Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Okay, kids today seem to think they have the monopoly on language meaning and use, as if, somehow, they reinvented it all. Someone put up a post on here today using a word that I haven't used for a long time - one that was very popular in its day, so I thought it might be interesting to: (a) share with other members the ones that I can remember ( learn new (old) ones from across the pond © Learn new ones in circulation at the moment. Here's a few I remember from school/my late teens: Cool Awesome Epic Sound (as a pound, and twice as round – a northern expression I heard in the 1990s.) Dreeeam on! Itchy chin (In response to someone bragging) The longer the itch, the bigger the brag! Spam! (Slapping of someone’s forehead when s/he said something stupid) Willy Hill (as in, I'd bet..) I'm sure I invented that originally. Safe! (Followed by a meeting of closed fists - I loved that one:D) Interested to hear if your experiences were similar in your teens/what you use now/regional and global differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 wicked ~ meaning great, love it Dosh ~ money Cretin ~ idiot= fool Sprog ~ toddler = baby Giggs ~ glasses Egghead ~ forgetfull Dushbag ~ simpleton Strike ~ seven of the best (cain in school) lol i got plenty of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Lol! I had forgotten some of these, and learnt one or two new ones as well. :DWeird how 'egghead' has transformed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Itchy chin was also known as 'Jimmy Hill' due to the lengtht of his chin and it's tufty beard thing - good for symbolic scratching. I thought 'dushbag' was spelt douche and had a far worse meaning or maybe I watch too many US cop shows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 We weren't allowed to use any type of slang or street talk at home or school SA in my day was very conservative and parents very, very strict. They still are to a degree, but we hear a lot more slang now than when I was growing up. But I remember the same words being used here Cool or mega cool Safe Dream on and then there was Magic - for anything good Sick - for something awful, but I heard it is now a good thing ? Wowzer Epic - usually music related Super Bro Spaz Like - used all the time as in "like, no way man" or "that was like, way cool" Whats up Ace - goovy or awesome The list goes on ............ The most slang used here is derived from Afrikaans so it will not be familiar to anyone other than SA's. The Afrikaans speaking people use quite a lot of slang - and it is usually very, very good. My Mom and Dad were in their late 20's in the 1960's and their friends used the usual hippie type talk - that was always great fun to listen to - every sentence was interspersed with groovy . Groovy A gas - lots of fun Bread - money Do you dig it - do you like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 We weren't allowed to use any type of slang or street talk at home or school SA in my day was very conservative and parents very, very strict. They still are to a degree, but we hear a lot more slang now than when I was growing up. But I remember the same words being used here Cool or mega cool Safe Dream on and then there was Magic - for anything good Sick - for something awful, but I heard it is now a good thing ? Wowzer Epic - usually music related Super Bro Spaz Like - used all the time as in "like, no way man" or "that was like, way cool" Whats up Ace - goovy or awesome The list goes on ............ The most slang used here is derived from Afrikaans so it will not be familiar to anyone other than SA's. The Afrikaans speaking people use quite a lot of slang - and it is usually very, very good. My Mom and Dad were in their late 20's in the 1960's and their friends used the usual hippie type talk - that was always great fun to listen to - every sentence was interspersed with groovy . Groovy A gas - lots of fun Bread - money Do you dig it - do you like it Wow! These are fab, Rosemary! I've never heard of a 'wowzer' before...what's that all about?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Let's see: In school...it was your typical 80's buzz words Rad Cool Neat... We also had the introduction of the Simpsons which added a whole new series of Don't have a cow...etc... Now words regularly include: Cracktastic: You are cracktastic...ie you behave like I would imagine someone strung out on crack would Spastic: See Cracktastic...change drug from crack to crank anywordstic: Usually a way of taking a commonly understood thing and assigning an illness to it based upon behavioral observation Can't think of many others right now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 What did 'rad' mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Rad was short for Radical....not your 1960's type...but neatos!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemary Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Wow! These are fab' date=' Rosemary! I've never heard of a 'wowzer' before...what's that all about?![/quote'] It was used pretty much the same as wow - just had more 'substance' to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 So, like, I grew up in the '50s and there was a whole different way of talking back then - çourse since I went to a Catholic school most of them were verboten! See, man, this here cat he got himself a set of cherry wheels, jacked up and rad! Ultra cool!! Like, he's on cloud-9! See, Clyde, he's got this chick; she's a cube 'n looking to get circled and he's wanting to go hang at the passion pit, he ain't hep with the ankle biters yet. Any takers on the translation?