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Write 3 words that have different meanings now than they did 20-ish years ago?

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Write 3 words that have different meanings now than they did 20-ish years ago. Write the words older meaning and what it means today.this is just for fun because me and my friends were talking about it today and could only find a couple!!!!!!! So i must find some to beat my friends! first one to get me some gets best answer!!

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  1. umm i can only think of one---g*y

    lol

    help me

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  2. (maybe more than 20 years ago!!!)

    g*y meant happy, not homo

    party was an event, not a behavior

    coke was only a soda, not a drug

    crack was the sign of something breaking, not a drug

    ho was a tool for the garden (hoe) not short for a promiscuous female

    Just can't remember more, I know there are a lot.


  3. cool, special, server

  4. Sweet- sweet like candy.... now means....  awesome, cool

    Bad- naughty, misbehaved.... now means.... cool, etc...

    Sick-ill.... now means.... awesome




  5. d**k - it used to be a nickname for someone named Richard - now it's a nickname for someone who's an @$$

    Cell - it used to just be a science term for the things that make up living things - now it's a phone

    Net - used to be something you use to catch butterflies - now it's an abbriviation for the internet

  6. hip- used to mean in style

    and is now used just as the body part

    far out- woaahh thats sweet is what it used to mean

    and now its just far away

    shut up- used to mean to litereally shut it something

    now it means to be quiet

  7. d**k used to be just a name

    skeet used to be clay pigeons but now s***n

    there should be a lot of them but i cant think of anymore


  8. nowadays- back in days

    betcha- have a bet

    Good luck

  9. bootilicious

    trysexual

    lollipop

  10. Java- was coffee now is programming

    Log- piece of wood becomes to log onto computer

    Apple- fruit becomes major computer player

  11. cool

    dope

    sick

    disc

    g*y

    boss

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