1980's Slang???????????

Question

Any words you guys used to use?

Answer 1

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80s Slang



airhead n. A stupid or unaware person; moron, dim-wit. Origin: term implies that there is nothing but air in the subject's head. ("He's confused again. What an airhead!")  Unrenounced to popular belief, Valley Girls did not invent this word.  It was used to describe them.

awesome \Awe"some\, a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight.  In the 80's, if something was cool, it was awesome.  See also bad.

bad adj. very good, excellent; Cool, Awesome. See also awesome.

bad to the bone The group George Thorogood & the Destroyers had a hit in the early 80's that had started this quote.  The movie Fast Times At Ridgmont High was bad to the bone!  See also bad.

barf bag A type of insult.  Something Jo on The Facts of Life might of called Blair for spilling something on her homework.

barf me out You might of heard this come from a Valley Girl after you've said something offensive to her.  Also used to describe something you do not particularly like.

bimbette The use of bimbo would of been too outdated for use in the 80's.  Bimbette would be used instead of calling a girl a "s**t".  Also used to describe a girl who is stupid.

bodacious An 80's guy's way to describe a woman who had a beautiful body.  She is bodacious with gnarly ta-tas. See also gnarly & ta-tas for descriptions.

bogus/bogue Unfair or unfortunate.  Having one night to do a termpaper is so bogus!

boinking Having s*x.  Some say Bruce Willis's character on Moonlighting created this word.

boho A bohemian or artist.  From the late 80's this word emerged.  Probably from the Soho art district in Manhattan.

bomb Adj.  Something favorable.  See also awesome.

boy toy A word to describe a cute guy used as a toy for older woman.  Madonna invented this one with her "Boy Toy" belt on her 1984 Like a Virgin album.

butt ugly Adj. Unattractive to the sight.

cheesy/cheezy Adj. 1. In poor taste; lame, corny. The gift I received was really cheesy.  2. Overly sentimental or insincere.

chill v 1. to relax; hang out. Let's go chill at your place.  Dude, just chill.  Made popular by black Americans in the rap phase of the 80's.

choice Extremely Cool

chocoholic Word to describe an alcoholic.  Became a somewhat popular word during the Nancy Reagan "Just Say No" era.

clydesdale Big, all-American boy.  Meant as a word of praise.  Usually used by mid-80's preppy girls.

couch potato Someone who sits in front of the TV on their couch or sofa.  With the boom of cable, MTV and home video, more people parked their butts on their couches.  Hence the term couch potato.

crack The most addictive form of cocaine.   Not in the form of powder, but crystallized into a hardened form used to smoke.  Popularized in 1985.

deep **** Word meaning you were in trouble.  We are in deep ****!

d**k/dickbrain/******** A major 80's comeback.  c**k was a bit harsh to use for calling someone a d**k, so these words emerged to describe someone who is unpleasant and/or stupid.

dink Two incomes with no kids.  A couple of yuppies with lots of money to burn.

dipstick n  An unintelligent person; moron, dim-wit; idiot.  Popularized by "Boss Hogg" on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard.  Also used instead of using the word d**k.  See also d**k/dickbrain/********.

ditz A less harsh way of describing a person who is not very smart.  See also airhead.

do lunch One of the most used phrases in the 80's.  Notoriously used by yuppies to get together for power lunches or mixing lunch with business.  Lets do lunch.  One of the few surviving phrases of the 80's ,used in the 90's and possibly beyond!

do the nasty Having s*x.  They were doing the nasty last night when I tried to call her.

do/doing the wild thing To have s*x.  Popularized by Ton Loc's 1989 hit "Wild Thing".  Not used too often today.  See also do the nasty and boinking.

dweeb Geek, nerd.  Someone who is not "in".

eat my shorts Phrase used as a comeback.  Heavily in use in the 80's and also used on TV's The Simpsons.  If someone was to put you down in anyway, you can reply with this phrase.

eat **** and die An extreme phrase and implies death on the part of the person on the receiving end.  Most of the time, not literally.  Used in the mid-80's.

ecstasy/X/XTC "Designer drug" used to enhance sensations while dancing.  Gained popularity in the early 80's.  This drug is still popular if not more popular throughout the 90's among teens and young adults on the party scene.

eurofag Word used by Americans to describe usually British singers or bands of the early 80's.

eurotrash Europeans who were rich that frequented the club scene in the early to mid 80's.

f*g g*y, q***r.  This term for the most part, was not meant to describe homosexuals or homosexuality. Slang to replace the phrase "You q***r" or the early 80's.  See also art f*g, eurofag, f*g bashing, f*g tag.

f*g tag The little loop on the back of your polo shirt.  Despite someone's actual  

Answer 2

i don't remember 80's, slang,but i do remember hearing "not'  and awesome.

Answer 3

dude

like

totally

rad

awesome

radical

Answer 4

rad

gnarly

Answer 5

I was a kid at that time......ask me latest ones