80's Slang

[Onkel Neal]

My days at the cycle shop have me in contact with two types of people, mainly. Young guys who speak some strange ghetto-crypto tongue that sounds edgy, and vulgarians who make the hair on my neck crawl.

The vulgarians, can't do anything with these boobs. F F F F and occasionally, B. Boring and unimpressive.

But the young guys who gamely refer to stuff as "sick" when they mean "bad" ( and by that, I mean "cool"), who ask "where my rims at?" (I think that thump I just heard was Steve passing out), who respond to my puzzled stares at their mangled sport bikes with extended swingarms with "that's how we roll". Today I tried to reply to a question with, "O.M.G. y’all" and they fell out on the floor. :shifty:

I think it's time for some payback. I wanna brush up on my 80s slang, get really smooth with it and start conversing in it. Just fight fire with fire (y'all) (oops). So, help me out here, dudes. What 80s slang can you recal? Not Valley Girl slang (on threat of the Brig), but genuine Van Halen era 80s slang. Be sure to provide an interpretation for your terms, I have a bad memory.

Rock on! :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

Quit dissin' me, dude! I know there's a difference between the way people talk and the way they (should) write.

Unfortunately by the '80s (which, by the way, is the way the contraction should be written, since you're cutting out the first two digits, not saying that 80 owns something), I was already an adult with two kids of my own, I'm not really up on the slang from that era. For me it was the '60s.

[Herr-Berbunch]

:har:

To both Neal and Steve's post.

I was around in the '80s - aged 6 to 16 but I fear any slang from this side of the water may not be recognised over there.

Try to stomach some films from that era, I know it'll be hard, but just about doable.

If you want to look really cool watch some '70s blaxploitation movies - then see how quickly they fall on the floor.

[Mork_417]

Sorry, never been one to keep up with the current slang'ish terms of any decade. When someone rolled into the shop slinging words of such, i usually would have to point them to my buddy, or hand them a shop form to fill out. :haha:

Don't have anything against those who wish to express themselves differently, but don't feel i should be required to memorize a different language every six to twelve months. I have too much to do already. :)

You could just start talking like Jack Burton...
Jack Burton (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/): When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

One of my favorite movies, :har:.

On a side note, sport bikes with extended swing arms. :nope:

[Gerald]

MTV Classics: Memories of the 1980s (How We Talked)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYrdZz-xbxo

Urban Slang in the 1980's (Part 4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOS60iE4ir8 (Ad in)



:haha:

[Skybird]

One deed or sight says so much more than a thousand words, Neal. Stop talking, dye blond your hair again and get a wave or popper hairdo like it was fashionable in the early and mid 80s. Next see those cycle dudes drop like flies! :D

[Dammit_Carl!]

The words, "gnarly," and "rad," jump out at me for some reason - "grody to the max," as well.

Could always throw in the, "where's the beef," thing too.

Sorry; drank some since then. Grew up in the 80's but outside of also recalling those horrible neon color schemes that were popular for clothes, Airwolf, and Miami Vice, I'm tapped for memories.

For what it is worth, nothing kills slang moreso than when old dudes start saying it which is why I make every effort to keep up to the dizzate on my lingo, yo.

[Takeda Shingen]

I use 'sick' for 'cool' colloquially. I don't use it in class or other places where I need to speak formally. My wife uses it too.

[AVGWarhawk]

Rad, radical, bitch'in(sry fellas), gnarly, bogus.

[mookiemookie]

Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure or any Pauly Shore movie (hope you have a strong stomach).

[AVGWarhawk]

Bill and Ted(not so bad) Pauly Shore....help....:dead:

Tubular dude. :up:

[Onkel Neal]

MTV Classics: Memories of the 1980s (How We Talked)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYrdZz-xbxo

Urban Slang in the 1980's (Part 4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOS60iE4ir8 (Ad in)



:haha:

Awesome!

Sorry, never been one to keep up with the current slang'ish terms of any decade. When someone rolled into the shop slinging words of such, i usually would have to point them to my buddy, or hand them a shop form to fill out. :haha:

Don't have anything against those who wish to express themselves differently, but don't feel i should be required to memorize a different language every six to twelve months. I have too much to do already. :)

You could just start talking like Jack Burton...
Jack Burton (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/): When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

One of my favorite movies, :har:.

