, brash, hedonistic young woman with short skirts & shorter hair

Fly boy - a glamorous term for an aviator

Frame - To give false evidence , to set up someone

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Gams - A woman's legs

Get a wiggle on - get a move on, get going

Giggle Water - An intoxicating beverage; alcohol

Gin Mill - An establishment where hard liquor is sold; bar

Glad rags - "going out on the town" clothes
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Gold Digger - A woman who associates with or marries a man for his wealth

Goofy - in love

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Hair of the Dog - a shot of alcohol

Handcuff - an engagement ring

Hard Boiled - a tough, strong guy

Hayburner - (1) a gas guzzling car (2) a horse one loses money on

Heebie-Jeebies - The jitters

High-Hat - To snub

Hit on all sixes - to perform 100 per cent; as "hitting on all six cyclinders"

Hooch - Bootleg liquor

Hood - hoodlum

Hoofer - Dancer

Horsefeathers - an expletive ; same usage as applesauce

Hotsy - Totsy - Pleasing

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It - Sex appeal

Iron - a motorcycle

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Jack - money
[up]

Jake - OK, as in , "Everything is Jake."

Jalopy - Old car

Jane - any female

Java - coffee

Jitney - a car employed as a private bus. Fare was usually five cents; also called a "nickel"

Joe - coffee
John - a toilet
Joint - an establishment
Juice Joint - a speakeasy
Joint - A club, usually selling alcohol
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Keen - Attractive or appealing
Kisser - Mouth
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Left holding the bag - (1) to be cheated out of one's fair share (2) to be blamed for something

Level with me - be honest

Line - Insincere flattery

Live wire - a lively person


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Middle Aisle - To marry

Mrs. Grundy - A priggish or extremely tight-laced person

Moll - A gangster's girl
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Neck - Kissing with passion
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Nifty - great, excellent

"Now you're on the trolley!" - Now you've got it, now you're right!

Nobody Home - Describes some one who is dumb

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On the lam - fleeing from police

On the level - legitimate, honest

On the up and up - on the level

Orchid - an expensive item

Ossified - a drunk person

Owl - a person who's out late

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Palooka (1) a below-average or average boxer (2) a social outsider, from the comic strip character Joe Palooka

Pet - Same as neck, but more so

Piker - (1) a cheapskate (2) a coward

Pill - (1) a teacher (2) an unlikable person

Pinch - To arrest

Pipe down - stop talking

Pushover - A person easily convinced or seduced

Putting on the Ritz - after the Ritz hotel in Paris; doing something in high style [up]


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Rag-a-muffin - a dirty or disheveled individual

Razz- to make fun of

Real McCoy - The genuine article

Ritzy - Elegant (from the hotel)

Rubes - money or dollars

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Sap - a fool

Says you - a reaction of disbelief

Scram - Ask someone to leave immediately

Sheba - A woman with sex appeal (from the move Queen of Sheba) or (e.g. Clara Bow)

Sheik - A man with sex appeal (from the Valentino movies)

Shiv - a knife

Sinker - a doughnut

Speakeasy - An illicit bar selling bootleg liquor

Spifflicated - Drunk. The same as canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered, owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified or fried to the hat

Spiffy - An elegant appearance
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Spoon - to neck, or at least talk of love

Struggle Buggy - the backseat of a car. A parent's worst nightmare

Stuck On - Having a crush on

Swanky - Ritzy

Swell - Wonderful. Also: a rich man

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Take for a Ride - To drive off with someone in order to bump them off

Tin Pan Alley - the music industry in New York, located between 48th and 52nd street

Tomato - a female

Torpedo - A hired gun

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Upchuck - To vomit when one has drunk too much

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Wet Blanket - a solemn person, a killjoy

What's eating you? - What's wrong

Whoopee - To have a good time

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You slay me - that's funny

the 40's

Alligator- swing fans or dancers
Ameche- to telephone
B.Y.T.- bright young thing
Bag- to shoot down a plane

Barouche- car, jalopy
Brainchild- someone’s creative idea

Bunny- to chat

Cast an eyeball- look around

City slicker- dandy from the city

Corny- unimportant, passé

Cozy- comfortable

Creep- despicable person

Darby- something good

Dead hoofer- poor dancer

Dig- like

Dillinger- fantastic

Drag a hoof- dancer

Drape- clothes, suit

Duchess- girl

Eager Beaver- enthusiastic helper

Fade- leave

Fifth avenue- high class

Frolic- dance

Frolic pad- nightclub

Fuddy-duddy- old-fashioned person

Gammin’-strutting, showing off

Ginned up- dressed up

Gobbledygook- double talk, long speech

Gone with the wind- run off (with money)

Got your boots on- understand what’s happening

Grandstand- to show off

Grotty- new but useless

Ground grippers- shoes

Have a ball- have a good time

Hep cats- swing music lovers, dancers (male)

Hep kittens- swing music lovers, dancers (female)

Hi-de-ho- hello

Hincty- snobby

Hopper- Lindy Hop dancer

Hoof- dance

In cahoots with- conspiring with

In the groove- very good

Jump- sing dance

Kicks- shoes

Lettuce- money

Niftic- good, sharp

Off-time jive-bad manners, incorrect

Old hat- out dated

Pass the buck- pass responsibility for

Pennies from heaven- easy money

Pulleys- suspenders

Rug cutters- dancers

Scene- situation

Smooth- good, agreeable

Stompers- shoes

Striders- trousers

Threads- clothes

Togged to the bricks- wearing best clothes


the 50's

Actor Show-off

Agitate the Gravel To leave

Are you writing a book? You're asking too many questions

Baby Cute girl, term of address for either sex

Back seat bingo Necking in a car

Bad news Depressing person

Bent eight a V-8 engine (hot-rodders)

Big Daddy An older person

Big tickle Really funny

Bit An act

Blast A good time

Blow off To defeat in a race (hot-rodders)

Bobbed Shortened

Boss Great

Bread Money

Burn rubber To accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders)

Cast an eyeball To look

Cat A hip person (Beats)

Chariot Car (Beats)

Chrome-plated Dressed up (hot-rodders, originally)

Circled Married

Classy chassis Great body

Cloud 9 Really happy

Clutched Rejected

Clyde Term of address, usually for a normal person (Beats)

Cook, cookin' Doing it well

Cool it Relax, settle down

Cooties Imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool

Cranked Excited (Beats)

Crazy "Like crazy,man" Implies an especially good thing

Cream Originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage

Cruisin' for a bruisin' Looking for trouble

Cube A normal person

Cut the gas Be quiet!

Cut out Leave

Daddy-O Term of address (Beats)

Dibs A claim - as in "got dibs" on that seat

Dig To understand; to approve

Dolly Cute girl

Don't have a cow Don't get so excited

Earthbound Reliable

Epistle Letter

Eyeball Look around

Fake Out A bad date

Fast Someone who was sexually active

Fat City A great thing or place; Happy

Flat out Fast as you can

Flat-top Men's hairstyle. A crewcut which is flat across the top

Flick A movie

Flip To get very excited

Floor it Push the accelerator to the floor

Fracture To amuse

Fream Someone who doesn't fit in

Frosted Angry

Get Bent! Disparaging remark as in "drop dead"

Get with it Understand

Gig Work, job

Go ape Get very excited

Goof Someone who makes mistakes

Goopy Messy

Greaser A guy with tons of grease in his hair

Grody Sloppy, messy or dirty

Hang As in "hang out" which means to do very little

Haul a** Drive very fast

Heat Police

Hip Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good.

Hipster Same as above

Horn Telephone

Hottie A very fast car (hot-rodders)

Illuminations Good ideas, thoughts

In orbit In the know

Ivy Leaguer Pants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League college

Jacked Up Car with raised rear end.

Jacketed Going steady.

Jets Smarts, brains

Kick A fun or good thing; Also, a fad

Kill To really impress

Knuckle sandwich A fist in the face

Kookie Nuts, in the nicest possible was

Lay a patch To accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.

Lay on To give (Beats)

Machine A car (hot-rodders)

Made in the shade Success guaranteed

Make out A kissing session

Make the scene To attend an event or activity

Nerd Same as now. Bill Gates without the money.

Nod Drift off to sleep

No sweat No problem

Nuggets Loose change

Odd ball Someone a bit off the norm

On the stick Pulled together. Bright, prepared...

Pad Home

Paper shaker Cheerleader or Pom Pom girl

Party pooper No fun at all

Passion Pit Drive-in movie theatre

Peepers Glasses

Pile up Z's Get some sleep

Pound Beat up

Radioactive Very popular

Rap To tattle on someone (Beats)

Rattle your cage Get upset

Raunchy Messy or gross in some other way

Razz my berries Excite or impress me

Real gone Very much in love. Also unstable. Hmm, there's a difference?

Rock A diamond

Scream Go fast

Shoot low Be careful

Shot down Failed

Sing To tattle or inform on someone

Sounds Music

Spaz Someone who is uncoordinated. A clutz.

Split Leave

Stacked A woman with large er, ah...you know, well endowed.