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 So, like, I grew up in the '50s and there was a whole different way of talking back then - çourse since I went to a Catholic school most of them were verboten! See, man, this here cat he got himself a set of cherry wheels, jacked up and rad! Ultra cool!! Like, he's on cloud-9! See, Clyde, he's got this chick; she's a cube 'n looking to get circled and he's wanting to go hang at the passion pit, he ain't hep with the ankle biters yet. Any takers on the translation?? Fab! No idea on translation though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyshqa Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Awesomesauce - no idea where this one stemmed from Spesh - short version of 'special' Bummed out - disappointed, let down, etc Mint - great, nice, etc A lot of the ones I grew up with have already been said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Okay, kids today seem to think they have the monopoly on language meaning and use, as if, somehow, they reinvented it all. Someone put up a post on here today using a word that I haven't used for a long time - one that was very popular in its day, so I thought it might be interesting to: (a) share with other members the ones that I can remember ( learn new (old) ones from across the pond © Learn new ones in circulation at the moment. Here's a few I remember from school/my late teens: Cool Awesome Epic Sound (as a pound, and twice as round a northern expression I heard in the 1990s.) Dreeeam on! Itchy chin (In response to someone bragging) The longer the itch, the bigger the brag! Spam! (Slapping of someones forehead when s/he said something stupid) Willy Hill (as in, I'd bet..) I'm sure I invented that originally. Safe! (Followed by a meeting of closed fists - I loved that one:D) Interested to hear if your experiences were similar in your teens/what you use now/regional and global differences. Omg, haven't heard itchy chin for ages! We used to say itchy beard or stroke our chins. Aswell as the usual "cool", "innit", and "sad" which people used to say something was rubbish "that's totally sad". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 See, man, this here cat he got himself a set of cherry wheels, jacked up and rad! Ultra cool!! Like, he's on cloud-9! See, Clyde, he's got this chick; she's a cube 'n looking to get circled and he's wanting to go hang at the passion pit, he ain't hep with the ankle biters yet. Any takers on the translation?? I say old chap, an acquaintance of mine has a rather decent car with suspension modifications and he is very happy with it. He is 'stepping out' with a young lady who is somewhat straight-laced but wants to loosen her bodice. He would like to know her in the biblical sense but does not want to start a family yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Omg, haven't heard itchy chin for ages! We used to say itchy beard or stroke our chins. Aswell as the usual "cool", "innit", and "sad" which people used to say something was rubbish "that's totally sad". stroking the chin was how we signified the jimmy hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #5 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I say old chap' date=' an acquaintance of mine has a rather decent car with suspension modifications and he is very happy with it. He is 'stepping out' with a young lady who is somewhat straight-laced but wants to loosen her bodice. He would like to know her in the biblical sense but does not want to start a family yet[/quote'] BINGO!!! cool daddy-o!!! You must've been one cool cat in your day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 BINGO!!! cool daddy-o!!! You must've been one cool cat in your day!! Lol! Moll's dad reminds me of Dr. Spencer Reed in Criminal Minds. He's like a walking text book. Very useful sometimes...and we never run out of things to talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 BINGO!!! cool daddy-o!!! You must've been one cool cat in your day!! nope! The OH reckons I am cuboid. As in more square than a square. But then she doesn't understand Platonic Solids the way I do: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I thought it was the type of thing Huggybear would say in the original version of Starsky & Hutch. Not that I want to show my age or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I thought it was the type of thing Huggybear would say in the original version of Starsky & Hutch. Not that I want to show my age or anything. More to the point, you are prob' showing someone elses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I just had visions of Graham speaking like that with a stripped blazer and boater on and just got the giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys Dad Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well, it's not my age you two are showing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 Well' date=' it's not my age you two are showing![/quote'] He's right, of course. He's actually younger than either of us, Biggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollys_mum Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 I think the current expression is: "we've been owned.":S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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