70s Slang!
June 11th 2010 20:35
Well Goodnight John Boy . . .
How slang comes into popular culture is often a mystery - but sometimes its roots can be as shallow as a catchphrase from television or simply a mixed metaphor.
Of course slang terms also tend to re-surface or undergo a facelift of varying degrees. Ask anyone who remembers the 60s and 70s just how frustating it is that kids today think that the term cool is way cool.
Which leads me to 70s slang and a list of all the words that were in popular usage my formative years.
Terms such as do you 'dig it' and 'far out' may or may not be back in fashion depending on who you talk to - but I'm pretty sure 'groovy' and 'heavy' still have yet to find favour with anyone other than perhaps Austin Powers.
So whether you're a 'square' or just plain 'funky' what slang terms can you recall from the era style forgot?
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Comment by Anonymous
"bummer" a lot anyway, a little bit of an inside joke. Other goodies from the 70s:
Heavy.
Dig #me, it#
cool
super
pig out
too many gemstones to list