Stack up To wreck a car

Tank A large sedan (usually driven by parents)

Think Fast Usually said right before someone threw something at you

Threads Clothes

Tight Good friends

Total To completely destroy, most often in reference to a car

Unreal Exceptional

Wail Go fast

Wazoo Your rear end

Weed A cigarette

Wet rag Someone who's just no fun

Word from the bird The truth

What's buzzin, cuzzin What's new?

the 60's

A Gas
A lot of fun.
All show and no go.
Referenced to a car that had all the pretty chrome goodies, but wouldn't get out of its own way.
Ape
Used with "Go", "Gone" or "Went". To explode or go completely irate. Example: "When my parents saw my report card, they went ape.
BA
Bare Ass
Bad
Awesome.
Badass
A tough guy. A guy you really don't want to mess with.
Thanks again to Ron Stowe for this one.
Bag
To Steal. Example: Who bagged my towel? ; also see Score
Also; "What's your bag" meaning what's your problem or where are you coming from.
Thanks to Jerry Miles (HHS 66).
Ball
To party, as in Little Richards "Good Golly Miss Molly, Sho Like To Ball".
Later, it meant having intercourse.
Bean Wagon
A Lowered all the way around, usually Hispanic owned Chevy, but could be anything.
Beat Feet
Leave the scene in a hurry.
Bench Racing
When a few of guys are sitting down (on a bench, maybe) talking about how fast a certain person's car is, or discussing who could beat who in a drag race.
Birth Control Seats
Bucket Seats
Bitchin(See also Twitchin'
Good, Exciting, Awesome.
Blast
A Great Time. Example: "We had a blast at the Prom".
Blew the doors off
Easily beat the other car in a race.
Blitzed
Drunk
Blown
A car engine that has a blower (supercharger) installed. Goes between the intake manifold and the carburetors/injectors. The blower made it go faster, which was always good.
Blue Flamer
Take a B.A. ( also in the slang section ) and add a big fart...then ignite it with a match..
Thanks to Judy DeGrazia (the leader of the "Rowdy Girls") (HHS 64) for this beauty.
Bogart
To "hog" something.
Bone Yard
Auto wrecking yard; Junk yard.
Boogie
See Cut Out
Book
Leave the area.
Bookin'
Going real fast, usually in a car.
Boss
A great or cool thing. Example: "The Beach Boys new record is really boss".
Bread
Money
Brew (Brewski)
Beer
Brody
Also, Brody Out; To skid in a half circle with the brakes locked up.
Thanks to Cal McDougal HHS62, for this one.
Brody Knob
See "Suicide Knob"
Buddha Head
Someone of Asian descent. (Pre-Political Correctness)
Bug, To
To irritate or bother
Bug out
Leave the premises
Bummed out
Depressed
Bummer, What a
How depressing
Burn Rubber
To accelerate hard spinning the tires, making noise, and billows of smoke come from the rear of the vehicle.
Candyass
A real wimp or an uncool thing.
Cat
A guy.
Channeled
A car body that has been lowered with respect to it's frame, leaving the suspension as it is.
Cherry
Pristine, Totally Clean. Example: "That rod is cherry"!
Thanks to David Williams (HHS 61) for this one.
Chick
A girl or a woman.
Chicken, To play
Two cars race toward each other; the first to pull to the side is the chicken (coward)
Thanks to Bettie Gray for this 50's/60's term.
Chinese Fire Drill
Stop at a Red Light. Everyone on the Driver's side would run around and get in on the Passenger's side. Everyone on the Passenger's side would run around and get in on the Driver's side.
Choice
Really cool or bitchin. Example: "That girl with the tight sweater is really choice."
Thanks to Howard Graul (Burbank High '65) for this great slang word.
Choose Off
To pick a fight or a race; as in, "John is going to choose-off Bob in a race for pinks". Or, "Ralph chose-off Bertha after school and she kicked his butt."
Chop
To cut down verbally.
Example: "Man, you're so ugly, you gotta slip up on a glass to get a drink of water." (Now that was a "chop".)
Chopped
A section is cut out horizontally through the roof pillars of a car to lower the roof.
Chrome Dome
A bald guy.
Church Key
Before poptops, a Beer or Soda can was opened with one of these.
Thanks to Ron Stowe for this one.
Circus Wagon
A car, usually lowered, with an outlandish paint job, but in lousy shape, mechanically.
"Climb it, Tarzan"
An act of defiance. Said while giving someone "the bird".
Cool
Nice.
Cool Head
Nice Guy
Cooties
Someone who wasn't cool had them. No one ever saw them, but you knew who had them.
Thanks to Jennie Quevedo HHS'67.
Cop a Feel
Touch a girls "parts", sometimes pretending it was an accident
Copasetic
Very good; all right, as in no problems. Example: Everything is copasetic.
Thanks to Donna Bland Sivoli HHS'59 for this word.
Crash
Go to bed; go to sleep.
Crop Duster
A car with loud glasspacks.
Cruising
Driving up and down the same street looking for races, girls, guys, etc.
Cut Out
To leave without ceremony. As in, "Bob, this party is a drag. I'm gonna cut out."
Cut Outs
Additions to the exhaust system that would let you open the exhaust pipe in front of the muffler to let the engine breathe easier, thus adding horsepower and a whole lot of noise.
Daddy-O
Actually a 50's term for Man. Thanks to Jeff Kain HHS '71 for this classic
Daddy's Car
A car that was very conservative looking; that might be owned by your parents.
Dagoed
To lower a car in the front. (See Rake)
Decked
A term used to indicate that the trunk handle had been removed, the holes filled, sanded smooth and primed. (See Nosed)
Thanks to Donald Scheliga, Class of 62, for this great car slang from the past.
Decked Out
Dressed up.
Deuce
A 1932 Ford. As in, "She's my Little Deuce Coupe, you don't know what I got". Bob Rierdan (61) gets the credit again for this old stand by.
Dibs
Most always used with "Got". Example: I "got dibs" on that Coke bottle. Meaning you owned that Coke bottle.
Thanks to Ron Stowe for another great word.
Dig
Do you understand?
Dip Stick, What a
An Idiot
Ditz
An Idiot
Thanks to Marsha Soares HHS63 for this one.
Don't Flip Your Wig
See "Don't have a Cow".
Don't have a Cow
Used when someone was "going ape" or perhaps being a "spaz."
Example: So I took your book by mistake, don't have a cow about it.
Ron Stowe comes through again. Thanks
Don't Sweat It
Don't worry about it; stop bothering me
Thanks go to Larry Bach, HHS 72, for this one.
Dork
See Dip Stick
Drag
To race another car a short distance (sometimes one block, sometimes two or three blocks) from a standing start at a stoplight when the light turned green. The term originally comes from the phrase "main drag", a combination of "main" or main street in town, and "drag" which referred to a car that was lowered in the back and dragged the ground if it hit a bump while racing or was just so low that it touched the ground if the street was not perfectly level.
Thanks to Peter Schultz HHS66 for this one.
A Drag
Someone or something that's boring or un-enlightening.
Drawing Designs
Usually some guy looking a girl over REAL good. Example: Ron was really drawing designs on Carolyn at the party last night.
Duck Butt, Duck Tail or DA
A way of combing your hair in the back. Instead of combing your hair straight down in the back, you would comb both sides in towards the middle and then, with the end of the comb, part it down the middle.
Dude
In the 60's, a dude was a geek or a panty waist.
Easy
Another way of saying Goodbye. Example: "Easy, Man!!".
Also a girl who was a sure thing, sexually. Example: That girl Bob took out last night was "Easy".
"El Stinko"
El Segundo.
Fab
Great, fantastic, fabulous.
Far Out
Excellent, cool.
Fink
A tattle tale. Example: You're such a fink. Why do you always tell mom everything I do? Thanks to Debbie Sims (69) for another great 60's word.
Five Finger Discount
Anything obtained by theft.
Five-Oh-Two
Drunk Driving (502 was the State penal code number for the drunk driving infraction at that time)
Flake
A useless person.
Flake Off
Get outta here.
Flat Top
A very short hair cut, usually cut extra close on top.
Flat Top with Fenders
A flat top with long sides.
Flee the Scene
See Bug Out
Flip Flops
Thongs (that went on your feet)
Flippers
Dodge Lancers or Olds Fiesta Hub Caps.
Flower Child
A Hippie
Fox
An outstanding looking girl or woman.
Freak Out
Temporary loss of control due to an unpleasant event.
Funky
Neat, Cool; also gone bad. Example: I think that milk is funky.
Thanks to Rachel Green for this late 60's standard.
"F**kin' A"
This was simply the vulgar form of, "I concur".
Fuzz
The Police
Thanks to Rick Weaver HHS73 for this standard.
Get or Lay Rubber
To leave some rubber on the street while accelerating in a vehicle. A term used usually with first, second, third, or fourth gear.
Example: "Bob's 49 Ford is pretty fast. He can get second gear rubber."
Gimme some skin
Shake hands
Ginchy
Form of this word made famous by Ed Kookie Byrnes in the song, "Kookie, Kookie, lend me you comb". (Baby, you're the Ginchiest!" Thanks to Pammy Utterback for this entry.
Go All The Way
Have sex with.
Going Steady
If you were "Going Steady", you were dating only one special person.
Golden
See Cherry.
Thanks to Bob Ferguson (HHS 65).
Gone
Cool, groovy, neat, neato; said of a person, as in He's a real gone cat. Or you could say, I'm gone over him. (wowed, infatuated, totally sold on). Thanks to Bettie Gray for this 50's/60's classic.
Gnarly
Originally a difficult or large wave (He wiped out on a gnarly wave),later anything big or difficult (The Chemistry test was gnarly.), then later an expletive of approval (That custom paint job is gnarly!)
Thanks again to Peter Schultz HHS66 for this great word.
Greaser
A guy that used too much grease in his hair. Usually "LB Butch Wax" or "Pomade"
Gremmy(sp)
A rookie surfer.
Groovy
Nice, "Cool" or Neat. Used commonly among hippies in the 60's.
Groady (grow'- tee):
A shortened version of grotesque. When we went to wash the car (by hand at the park) we wore our grotees. Also, someone's dorm room if it was "trashed" out would be called grotey.
Glasspacks
Mufflers that are packed with fiberglass to muffle the sound. They came in different lengths. The shorter the glasspacks, the louder the car.
Gutt Waddin'
Any type of cheap fast food, to fill you up and take the hunger away. Example:"I'm going to Skippys to get some Gut Waddin."
Thanks to Carl Rilling (HHS 59) for this forgotten term.
Hacked
Angry, disgusted, mad, ticked off, etc. Sometimes used in reference to parents. "My Old Man is really hacked at me about my grades...."
Thanks to Bob Melendrez HHS'71 for this one that almost slipped through the cracks.
Hairy
Large; out of control. Example: "Check out the hairy slicks on that Chevy.
Hangin'
Awesome, Cool. Thanks to Debbie Cogan Schreiber HHS72 for this one.
Hangin' a B.A.
A car full of guys pulls up to another car (usually full of girls) and one of the guys pulls down his pants, bends over, and sticks his "bare ass" out the window.
Thanks to Judy DeGrazia HHS64 for this classy entry. (A girl just had to remember this one.)
Hang Loose
Relax; Take it easy.
Haulin (Ass)
See Bookin'
Hauls Ass
A car that really moves.
Example: "Since Ron put the new engine in his car, it really hauls ass!"
Heat
The Cops
Heavy
Deep, Cool, Chaotic, Sad, Controversial
Hep
With it. A person who understands the situation.
Hip
Very good,cool.
Hodad
A non-surfer, usually someone who just hangs around the beach.
Hook
Steal
Hopped Up
See Souped Up
Hunk
What a girl would call a good looking guy
"It's El Segundo"
That refinery smell is stinking up Hawthorne again.
Thanks Jennie Quevedo HHS'67. "Great local saying"
Ivy Leaguers
A type of men's pants with no pleats, made of polished cotton, and with a buckle in the back. Great word from Dave and Carol Mountain (HHS60) Page. Thanks folks...
Jacked Up
To Raise the front end of a car. Done to transfer weight to the rear wheels for drag racing or just to make your car look cool.
Car shown with Collector Headers.

