Wednesday, March 30, 2005

70's slang in honor of my birthday party..

1970s Slang Glossary

Be the hippest cat on your block by jamming these boss expressions into your rap sessions!

Babe - Beautiful person (male or female).
Bogart - To keep for one's self, be greedy.
Bogus - Phony, false, an imitation.
Boogie - To dance or move quickly.
Book - To go, leave a place. "Let's book out of here!"
Boss - Cool, awesome.
Bread - Money, cash. "Do you have any bread?"
Bum - To acquire by begging. "Hey dude, can I bum a ride?"
Bummer - A depressing, negative event or thing.
Dy-no-mite! - Great, excellent.
Far Out - Way cool.
Foxy - Good-looking (male or female).
Groovy - Cool.
Hang - To exist in a place or with a person, wait.
Heavy - Serious, weighty or powerful.
Head Trip - An intellectual, obsessive and usually paranoid set of interests.
Humongous - Extremely large.
Hunk - Good-looking guy.
Gross - Disgusting, repulsive.
Jive - To deceive.
Jive Turkey - A detestable person.
Jones - An irresistible urge, addiction. "He's got a serious chocolate jones."
Jonesing - Verb form of jones. "I'm jonesing for a cup of coffee."
Later - Goodbye, see you soon.
Later Much - Goodbye, see you a long time from now.
Nark - To squeal, snitch, rat; or the person who does these things.
Neat - Excellent, great.
Outta Sight - Very cool.
P.O.'d - Angry, shortened form of "pissed off."
Right On! - Agreement, accepting something.
Slide - To give. "Slide me some bread, man."
Smokey - State highway trooper.
Solid - Cool. "That's pretty solid."
Split - Leave a place.
Squeeze - Sexual partner.
Stella - A rude term for a disco queen.
Stink - Extreme negativeness, not necessarily related to smell. "This job stinks!"
Streak - To run in public in the nude. Very popular in 1974.
Veg Out - To relax.

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