Jam
To leave the area, (See "Cut Out")
Example: "Hey John, this party is going to get busted. I'm going to jam!"
Thanks again to Bob Rierdan (61) for this great word.
Jazzed
Elated, Excited; "This is going to be a great reunion. I'm really jazzed about going."
Jelly Roll
Another way of combing your hair. You comb it up and forward on both sides and bring it together in the middle of the forehead.
Jinx, You Owe Me A Coke!!
When two people said the same thing at the same time, one would slug the other on the shoulder and say these 6 little words.
I don't think anyone ever paid up.
Jump Bad
Looking for a fight - acting tough. As in "I think Jim was drunk last night, he tried to jump bad with everybody!"
Keen or Keen-o
Someone or something that was Cool.
Great word from Larry Bach HHS72. Thanks Larry....
Kibosh
To quickly put a stop to; Put the Kibosh on
Kings X
To proclaim a truce or time out
Thanks to Jerry Miles HHS66 for this one.
Kipe
To steal.
Kissee
A cross between kiss-ass and sissy.
Another great word from the 60's Slangmeister himself, Bob Rierdan (HHS 61)
Kiss up
The proverbial "Teachers Pet". This person who would do anything to please the teacher.
This great slang term is from "El Rojo" AKA: Russ Jacobsen (HHS 60) Thanks Russ.
Knocked Up
Pregnant
Kybo
The bathroom. Stood for Keep Your Bowels Open.
Later
Goodbye; See you later
Lay A Patch/Strip
To accelerate leaving a strip or patch of rubber behind on the road.
This great slang term is from "El Rojo" AKA: Russ Jacobsen (HHS 60) Thanks Russ.
Lay it on me
Speak your piece.
Lay some scratch
To burn rubber in a vehicle. Example: That car is so powerful it can get second gear scratch. Once again, the slangmeister, Ron Stowe comes through.
Lead Sled
Lead was used prior to Bondo to fill in the holes and to do body work. A lead sled was a car that had extensive body fill work done with lead.
Light'em Up
See Burn rubber
Lip Flappin'
Talking about things of little importance.
Loaded
Intoxicated
Loose Finger
Leuzinger High School

Thanks to Mark Osterstock PV High for this one.
Lowered
To drop a car all the way around. Car shown with Lake Pipes


Make Out
Usually a kissing session in a parked car at a Drive In or other secluded place.
Thanks to Ray Pogue (HHS 61) for this gem.
"Meanwhile Back At The Ranch"
Used when someone who was telling a story would ramble off to another subject. So, the term was used by the listener to get the storyteller back on track. The term itself was no doubt linked to "the Western," which was TV's dominant genre in the late 50s and early 60s. Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, The Virginian and many more shows.
This "great saying" provided by Marty Clobucker (HHS 62) Thanks Marty.
Meat
As in, "Hey Meat"; A jocks term for "Guy" or "Man"
Bill Sloey is responsible for this classic. Thanks Bill
Melvin
See Wedgie; Example: "Jimmy the Fink was smarting off to Billy, so I sneaked up behind him and gave him a Melvin."
Thanks to Tom Schell for this one....
Midnight Auto Supply
Car parts obtained through theft.
Mirror Warmer
Usually, a piece of pastel blue or pink cashmere that was attached to elastic and was placed around the perimeter of your inside rear view mirror. It was usually your girl friends idea.
Thanks to Chris Prewitt '67 for this one.
Moon
To drop your pants, bend over, and show your bare butt. (See "Hangin a B.A.")
Moons (Baby Moons)
Chrome hubcaps that were smooth and domed. They fit the inner part of the wheel, leaving room for beauty rings.
Neat (Neato)
Nice; Sharp
Nifty
Meaning "Cool" but usually said by someone who wasn't.
Thanks to Larry Bach HHS72 for this one....
Nosed
A term used to indicate that the hood ornament had been removed and the holes filled with bondo. The spot was sanded smooth and at least primed. (See Decked)
Thanks to Donald Scheliga,(62), for this great slang word.
Old Lady
Your Mother.
Old Man
Your Father. A pair of classics above from Jeff Kain HHS '72.
On the Make
Usually after a break up of steadies, a guy or girl who was "on the make" was looking very hard for a new mate.
Also, someone who's looking for another someone, sexually.
Outta Sight
Fantastic, Awesome. Example: Hey Kathleen, that tie dyed top your wearing is "outta sight".
This one provided by Kathleen Griffin (74). Thanks Kathleen... Great saying!
Pad
Someone's house. Example: There wasn't much to do so we all hung out at John's pad, drank Cokes and listened to records. Thanks again to Ron Stowe for this old standard.
Padiddle
A word "called" by someone that has just seen a car with one headlight. The caller then receives a kiss from the person of their choice.
Thanks to Mo Trott HHS64, for this classic.
Padunkle
Same as a Padiddle only it refers to a car with one taillight.
Pants
An activity where usually two or more boys physically remove the pants from another boy so as to cause him embarrassment in a group setting.
Panty Waist
A mama's boy or a geek.
Paper Shaker
Pom Pom Girl
Passion Pit
Drive-in Theater
Peel Out
(See Lay A Patch/Strip)
Peepers
Glasses
Peggers
A type of men's pants, very similar to today's dockers, but with a cuff. Another great word from Dave and Carol Mountain (HHS60) Page. Thanks again...
PG
Pregnant
Pig
Cop
Pig Out
Over eat
Pin
To look hard at someone. Example: Hey Bob, That guy over there is really pinning you. Thanks to Tom Shelley (HHS 62) for this one.
Port Holer
57 T-bird
Pound
If someone was going to beat up someone else you said he was going to "pound" the other person. For an example, Joe caught Jim with the hubcaps that he stole from Joe's '50 Merc last night. He'll probably pound him after school. Thanks to Ron Stowe for this entry.
Primo
First class.
PV
Palos Verdes. A great place to make out. (Also stood for Pregnant Valley) Thanks to Ray Pogue (HHS 61) for this addition.
Rake

Also "On a Rake". To lower the front end of a car.
(Shown with Scavenger pipes) Example: "Carl's short has a bitchin' rake." Thanks to Carlton Rilling (HHS 59) for this classic entry.
Race for Pinks
Also race for pink slips. Meaning two people race and the winner gets the others car.
Rags
Clothes
Rap
Talk
Rat Fink
(See Fink)
Raunchy
Raw, Rank, Disgusting
Thanks to Karen Graham Kuehl (HHS 59) for this great word.
Real Gone Cat
Someone who marches to his own drummer. Example: The Fonz is a real gone cat.
Right On
I agree; I concur
Righteous
Extremely fine, beautiful. For us guys it was generally used when talking about the most important areas of our lives; cars and women.
Examples:
"John's got a righteous new paint job on his '58 Chevy".
"Ron met this righteous babe down at 26th St.".
Thanks to Bob Melendrez (HHS 71) for this "Righteous" addition.
Ripped Off
To have something stolen, or to have stolen something
Rule
As in, "Hodads Rule"; To take ownership of
Thanks again to Bill Sloey for this great slang word.
Sad
An expression of disapproval. Example: "That cat is really sad."
Sanitary
See Sano
Sano
Usually referring to someones car, or part of ones car, as being pristine: "Ron did a sano job on his 56 Chevy".
also "Super Sano" (Very Pristine)
Scarf
To eat very fast. Example:"I'm going to scarf this hot dog".
A great 60's word from Sandy Edholm Holyoak HHS68. Thanks Sandy
Scheming
When someone is really interested in the opposite sex. Example: "Jim is really scheming on Jill" Thanks to Lillian McDonald Parra HHS63 for this one.
Score
To obtain something valuable or necessary; (Let's go score some pizza.); Also to go all the way with a girl.
Thanks to Peter Schultz HHS66
Scratch
Money
Screwed, Got
Cheated out of something
Screwed up
Made a mistake; messed up in the head; intoxicated
Sectioned
A section is cut out horizontally through the body of a car to give it a lower sleeker look.
Sex Pot
A sexy or seductive woman.
Shades
Sunglasses
Shag Ass
Let's get out of here. Example: "Let's shag ass before the cops get here."
Shake it, Don't Break it!
Said to a girl who had an awesome wiggle in her walk.
Short
Car.
Shotgun
A place of honor in the front seat of a car nearest the door. Usually reserved for the coolest guy in the group besides the driver of the car. If there is a doubt, before entering the car someone will call shotgun and then everyone will argue as to who actually will ride shotgun.
Skag
An ugly girl.
Skank
See Skag
Skanky
Gross, Disgusting
Skirt
Girl
Skuzz
Lowdown; undesirable
Skuzz Bucket
An ugly car
Slug BugThis when you saw a VW beetle on the road. Saying "Slug Bug" before anyone else gave you the right to hit or slug the person next to you
Slut
A promiscuous girl
So Fine
Another cool or bitchin' thing. "That girl in my science class is so fine".
Used in a variety of early rock and roll songs usually as follows:
"She's so fine, she makes me want to blow my mind".
So Tuff
See So Fine
Smokem'
"Let's see you burn rubber"
Snowing Down South, It's
Said to a girl when her slip was showing.
Solid
Something that is ok or all right.
Sosh
Meaning a person who is stuck-up, snooty, and thinks they are better than everyone else.
Example: "That girl wearing those fuzzy bobby-sox is a real sosh!"
(Now, in the 90's, we know of course, that fuzzy bobby-sox DO indicate superiority.) Thanks again Bob.
So Tough
See Tough
Souped Up
A car that's had the engine modified to go fast. Example: "Bob really souped up his car. It did the quarter in 14.5 seconds!"
Spaz
Used as a put down, or to describe someone who was acting retarded.
Thanks to Kathleen Nix Griffin (74) for this unforgettable word.
Split
See Cut Out
Sponge
One big need. Everything you get comes from those around you. AKA; bum. Also practiced by those who are so stingy as not to spend their own money. Someone who is always borrowing money or is always broke. A spongy person Thanks to Mike Mawbey for this word.
Square
Someone who was not "Cool". Example: "Jerry's so square, all he does is his homework, watch TV, and he doesn't even like Elvis!"
Stacked
Being well endowed, "Upstairs" Example: "Wow, that girl is really stacked!!" Thanks to Debbie Sims (69) for this classic 60's word.
Steady
Boyfriend or Girlfriend
Stoked (as in I'm stoked)
Excited
Stone
A car that's pretty slow.
Stoned
Intoxicated
Stood Up
When a guy (or girl) didn't show up for a date
Stuck Up
Conceited
Stud
See Hunk
Submarine Races
A place at the beach or PV, where you would park facing the ocean and wait for the Submarines to start racing. Of course they wouldn't show up, but while you were waiting, you'd make out....for hours until the insides of your lips were raw.
Thanks to Colleen Trott O'Ryan (64) for this great slang.
Suicide Knob
A knob placed on your steering wheel allowing you to drive with one hand, leaving the other free to put around your date.

Swampwater
Half A&W Root Beer and half Orange Drink.Thanks go to Amy Nixon (HHS66) for this local slang word.
Swapping Spit
Those passionate, "get down and really into it", French Kisses.

Swordfish Fights
See Submarine Races
Thanks El Roho HHS60.
Swear to Buddha
I guess we thought it was less irreverant than saying "I swear to God."
Thanks to Marsha Soares West (63).
Sweat Hog
A fat chick.
Sweat Parties
Intense physical exercise after school to make up a non suit (strip) usually at the hands of Messrs Bravo and / or Sevier.
Thanks to Jim Sloey HHS66 for this one.
"Taco Wagon"
See Bean Wagon
"T Bucket"
A hot rod made from a Model T Ford. A two seater, with lots of go. Norm Grabowski, Tommy Ivo, and Edd "Kookie" Burns made them famous on TV. They are still popular.
Teach
A Teacher
"The A"
The A&W Drive In (Hawthorne Bl and 136th St)
"The Beach"
Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach
"The Bird"
The Finger.
"The Digs"
The Drags
"The Hill"
The Wich Stand (Slauson and Overhill)
"The Most"
Something that is the best or the greatest (Superbitchin'
"The Man"
Police
Thicker than a $5.00 malt
Someone that's not too bright. Back then, malts were only 30 cents! Thanks to Jeff Kain '72 for this standard.
Think Fast
It usually was used to tell you to get ready because someone was tossing you something. Thanks again to Peter Schultz HHS66 for this great word.
Thongs
In the 60's, thongs were something you wore on your feet.
Threads
Clothes
"Three On The Tree"
A car with a three speed manual transmission and the shifter on the steering column.
Tooling
To cruise or drive around without aim. As in: "There was nothing to do last night, so we just went tooling around."
Another great word from Bob Rierdan (61)
Tough or Tuff
Neat, cherry, great, bitchin'. - as in "Wow, she's really a tuff chic!"
Thanks to Bob Rierdan for this old standard.
Trollin'
Cruising the Boulevard looking for girls. As in "Let's go trollin' for some chicks."
Truckin
As in we're "Truckin" over to Joe's house to party, or Let's "Truck" on over to Holly's and scarf.
Thanks to Ray Castillo (73) for this late 60's classic.
Twice Pipes
Dual Exhaust
Twitchin'
The word used instead of Bitchin', around your parents
Two-Six
26th Street in Manhattan Beach. Thanks to Debbie Cogan Schreiber HHS '72. Great local expression.
Uncorked
Running your car with the "Cut Outs" open.
Wedgees
A shoe style. The sole and heel were one piece and on the same plane.
Wedgie
When someone pulls your underwear up from the back and it ends up in the crack all on it's own. Now they call it a thong and wear them on purpose.
Wet Willie
A trick played when someone wets their finger and puts it in your ear.
Thanks to Connie Jax Beverly HHS67 for the two, above.
What's Your Bag, Man?
What's your problem; where are you coming from?
Wicked
Term of Admiration. Example:"That Chevy that Bob has is one wicked machine." Thanks to Suzy Beal (72) for this one.
Wiggin' out
Going crazy Great saying from Nancy Rose Sargent (79)
Winnie
As in, "He gave me the Winnie." Or "I got the Winnie." It could mean many things. For example: The jerk didn't show up for our date last night! Or, I got grounded for coming in late!
When things really got bad, it was the "Big Winnie."
Editors Note: Wasn't there The "Green Winnie" too?
Thanks again to Marsha Soares West (63) for this beauty.
Wipe(d) out
Originally, to fall off a wave while surfing, later to crash one's vehicle and severely damage it (He wiped his coupe out at the drags.), then later a term for extreme fatigue (I'm wiped out, I'm gonna crash.)
Thanks once again to Peter Schultz HHS 66for a great 60's term.
Wiz, Take a
Urinate
Woody
An erection.
Woody Wagon
A wood sided station wagon used to transport surfboards and surfers to and from the beach.
Zits
Pimples.

The 70's (seems like it's the 80s and 90's too)

skinney
real deal or truth ex "let me give you the slinney on the deal"


' Can You Dig It'
Do you understand? " Can you dig it man?"


' Psyche'!!!
To trick someone. To b.s. someone. As if to psyche them out.


'Bogue'
Used to describe something offensive or an unrealistic idea. "That's so Bogue" or "That's Bogue" or "Bogue, man..."


'Bootin'
as in; Are you going Bootin? "I'm going Roller Bootin" or rollerskating


The 'Crib' and going to the 'Gig'
The "crib" was going home or to someone else's house, and "gig" was work or job.


'on't Be Such A 'spaz'
A 'spaz' was someone that was accident prone,clutsy, or just acting stupid.


'ream On'
a term used to get someone down to earth, or tell them they are being unrealistic about something, e.g. when someone would say, "I'm getting a brand new car!" you'd respond, "Yeah, right; dream on man!"


'Far Out'
cool


'Good night, John-boy.'
An annoying phrase popularized by the entire cast of "the Waltons" -- except by John-boy" (Richard Thomas) himself.


'In Your Face!' (or simply, 'Face!'
I have succeeded in embarrassing or up-staging you (usually as through an exceptional play in basketball).


'Lay A Gasser'
to fart.


'May The Force Be With You'
The most popular line from one of the greatest movies of the 70s(and of all time) StarWars.


'Phony'
To describe an overbearing, "two faced", or deceitful person or thing. Also: "Phony Baloney" which then became: "Baloney" which is an active form, used to instantly dismiss the phony person or utterance.


'That's Sick!'
A Midwestern phrase in the late 70's. To describe something odd or unusual. Not necessarily an person or object of distaste, but something suspect but also intriguing. "Sick!"


'The Man'
the man to me means any authority, corporations, police, government, they're all the man tho first used in the 60's by the hippies it live through the 70's,80's,90's and still to this day


'To The Max'!
Take it to the maximum. The best it can be.


'You Know'
This was said at the end of nearly every sentence


'You're So Stunned'
Meaning the person acted or said something stupid, dumb.


'Your Mama'
"Your Mama" was said a lot of my school, with also "Joe Mama." With "Happy Days" that brought us the word "Nerd" which was VERY popular.


'book' Or 'booking'
to run quickly, usually away from something. (ie The cops were after hi so he was booking down the street.)


'bunny'
a cute girl


'catch You On The Flip~side'
see you later


'cheese-eater'
I'm pretty sure the definition you list for a brown-noser - "cheesier" - is in fact supposed to be "cheese-eater." I've heard cheese-eater used numerous times as a synonym for a suck-up, but never cheesier. Is it possible that someone mis-heard "cheese-eater" and just always heard it as "cheesier"?


'chill' 'be Cool'
relax, man!


'city'
everything had "city" after it. That was cool-city.


'fab'
same as fabulous. ex: "that movie was fab"


'feel Tha Funk'
feel the music. get down wit da boogie.


'fool That You Are'
it is like saying "dork" or "goofball". also like saying you know that you are a dork in a playing around tone or way.


'get Down,' Or, 'boogie'
dance


The 'izz'
This term was created in the late 1970s and made it's way through the 2000s. The use of "izz" is still popular. c"izz"ash= cash fo' sh"izz"le= for sure b"izz"o= bitch b"izz"nitch= bitch r"izz"ide= ride(car) sm"izz"oke= smoke "izz"ass= ass ......and so one. It's like pig latin, really fun, you should try it out.


'keep On Truckin''
go w/ the flow


'like'
Beginning every sentence with "like". "Like we went to the mall and like I saw him looking at me."


'like'
I do believe the term 'like' was used in the 70s by Americans and has been used ever since. Recently the British have adopted the phrase especially since the popularity of cult sitcom 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S'. The phrase is used in various ways usually by teeneagers and 20 somethings who automatically, subcociuously add a toutch of 'trendiness' to thier sentances. For instance: "Like, let's get outa here!" "Like, no way!" "This is like way cool guys"


'looo-king Gooood!'
a phrase popularized by the late Freddie Prinz Sr. on the tv sitcom "Chico and the man."


'putz'
jEWISH SLANG FOR SOMEONE WHO A CONSTANT SCREW UP OR FOUL UP OR JUST BEING A JERK


'right On' !!
Right on--was a slang used for hep people when you agreed to something ex: Are you going to the club tonight--Right on!


'to The Max.'
Taken to an extreme. As in: That dude is so bitchen, to the max.


'what It Is, What It Is'
a greeting usually meaning,"hey", "What's up?"


...with
Ending a question or sentence using the word "with" has been used in the scandinavian communities of the mid-west since the early 70's. I remember getting flack from people we visited out east, in Boston, during the bicentenial when I used it that way. The most common questions I remember asking are; "ya wanna go with?" or "can I go with?"


4-sho
for sure, or for real


A.F.A.
Insead of signing letters, photos,etc. sincerely we would sig A.F.A. That stood for A Friend Always


Ace
Just another groovy word for funky and awesome.


Airhead
stupid person, usually a woman, usually blond. Often someone pretending to be stupid in order to be considered attractive to the opposite sex. "Chrissy on Three's Company is such an airhead."


All Right
that's da bomb


Alute
Kangblabla with nature and it's properties, and a person that is definitly not scooby


Are You Decent?
Are you fully dressed?


Are You Jivin' Yet?
what Id say to my peers at school, meaning I wanted to know when they'll stop talkin' so serious.


Audi 5000
verb. Meaning to leave now, depart quickly. Iam Audi 5000 (I am outa here, I am leaving right now). Orginated during the period when Audi 5000s were experience sudden and unexpected excellerations.


Awe Sooky Sooky
Like awe yeah baby.. or something looks really good.. like " shut up "; can't believe it.


Awesome
Cool: Thats totally awesome Man!


Awsome Possome
very cool


BAM!!!!
super cool


Baby
sexy, groovy person or someone you love


Backatcha!
"You too".


Bad
it is good. it is nice.


Bad
Cool


Bad
Very, very good. As a rule, "Bad" was applied most readily to songs and outfits that you liked.


Bad
Good,nice,good looking,cool


Bad
Good, nice


Bad
Nice,cool,(That's a bad jacket you're wearing)


Bangin
means it is good.


Be Still
Another way of saying "calm down" or "chill out" - "...yo man, be still!"


Be There Or Be Square
Means Be at the party or place or be boring!!


Be There Or Be Square!
Attend or you'll be looked down upon


Bear or Smokey
Thought you might be interested to know that my dad, Al Corban, who is 87 years old and was a long-time trucker and driver says he originated the term "smokey" and by the same action originated the term "bear". In Montana, where he was operating for most of his life, there was a hauling job in which timber was being taken out of a National Forest area. Because of that the Forest Service had people checking the trucks to see that they were meeting all the standards. In fact, they could issue tickets and fines. The truckers would call each other when one was spotted somewhere and warn others about their presence. Since they wore the standard uniform with the "Smokey the Bear" hats, Dad started talking about them on his radio as "Smokey Bears" or, as it was quickly shortened to, "Smokies",a "smokey" or "Bear(s)". As time went on the term naturally got picked up and applied to any mobile law officer or any officer in general.


Beat The Drag
driving up and down the 'loop' or the designated driving area as defined by the cool kids with cars!!!


Bitch'n
awsome


Bitch-in
very cool


Bitchen
This was said when and item or thing was realy cool or great.


Bitchen
cool, the all time best, good idea, "That bike is bitchen", or "Bitchen, let's go!"


Bitchin'
Way cool or really REALLY neat! That car is bitchin!


Black Saber
you're finished


Blazin
like on fire, ttly(totally) hip or hottttttt


Blood
Used for like a greeting to a friend used for ex: Whats going on BLOOD.


Blow Off/blew Off
to skip, avoid or ignore someone or something. "I blew off that class." or "He was such a jerk, I just blew him off."


Bogart
to hog something, keep it for yourself.


Bogart
'Bogart' meant to hold on to a joint too long without passing it-- the origin comes from the actor, Humphrey Bogart, who had an iconic style of performing an entire scene with a cigarette dangling from his lower lip for an extraordinarily long time with 'cool' effect.


Bogart
greedy


Bogart
To hog something. Like, "Hey man, don't Bogart that smoke. Pass it down!"


Bogart
meaning: not to be selfish with an object. "don't bogart the pop rocks"


Bogart
To keep for one's self.


Boge
Disgusting, repulsive That's boge!


Bogue
Bad, like "That food was really bogue tonight.


Bogue
phony,false, or an imitation


Bogus!
Dang it! To be annoyed with something.ex. You fall down "Bogus!"


Bomb
adj. to be hip, cool. ex. That guy has a bomb Chevelle.


Bomb Dude
thats sweet. awesome, something very cool.


Bone Jacked
stealing the style of one who is dead.


Boo-yah
Excited term of joy and happiness.


Boob Tube
television


Boob Tube
Television, TV


Boogie
to getyour groove on; to dance;


Boogy
to dance


Book
To leave or move in a hurry. "I've gotta book. I'll catch you later" or "Some guys were really booking down the street last night."


Boss!
Cool; awesome


Bouge
If something sucks it's Bouge!


Brawl
To engage in a heavy fight, often to the death.


Bread
Money; Cash. "Do you have any bread?"


Break Foul
means to embarass someone "don't break foul on me "


Brick House
a brick house is when there is a young woman that is well porportioned. she is really fine!!


Brother
Mate, buddy, good friend


Buff
Physically well built. ex: Slyvester Stallone is buff.


Buggin Out, Bugged Out
Meant something freaked you out or "what a trip", how wild


Bummer
bad news, not good,


Bummer
— A depressing, negative event or thing.


Bummer For Ya!
Is a synonym of sympathy identical in meaning to "Tough break!" or "Too bad!" or "That sucks!"


Bunk
Low quality stash or anything felt to be cheap or untrue.


Burn
To burn someone meant to embarrsse them verbally as in a put down. Also if someone did something dumb and everybody saw it then they would say "burn" to that person.


Burn
To make fun of some one, to crack a joke at someone; for example:"That was a major burn!"


Burn Out
a regular user of drugs


Burn!
when you've been dissed, proved wrong, or been defied. used after the "diss" for example: you ask "so what have you been doing?" and your friend replies "YOUR MOM!" then after some one says "BURN!"


Busted!
Whoever compiled this list was definitely NOT from the 70's! I graduated from high school in 1975 and my husband from 1973 and we both agree that many of these terms were from the 80's and 90's....also, someone should try spell check! 'your' and you're' are two different animals


Buzz Off
Get Lost


C.B. Radio Slanguage
The on air language used over cb radio, one of the most memorable fads of the 70's 10-4 GOOD BUDDY!


Can Ya Dig It???
are you cool with that, is that okay?


Can You Dig IT!!!!!
do you liek it..do you understand..do you agree


Can You Dig It
You Understand


Can You Dig It?
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND IT? IS THAT COOL WITH YOU?


Can You Dig It?
means "Do you understand?"


Caposhi
Means it was really cool.Stylish and sexy "That dress is so coposhi!"


Casanova
Boys who were unusually smooth operators with the girls.


Catch My Drift?
get it?


Catch U Up
seeing u later


Catch You On The Rebound
like see you on the flipside


Cats
people " that cat still owe me some money "


Check You Later
i will see you later


Check ya later.
See you later.


Cheese Weasel
an annoying/obnoxious idiot


Cheesier
Used in the Bronx; Little kids called other kids this if you sucked up to grown ups.


Cheeto
cheasey, or not being youself


Chick
girl


Chicks
"pretty girls"


Chill
stay cool


Chillaxin'
resting somewhere, chilling with my friends


Chilln' At The Pad
''RELAXING AT YOUR HOUSE,[HOME]


Choice
Wasn't "Choice" a 70's slang. Like for instance..... "That was really choice man" meaning really cool or great.


Choke n' Puke
Means Bus stop with a diner


Chump
a loser, a fool, a rube.


Close The Shades
i don't want to listen to you, shut up


Closet Disco Queen
somebody who is afraid to go out to the clubs and dance but will stay at home and shake it to the disco mucic on their 8 tracks.


Colder Than A Deuce!!!
no real meaning just a cool word to use for anything: damn, its hotter than a deuce in here!


Confab
To talk; have a conversation


Convention
used as a diss. Ex. " Is this some sort of psycho convention?"


Cook, Ah Cook
You can dance!


Cool
Same as now!


Cool Beans
reply to something that is cool, awesome.


Cool Cat
A good friend like a " homie" in 2006


Cool Cat
Generaly a 'with it' streetwise person much like Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch


Cool Dude!
that's cool.


Cool Man!
equivalent to right on or sweet


Cool-o-roonie
something really cool


Cooler
means prison or jail


Coolie
cool awesome fabulous


Copacetic
Coined by Steve Martin: all right, cool, safe. As in, "Is everything copacetic?"


Copasetic
cool, or something that's cool.


Copasetic
Very satisfactory; see "outta sight"


Crawford Ran
a physically strong male; buff


Crazy
if something is hip or cool,or far out,people would say "Crazy man...Crazy!


Crib
home, or house. Nice crib., this here is my crib.


Crib
Your 'crib' meant your 'house', where you lived.


Cut The Cheese
farted


Cut!
"You've been dissed!" When someone cut you down, an observer might say, "Cut!"


Cya Later Alligator
'Cya Later Alligator' is a cheeky term and it usually means cya round.


Damn It Jim
A phrase from Star Trek that Captian Spock all ways says


Damn It Jim.
You have in the definition that it is a phrase from Star Trek that Spock said, but Spock never said it - Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy said it!


Dang
Mightyfine


Deadhead
a grateful dead fan


Decent
Very cool, something you are excited about. "The Kiss concert is going to be so Decent!" also shortened to "Deece."


Decent
Cute, good-looking, foxy. Peter Frampton is sooo decent!


Decent!
You left out DECENT. One of the most used words of the 70's. You also left out cool which means decent among other things.


Decent! or Way Decent!
Means "Great" or "Really Great!"; "That new song is way decent!"


Dig
v. To understand, to get something. Can be used as a question as well as a reply. "Q:Can you dig it? or Dig? Aig!"


Dig
either a show of approval or a show of understanding. ex. "i really dig you" = "i really like you" ex.2 "i can dig it." = "i get what you're saying." ex.3 "can you dig it?" = "do you understand?"


Dig
To understand


Dig
To thoroughly enjoy something or someone. ex. "I totally dig those shades, man."


Dig
do you get it


Dig It
like it


Dig It
know about


Dig It
Means "I understand." Sentence Form: That's cool, I can dig it.


Dig It
got it?


Dig It
CAN U DIG IT? a phrase meaning can you understand it


Dig It Or Dig?
understand? or you like something


Dig?
Do ya get it?


Dig?/ Dig It?
Do you get it?


Disco
really cool or something that reasebles coolness, That shirt is todally Disco.


Do It/score
have sex


Do Me A Solid
asking for a favor


Do That!
That means your looking good, or have it going on! You are all that!


Do You Copy?
Do You Copy?: Understanding what someone is saying


Doees Anybody Remember Laughter?
A quote from led zeppelin frontman robert plant, usually used as a celebration, for instance, if you were waiting in line to get into a concert and you finally got in " Does anybody remember laughter? "


Doggish
syn. for cold blooded, or cruel as in a messed up diss. If some one lays a cold burn on somebody, you might say, "man, that was doggish!"


Don't Be A Bunny
don't be stupid


Don't Bogart
Don't be selfish


Dont Have A Cow Man
theres no need to get in a mood about it


Doobie
joint, marijuana cigarette


Doobie
A marijuanna joint.


Doofus
An individual who is dim-witted and/or socially inept. Example : "He poked himself in the eye with an icepick! What a doofus!"


Dope
really cool


Dork Or Dorky
a dull or slow-witted person


Down With.
meaning i understand,like,hey man,are you down with it?


Drag
as in, "What a drag!" meaning, "man, that's lousy." also, to "Take a drag", aka a "hit".


Dude
"Man" "Guy" person.


Dude
cool


Dude
awesome, sweet


Dude
A way to address someone: Dude, thats totally awesome


Dude
rock on


Dude
guy, or girl


Dude
friend home


Dude
a male surfer


Dude!
a 60`s/70`s term for 'man'


Dude!!!
dude a word they used to also define cool,sweet and so on


Dude!!!!
a girl or a guy!!!!Dude!!!


Dude, Dudet
man and girl


Dunny
another word meaning the toilet. (eg)I need to do a piddle in the dunny.


Dy-no-mite!
Great


Dyno-mite!
Inspired by JJ Walker when he was on Good Times in the early to mid 70's. It meant that something was terrific.


Dynomite
slang words in the 70's


Dynomite
awesmoe


Dynomite!!!
Great. How could you forget.


Emery
emery is a word that defiens hip or real cool kid


Ends
90's means: money


Fag Hag
A David Bowie fan. Or any female whom is attracted to homosextual males.


Fake Me Out
To be deceived or tricked.


Faloupoo
When someone is acting spacy ex. katelyn was acting so faloupoo in class today.


Famoo
something that is very appealing


Far Out
cool;


Far Out
really cool; "righteous"


Far Out Man
"so cool" "Awesome"


Far Out Man!
Way cool


Far Owt!!
neat, cool. that dress is 'far owt!'


Fauncy
means its a bit cool


Fillet
That chick is so Fillet (bad to the bone, bad to the T-Bone, bad to the Fillet Mignon.....shortened to just "Fillet")


Flash Back
Sudden memory of a past time or event. Feeling high /acid flash back.


Flat Leaver
If you were hanging out with a friend and left to hang with "cooler" kids,you were a flat leaver lol


Float (v.)
same meaning as "get lost", "vamoose", "go away", etc.


Flower Power
Rather choose peace over war


Fooey
"something that is just plain rubbish"


For Rizzle
really or I didnt no that


For Sure
Usually pronounced "fer shure"; synonym for the gazillion other things meaning, you are correct, such as, right on, I'm hip, I dig, etc.


Fox
Noun, good looking dude or chick. "John Travolta is such a fox!"


Foxy
1) Adj. Good Looking. eg. "Hey foxy lady"


Foxy
Very attractive girl, "She's pretty Foxy!"


Foxy Mama
hot chick, hot girl


Freak-me-out
Means : that really surprised me!


Freak-out
an event at which the participants do psychedelic drugs and "freak out."


Freaky-deaky
very weird


Fruit
adjective; something that is stupid or excessively nerdy; "I hate David Cassidy. He's so fruit."


Funk
cool


Funk-it-out
to make something or someone kool,hott or sexier


Funkadelic
Awsome, Cool: "Man,that dance was funkadelic!"


Funkadelic
awesome and funky at the same time!


Funky
WEARD OR SOMETIMES COOL.


Funky
cool


Funky
to be cool something cool


Funky
weird


Funky
Not good, "Your bathroom smells funky!"


Funky
BETTER THAN GROOVY OR EVEN OUT OF SIGHT JUST PLAIN GONE


Funky
another way of saying "thats cool"


Funky
cool or different


Funky
Different in a cool way!


Funky
cool or wierd


Funky
cool and unusaul


Funkydorae
something is funky


The Fuzz
The police. As in "I was speeding the other day, and I got pulled over by the fuzz"


Fuzz
Cops,- police,- law enforcement


The Fuzz
Another term for the police...


The Fuzz
the police


Gag Me With A Spoon
somethign weird or disgusting, a chick who's ugly


Gas
fantastic!!!


Gearhead
person interested in cars


Gee Wiz
oh wow!


Geek
a nerdy/loser breed of person, socially inept and some may even go as far as saying tragic. have a fetish for hanging up the fone in mid conversation to make themself feel better about their sad existence. eg: cordell is a geek


Get Bent
Get messed up.


Get Real
means to simply get a life or get out of site


Get Real!
Telling someone to "pay attention" or face reality.


Get-go
from the begging


Ghetto Fabulouse
awsome or neet


Gig
Job. e.g. I start my new gig today.


Gimme Five
Slap hands (one palm over the other, then in reverse) with another person, as in agreement with you, or something you really like


Gimme Some Skin
This means to shake someones hand. it lasted from the 60's into the 70's. 'gimme some skin man'


Glow Worm
to be very shiny


Gnarly
cool, awesome, very good


Gnarly
Cool; That club was gnarly.


Gobs
lots of something


Going Around
Two people that are dating each other


Good Look
good looking out. thanks for helping me out


Good Vibes
positive energy


Goon
a nerd


Gravy
Sweet,cool,excellent ex."Man that club was gravy"


Grit
dirty person


Grody
Gross, disgusting "That was grody!"


Groovey!!!
Really cool far-out!!!


Groovy
Cool


Groovy
Cool,hip,wicked


Groovy
cool


Groovy Baby
That's hottness! something is cool...


Groovy Baby!
Groovy baby means good job baby or that's a good idea.....I believe the term "groovy" means great or fantastic.


Gross
(The only thing on your list my friends said was "fox". but they always tediously said gross. Gross: anything disgusting, unacceptable, rude or unpleasant.


Grouse
good


Gully
real goood


Gunshot! Gunshot!
far out, very cool, good


Hairy Eyeball
Somebody looking at you suspiciously or disapprovingly is giving you the hairy eyeball. Parents and teachers were well known for giving the hairy eyeball.


Hang
to exist with a person or in a place;


Hard Core
narly; not something that lightweights would do.


Harsh Bong
A phrase used when something bad happens. Example of a guy talking to a friend. "Hey man, I wrecked my car this afternoon". "Harsh Bong dude..."


Heads
commonly refered to as the pot heads in the 70's...my mom said that's what her group was called when she was in school.


Heads And Jocks And Nerds
Heads were drug users , jocks played sports and nerds were book smart.


Heavy
Somthing serious or important. Sometines used to describe somthing which is depressing. For example, "Polluting the planet... that's heavy, man."


Heavy
really cool,


Heavy
Means a bad seane


Heavy
meaning: intense


Heavy
Something that weighs on your mind, it's important, or heavy.


Hep -cat
one grooving mamal


Heres The Skinny
It means ok heres the lowdown or heres the catch


Hertz Donut
A nightmare for those expecting something sweet. A bully asks the nerd, "Do you want a nice Hertz donut?" When the nerd answered in the positive, the bully twists the nerd's nipple (either one) and exclaims, "Hurts, don-ut?"


Hey Sunshine
hey bueatiful


Hey What;s Crackin
these are really cool words


Hip
that's cute!


Hip
Hip was used just as we use "cool" in todays language. Its an expression of stating something is groovy. Refer to the Tower of Power song "What is Hip" for a better understanding


Hip
Hip [Hip] Adj. In Style S.S. I like that shirt, it is so hip!


Hip
Hip was used just as we use "cool" in todays language. Its an expression of stating something is groovy. Refer to the Tower of Power song "What is Hip" for a better understanding


Hip
Cool. "That song was very hip"


Hip To The Grove
down with the music


Hippi Letace
a slang term for weed. smoke it if you dare


Holla At Me
talk to me later, or try to get with somebody


Honkey
A term (usu. derogatory) of a white man. Most known by George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" TV series.


Hood
a bad boy (one your mama wouldn't approve of!)


Hot Pants
hot pants means look at her she is very cute or she is a hooty


Hotdog!
When you are amazed at something


How's It Hangin'
how are things going with you; how are you feeling; "hey man, how's it hangin'?"


How's It Hangin'
Hi how are you, whats up?


Hubba Hubba
used when an attractive walked near by. popular in my town of indianapolis atleast.


Hunk
Girls' term for a handsome or otherwise attractive boy. "Ooh, he's such a hunk!"


I Am Out To Lunch
I am confused


I Can Dig It
dig... you are really feelin something


I Dig It!
thats awesome...good idea


I Dig Ya
i like you1


I Gotta Skittty
i have to hurry


I Hate It!
If someone gave you some bad news about their life, a popular response was "I hate it" (and if some jack-ass heard you say this, they'd usually respond quickly with "I hate it for ya!")


I Hear That.
I accept your decision.


I Like Cheese!!
refered to when saying that something is excellent!!! or sexellent! another cathch phrase! eveyones saying it!


I'll Call You Out!
Let's fight!!


I'm Audie
Leaving I'm out of here


I'm Bad
meaning realy cool slick top person lile im the tops thats right i'm bad


I'm Hip
I agree with you


IYD
In your Dreams


Im On A High
some body on a high


Im Trippin
going nuts on dugs or somethin


Inky
Adj. Inky was a term used for susupicious. If you saw someone inconspicuously slip something into their bag or something of that nature it was inky. "Inky..."


It's Casual
meaning things are okay, instead of saying "don't worry about it" you'd say "it's casual"


Jack Squat
(n.) Nothing. As in, "You Ain't got Jack Squat" or simply, "You Ain't Got Jack."


Jap/jap
"jap" means something unfair, deceitful, tricky or a ripoff, e.g. "That was a 'jap' (trick) question, "I was japped on that deal." Popular in the '70s when the Japanese were making inroads into the US auto industry and there were some bad feelings about that. Derivation from the earlier term "gypped" which came from the old habit of Gypsies stealing.


Jeepers Creepers
Oh my God or another way of saying far out


Jell
to hang out and get stoned or someone who was wasted all the time was a jell head


Jelly Brain
Someone who is slow from excessive drug use, particularly LSD


Jiggy
dance in a funky way


Jing
money: "I'm broke, man. Got any jing?"


Jinkies
Sign of surprise, "Oh my god!", "Oh dear!"


Jive Turkey
white guy


Jive Turkey
full of it, crazy


Jive Turkey!
A detestable person.


Jive Wise
being hip/cool see: groovy


Jive or Jiving
Jive can mean to talk or chat. Jiving means to talk nonsense, to be deceptive, or nonsensical. "You aint Jiving man?" That would be the same as, "Is that the truth?"


Joanin'
first became popular in the 60's and is synonymous with raggin'; means putting someone down, to cut or rag on them. Ex. "I can't hang with those turkeys; they're always joanin' on me." Possibly peculiar only to the DC area.


Jock
very popular guy like a football player


The Joint
Something that is way cool or outta sight: Billy Rays new Corvette is the Joint!


Jonesin'
An obsession. "Dude Im jonesin" "Ive got a traveling jones"


Joshin
you gotta be joshin me like ur kidding


Juicer
a ladies' man


Jump Back!
meaning, "are you serious? Wow!


Jump Back!
when someone's on your "case" about something you would say, "Hey Man, jump back"


Jump Your Bones
Jump (someones) bones meaning to want to have sex with that person.


Just Because ...get You
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. (not enough room above) became popular during President Nixon's Watergate problem.


Kangblabla
Kangblabla, meaning i'm having a kangblabla day, or Payton is such a kangblabla. The word can be used almost anywhere.


Keen
Another word for Cool.


Keep On Keepin On
have a good day or hang in there


Keep On Steppen
your not worth my time


Keep On Truckin
keep moving


Keep On Truckin'
Keep on doing what you've been doing. Don't stop being you.


Keep On Truckin'
Term used to encourage a "cool" attitude despite what lies ahead. Truckin' was a loose term for walking with long strides while wearing hiking boots which were extremely popular in the 70's.


Keep On Truckin'!
Keep on doing what you're doing (?)


Keep On Truckin...
To keep on keepin on, to continue , to "hang in there" To persevere in spite of difficulties.


Keep On Trucking!
Move along,keep on doing your thing.


Keep on Truckin'
Keep livin' life on the path you are on


Keepin' It Real
it means you are keepin it cool.


Kicks
shoes,running shoes "hey, i like those new kicks you got there"


Killer
A way of saying very cool or extremly dead animal


Killer Diller
Something that is totally cool or righteous


Kipe
To steal or take.


Kiss My Wrist
another way to say kiss my butt!


Kitty
Another name for a friend or group.


Kosher
cool, sweet.


La La
Stupid idiot.... That guy is so LA La!


Laker
A RUDE,CRUEL PERSON.


Later
See you at another time.


Later Days
Later Days to say goodbye


Later Scater
ur out. see ya!


Latered
Past tense; from the verb, "To later," to get rid of, to leave. "That dude? He was a total dork so I latered him."


Let It All Hang Out!
Go for it!


Let's Blow This Taco Stand.
Let's leave


Let's Blow Up The Cheese
let's leave


Let's Boogie
Let's get going, or Let's dance


Let's Boogie!!
Let's get out of here or leave this place.


Let's Book
let's leave this place


Lets Boogie On Down
dance....like drop it likes it hot


Lets Get The Groove On
lets dance


Lightweight
1. something that is not hard core 2. Someone who can't handle large quantities of substance


The Lowdown
The truth, inside info, unadulterated facts; or dirty, mean. "I got the lowdown." "That was a lowdown trick, man."


Macking
Chillen, Hanging out, relaxing


Maintain
main-tain: the word was generally pronounced with a slight halt after the first syllable. A word of caution to someone who is slightly paniced, generally from drug usage. Maintain composure. Generally uttered in unison before the policemen approaches your car during a night of marijuana smoking.


Make groceries.
A Louisiana term meaning to go shopping for food.


Man
an abundant phrase it has been replaced by the more common "dude"


The Man
The stupied cops


Meeeeooooooowww!
What a really good looking chick walks by or when a really good looking guy walks buy you would say this.


Mellow Out
Chill out; Calm Down: Take a pill; Relax; Pop a lude and watch some Land of the Lost, kid.


Mind Your Potatos
to mind your own business


Mint
great......in good condition...excellent


Mondo Cool
cool;awesome


Moofy
Slut, What a moofy pie!!!


Mr Natural
I got a scribe on Mr Natural if you still want it. Shoot me a smoke signal and I will get it to ya'. Put Mr Natural in the subject line...later...ZZ


Mr. Natural
I would like to see a drawing of a little fat charactor from the sixties. His name was Mr. Natural. He had something to do with truckers such as Keep on Trucking and also I think he was pictured on rolling papers. He was short, fat with a beard, long gown like garment and was in mid step with one huge foot up forward. Hope you can find him for me, sure would appriciate it. Thanks a bushel! Helen Fuller


Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural was a cartoon creation by R. Crumb, pictured with a long beard and a long stride and with the words "Keep On Truckin'" (had nothing at all to do with trucks). He showed up in Head Comix and other underground mags and also on T-shirts and other countercultural gear.


Mucho Wackoid
Meaning, fantastic, very good. [See "Far Out."]


Mulah
money, cash


My Mellow
MyFriend


Nanoo, Nanoo
The greeting phrase from Mork and Mindy--when I was in high school it was all the rage to greet each other with it.


Narc
It stands Narcotics officer but it means loser or goody good


Narc
Narc: Tattler. Someone who turns other people in for anything, especially drug use.


Nark
To Squeal, Snitch, rat; or the person who does these things


Narly
cool, sweet


Naughty
to be incredibly cool


Neat
this is kool


Neato
Cool


Nia
it was a word used back in the 70's between black males. "yo whats happening nia?"


Nifty
Neat, interesting, making fun of something involved with a nerd...


Nifty And Dorky
Neat or cool (I remember because I hated this expression. Only dorky people used it.) Dorky (means nerdy)


No Duh
A response to use when someone states the obvious


No Fake
term similar to no foolin'


No Way, Jose
this means a person disagrees about something.


Nowhere
Meaning various things, e.g. "That's/You're nowhere, man!" meaning that something or someone is boring, uncreative, clueless, foolish, or otherwise "out of it."


Nurkin'
cool or in style


Off The Hook
cooler then cool


Off The Hook
thats cooler than cool


Operator
A guy who knows how to get the ladys and cheat with them without getting caught


Out Of Sight
DEFINES ITS SELF(COOL)


Out Of Sight
DEFINES ITS SELF(OUT OF THIS WORLD)


Outta Sight
Like far-out. Very cool, good.


P.O.W.
Piece of work. Used to degrade someone. Check out that chick in the red dress, what a P.O.W.


Pad
House, home


Pad
The place where one lived like an apartment. "Come on over to my pad for dinner"


Pad
can't remeber much, but wasn't 'pad' usd for home?


Pansey
Sissy. A coward.


Pardy, Hardy
to party until dawn


Pass The J
to pass the marijuiana cigarette


Peace
relax "chill"


Peace
peace and dont forget the two fingers


Peace
i cant believe no one has it in thier slang dictionarys !! I lloked everywhere!


Peace
goodbye. see you later.


Peace ,Love and Granola
as a green peacer (another 70's term) all my friends and would say peace,love and granola, when we were leaving


Peace Out
it means gotta go


Peace Out Home Free.
It means goodbye friend or goodbye person


Peace, Man!
Meaning "Hello." Or "Good-bye." Although, it's associated with Hippies of the 60's, there were plenty of us hippies in the 70's using this term a lot. It always came with the two-fingers up "V" "peace sign" as a required accompaniment.


Peel Out
to leave quickly or in a hurry, usually on your bike or other vehicle.


Peelers
police. eg run the peelers are coming


Phasing
to go or leave. "well, I'm phasing". Phrase used from Star Trek


Pictures Of Clothing
i think on your website you should have pictures of the clothing you right about because i`m doing a music project and i need to find out about what they wore and what music they liked in the 70s and there are no pictures for me to see. so i think you should get pictures and add them to your website.


Pig
police


Pigs
cops


Pimp
stud


Pimp Juice
Something that devontae doesn't have! n he does have a BIG head! n to ashely he has a BIG BUTT!!!!!!


Pimpin'
To show that you got all the women. You the man!!!


Pinkpolo'd!
refers to a guy with a good fashion sense.


Pissah
Mad cool yo


Plastic
Fake, Phony - Not real.


Plastic, man, plastic!
It means cool; cool, dude, cool.


Po-ta-toe
it means tight..or strict...your parents are po-ta-toe!


Pop
look


Pop A Wheelie
When driving a bike when you lift front wheel and keep rear wheel on the ground


Powerful
thats was strong! amazing or Awsome!


Preps
somone who was never popular but thought they were. they usually spent 2 hours to get ready each and every morning. people noone liked unless you were among the "group"


Primo
High quality stash, or anything considered to be of excellent quality.


Primo
The best, Top notch. "Hawaii has PRIMO waves for surfing!"


Primo
the best, the ultimate


Psyche Out
Astonished, Intense experiance. That was a real psyche out, whoa what a trip.


Psyched
As in "Get psyched". Fired up, excited, energized.


Psyched
Excited. "Hey I am so psyched about this concert."


Psychedelic
awesome; That is one psychedelic fad!


Quepasa
What's Up?


R.F.N.
Means "now". When would you like that report? RFN!


The Rabbit Died
A way of stating someone is pregnant. Refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit. If the rabbit survived, the person wasn't pregnant, if it died, they were.


The Rabbit Died
a way of saying someone is NOT pregnant. It refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit with a woman's urine. If the rabbit didn't live, the woman wasn't pregnant; if it did, she was.


The Rabbit Died (CORRECTION)
You must login or register to view this content. explains more about the expression "the rabbit died" which was used as a euphemism for "I'm pregnant." The rabbit *always* died, actually, regardless of whether or not the woman was pregnant. While I certainly remember hearing this expression used when I was a kid back in the '70s, it came into usage many decades before that.


Rad
radical, cool, wicked


Rad
Cool, awesome


Rad
another word for cool.


Rad / Radical
Cool


Radical
It means cool


Radical
really cool, i.e. "that was tooootally rad(ical)!"


Radical
cool,awesome,sweet. "that was RADICAL man."


Radical Dude or Radical
Means that it was something cool.


Radical!
awesome; neat...That car is radical! (Rad for short)


Raggin' or Rag On
first became popular in the 60's and is synonymous with joanin'; means putting someone down, to cut or joan on them. Ex. "I can't hang with those turkeys; they're always raggin' on me."


Rah Rah
Jock, square, un-cool person.


Raha
what we "yoopers"[residents of the upper penninsula of mi.} call money


Rasta Biz
Rastafarian term used as a common greeting for both arriving and departing similar to the Hawaian term Aloha.


Raunchy
gross, disgusting


Raza Unida
rasus put together


Raza Unida
we're all together in everything


Real
Cool, hip, with it. Also, "It's been real", said either genuinely or sarcastically at the end of an event or a rendezvous. "It's been real, see you on the flip side."


Reamed
to get the crap beaten out of you (that idiot's gonna get reamed!).


Relevant
worth your time; worth patying attention to


Restracto
Ultimate, dark, cool, different, and often violent.


Right
to not like some one or somethingand to disobey it.


Right Arm/ Farm Out
slang making fun of slang


Right On
cool man or correct


Right On
i agree


Right On
meaning that they agree with what they are doing, also another word for cool


Right on!
Good; accepting something


Righteous
Meaning Groovy or real cool


Ringin'
cool/hip/hot/chic


Rip-off
something that was less than the promised value..."what a rip-off"


Ripped Off Or Rip Off
Having something (could be a materiial item or an idea)stolen from you. "I got ripped off." Or the idea of purchasing something and not getting your money's worth being a "rip off"


Rite Quick
really quick and or right now


Rock On!!!!!!!!!!!!
it would mean awesome cool, and totally far out dude


Rockin
cool


Say Brotha
like hi, hey whats up,etc.


Say What?
What are you talking about?


Say What?
a short question usually used to indicate, that you don't believe something someone said; Hate to tell ya this kid, but you didn't win the contest. Say what?


Say, Jack?
Excuse me, phrase used to get ones attention


Say-bra
means, what's up/what's going on


Say-bro
means, what's up/what's going on


Scarf
To eat with great appetite and gusto. Example : "I scarfed down the entire bag of chips."


Scooby
dont be so clumsy. dont be a scooby


Scoping (scope On)
To be working your crush on someone; they don't necessarily know you're doing it.


See ya on the flipside
See ya later


Shag
To Have Sex!


Shag Wag
A type of car that was very popular in the early 70's, it looked a lot like a bug car but it was shaped a little bit differently. it was made by Ford adn there were not a lot of these cars made, but there should have been because it was a cool looking car. I think that they have gone back to making the car again, but just with a different name. I hope that you could put this phrase on your list on this webpage.


Shagadelic
Cool; Cool person


Shagadelic
To be very hot or sexy.


Shagadelic
Very good in bed


Shaggin' Wagon
A customized van with mags, an elaborate paint job, opera windows and a bed in the back. Said van often had window stickers that read "If this van's rockin', don't bother knockin'" or "don't laugh. Your daughter may be in here."


Shick
As in "hott". Dude, that girl is shick.


Shine It On
To disregard, ignore or blow off as insignificant. Also used in reference to individuals who are a "stone drag" as in "shine her on" or "shine him on" and often followed by the word "man" to emphasize the sentiment.


Shotgun
Laying claim to the front seat


Shrimp Farming
neat


Shuck
Shuck-means to fool someone or make a fool out of someone.


Signed, Sealed, And Delivered
been there.... done that....


Sike.
When you told some thing untrue as a joke or faked someone out you would say "Sike" ( might just be a southern thang)


Silver Bullet
Male Virgin. It was really funny when Coors beer came out with their advertisement slogan, "Go get a Silver Bullet tonight". Went right past the adults and censors.


Sit On It
Made popular by "Happy Days," it means basically "shut up," "go to hell," or some other exasperated expression. "Up your nose with a rubber hose" was a similar expression, but popularized by "Welcome Back, Kotter."


Sit On It'
Shut up; get lost; i.e. "Sit on it, Potsi


Sit On It.
A term of breezy dismissal; I don't agree with/value what you just said.


Slam Dunk
A close-range, empathatic score in a basketball game. Started in 1972 and popularized in the mid-seventies by the likes of Julius Erving (Dr. J) of the ABA.


Slammin
like cool, or awesome


Slammin'
awsome, "that's slammin' man!"


Slap Me Some Skin
Give me a five man


Slick
sneaky "that boy is sleak"


Slide
1) Verb tr. To give. ex. "...slide me some bread/skin man."


Smack
Nerd, Sissy, Momma's boy, etc.


Smell Ya
means see you later


Smoke
used as a noun, refers to marijuanna; "got any smoke?"


Smoke It Or Hand It
Meaning to smoke the joint and get high or hand it over to me!


Smokey
used in the C.B language to define a cop. Ex: Hey, there is a smokey on our tail.


Smooch-ya-too
"love you too, sweetie"


Smooth Move Ex Lax
rude comment


Smooth Play Shakespeare
Said/did something really really stupid


Snaps
oops my bad, or your saying sorry or you did something bad.


So Radical
tha is like so sweet


Solid
Cool "Thats pretty solid"


Solid
Solid- A gracious, friendly, or obliging act;(as in) favor: Please do me a solid.


Solid On Down
A loyal person


Sound As A Pound
very good, can also be longer "Sound as a pound up a tree top tall etc" still used today in parts of the midlands


Spiffy
a word used to describe something thtas looks or sounds good eg. sounds spiffy tristan


Split
To leave "Man i think im bout to split."


Split
To Leave. "I'm gonna split"


Spoot
sprung


Square
Another word for a cigarette


Square
Someone who hasn't quite made it to cool


Square
someone not caught up with current trends,not cool..


Square
not cool


Square Biz
In agreement with, or in unison with another person's statement.


Stash
Your personal supply of contraband.


Static
Nonsense, as in "man, quit talking all that static."


Stella
A rude connotation for a 'disco' chick; 'Hey, stella! Shouldn't you be heading for the circus, instead of that disco club?'


Stella
If you want to be rude to a disco chick you call her a stella.


Stellar
Cool


Steller
Awsome


Stellular
Awesome. Cool.


Step Into The Past
i need a phrase that means the past or steping into the past using 70's slang. thank you.


Stoked
excited ,as in he called me and i was sooooo stoked!


Stoked
Feeling happy with something.


Stomp!
Dancing all night, like inviting everyone to a disco. "Baby, you wantta Stomp?" Something the kids in my neighborhood used to say, maybe in yours too.


Stone Fox
A "fox" was a really cute guy, but a "stone fox" was the ultimate cute guy!


Stone Groove
Something so cool, it can't just go away. It's etched in stone.


Stoned
High on dope


Stop Dipping In My Kool-aid
stay out of my buisness


Streak
To run in public in the nude. Very popular in 1974.


Stylin'
When you were all decked out in your coolest outfit... "You look Maaaaavelous"

Sucka!
someone who just got hustled. dummy. stupid.


Sup Babie
hey sexy ,you look good


Sweet Man
thats awsome or very cool


Sweet!
so awesomely cool, dude.


Sweetish Dude Like So Far Out
way cool


Sweetness
Something cool, fun, or awesome.


Swell
Great.


Swingin'
having a good time


T.C.B
Used among the soul brothers.Stands for "Take Care of Buisness"


T.C.C.I.C
Take Care Cause I Care


T.C.F.S
" too cool for School " " means that someone is to cool to be in school!"


T.T.Y.L.
Talk to you later!


Take A Chill Pill
come down


Take A Chill Pill
Calm down, cool out. You're too hysterical.


Talking Jive
making no sense when speaking


Tattered
beat really bad


Ten-four Good Buddy
Borrowed from CB slang; probably not used as much by kids as adults. "Ten-Four" means "I got your message" and "good buddy" was what CBers called each other. "You got the skinny on that?" "Ten-four, good buddy."


Tender
really cool


That Was 'the Joint'.
An event or activity that is outstanding, e.g. a movie, a party or even a song.


That's Bogus.
That's a raw deal, That's not fair.


That's Cool
sure why not or no thanx


That's Old School
That means it is an old style of being.


That's So Tubular, Man!
tubular/radical- awesome, cool, excellent, stellar..ect..


That's The Joint
My mother was a disco diva in the 70's. She won many hustle contests, trophies and all. Anyway, she said this thing so much when I was growing up I thought I would puke if I heard it one more time. Anyway, 20 some odd years later I can't forget the dame thing. Definition: Well your guess is as good as mine, but when she used it it was more of an accordance with someone that something was cool, the joint, hence; That's the Joint. She said other things too. I will write it when I remember. Would ask her but she doesn't remember anything past '85, too much 70's weed.


That's The Joint!
if something was cool, or what's happening, or by todays term "hot" in the 70's it was "the joint"


That's Tight, Man.
Maybe it was a Northwest thing, but when we said, "Oooh, that's tight, man." It meant, "Okay, that was a low blow" or not very nice at all, a real cut down.


That's Wacked
thats screwed up, thats weird, theres something wrong with that, ex: "that dude was wacked"


Thats Jive Man
Somthin that aint cool. Usually when someone did somthin uncool to someone else.


Thats Smashing
that is awesome, cool, and great. "That show was smashing baby yeah!"


This Is Wicked, Man
cool or ritchous


Threads
your clothes


Threads
clothing


Tight
cool


Tight!
awesome, cool, being excited.


Tighten Up.
A phrase used by a "dumb" student in acknowledging to the "smarter" student that he/she was wrong.


To Go Bananas
To go crazy!


To The Bone
totally; completely; to the max. He is scopin' on her to the bone (or TTB)


Toads
Parents


Toke
take a hit off a joint


Token Up
The act of smoking weed.


Totally
definatetly


Totally
yeah;sure


Totally
As in "that's right"


Totally Hot
means fashion good


Totally Man
It's like saying that is so cool man!


Totally Munga
totally awsome


Totaly
this means a cool kind of word e.g. hi i like that girl. totaly


Totaly Awesome
totally cool; absoulutly: "That joint was like so totally awesome"


Tough
Cool or impressive. "That's a tough car!"


Tough
meaning "very very cool"


Tough
great! Terrific! Really cool. "That's a tough looking car." "Those new shoes are tough"


Tripping
A term used to describe a deemed insane action or comment by others. i.e. The teacher wants us to read 10 chapters tonight, They are tripping if they think we can read this much tonight.


Trippy
Means 'Cool'. Also used when someone is drinking or smoking, or listeng to acid rock. "That music is so trippy."


Tru
meaning that is true


Truck
To Leave Move or Go. Lets Truck, Man - later man gotta truck. Keep on Truckin'


Truckin
Moving along, taking off, splittin'


Tube It
lets leave this place and go smoke some weed


Tubular
way cool "man your so tubular


Tubular
great awsome


Tubular
Awesome, Cool!


Tubular
Good; cool; ex: "THat dance was tubular!"


Tubular
Awesome, Cool!


Tubular
Good; cool; ex: "THat dance was tubular!"


Tubular!
way cool, awesome


Tuff
Cool or sharp


Tunes
music


Turkey
Synonymous with "jerk" or "idiot". Often used in conjunction with "jive" an in "jive turkey".


Twitchin'
A slightly more polite form of bitchin': "That's twitchin'!" ; Awesome; cool; far out


Unreal
Strange, odd, unique in a weird way, e.g. "That's unreal, man!" Similar in meaning to "far out."


Up Your Nose With A Rubber Hose!
No way, or I'm ticked off by what you did. From "Welcome Back, Kotter." Also, In your ear!


Veg Out
to relax


WBS
appeared at the end of notes you passed in high school. Write Back Soon


Wall-a-go
A few minutes ago


Wally Wally Blood And Dolly
meaning your crazy about someone in a very irrational way "your Wally wally blood and dolly about her man she's gonna use you like the foo you are." That's one thing I remember most about the 70's.


Wango
cool, sweet. That car is so wango.


Wanker
a penis. ex. Ya bloody wanker or My wanker is big


Wassup
Hello


Wassup
Hello


Way Cool
Way Cool: very cool, like wow man. "That was a Way Cool move"


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That's all for now bizznitches! Catch you on the flip side!

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