On a side note, sport bikes with extended swing arms. :nope:

Yes, that is also one of my favorites! Wish my name was Jack Burton. Neal Stevens does not have the same ring :wah:

One deed or sight says so much more than a thousand words, Neal. Stop talking, dye blond your hair again and get a wave or popper hairdo like it was fashionable in the early and mid 80s. Next see those cycle dudes drop like flies! :D

Ha, I don't dare mess with my hair, it may give up completely and I'll end up looking like Dr. Evil.

The words, "gnarly," and "rad," jump out at me for some reason - "grody to the max," as well.

Could always throw in the, "where's the beef," thing too.

Sorry; drank some since then. Grew up in the 80's but outside of also recalling those horrible neon color schemes that were popular for clothes, Airwolf, and Miami Vice, I'm tapped for memories.

For what it is worth, nothing kills slang moreso than when old dudes start saying it which is why I make every effort to keep up to the dizzate on my lingo, yo.

Lol, yeah. Thanks, good pointers.


Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure or any Pauly Shore movie (hope you have a strong stomach).

:haha:

[Wolferz]

I was going to say the same thing but Mookie beat me to it.:down:

Purple Sticky Punch bra.

How does that Texas drawl go again?:06:

Here you go Neal... print this picture and hang it in the shop for pointing to when you can't understand the Yuppies.
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/Image.jpg

[Penguin]

Dude, this thread is totally awesomely rad!
Though my broad and me are Dinks today, I still think Yuppies can eat my shorts!

I started learning English in the 80s - haven't learned much since :) .So I don't know how many words I picked up during this time, really originated from this decade.

Watch Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Excellent, dude! *plays airguitar solo* :rock:

Stop talking, dye blond your hair again and get a wave or popper hairdo like it was fashionable in the early and mid 80s.

Luckily for the rest of the world, Popper were only a German phenomenom - maybe a little in Holland, too. Sadly they won :shifty: - today the majority of Krautteens seem to yearn for overpriced label clothes.
Still: Popper überfährt man mit'm Chopper! :arrgh!:

[Takeda Shingen]

Excellent, dude! *plays airguitar solo* :rock:


http://images.cpcache.com/merchandise/514_400x400_NoPeel.jpg?region=name:FrontCenter,id: 63398811,w:16

[Sailor Steve]

Jack Burton...
WHO??? :O:

bitch'in(sry fellas), gnarly
Holdovers from the '60s.

Oh, and you're right to apologize. It's "bitchin'". Get that apostrophe in the right place! :stare:

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh, and you're right to apologize. It's "bitchin'". Get that apostrophe in the right place! :stare:

Mr. Hand.

http://assailedteacher.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/mr-hand.jpg


:O:

[Mork_417]

Could just get a mohawk. :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

Mr. Hand.
I love Ray Walston! Ever since My Favorite Martian! :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh gosh, I remember, "My Favorite Martian." "Mr. Ed's Talking Horse." was another good one at about the same time :haha::up:

[Sailor Steve]

"Mr. Ed's Talking Horse."
It was just Mr. Ed. Ed was the horse. The man was "Wiiiiiilllllburrr".

[AVGWarhawk]

It was just Mr. Ed. Ed was the horse. The man was "Wiiiiiilllllburrr".

Right! I was about 8 when this was on TV. Kind of foggy. Just like Rat Patrol. I remember watching it but not much detail in the program.

[Jimbuna]

Loads of the 80's stuff here:

http://www.inthe80s.com/glossary.shtml

[Madox58]

Ya, was waiting to see that Mr. Ed correction pointed out.
:)

I still know the Mr.Ed song by heart!
You cheaters can google it if you want.
:D

[Sailor Steve]

Loads of the 80's stuff here:
Again some of that was a holdover from the '60s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akaYqhmWaA4

I still know the Mr.Ed song by heart!
Oh yeah!

[Jimbuna]

Again some of that was a holdover from the '60s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akaYqhmWaA4




I'm too young to remember that era :)

[Sailor Steve]

I'm too young to remember that era :)
Those who cannot remember history are doomed to get grief from the old guys. :O:

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm too young to remember that era :)

The '60s? I was piddling my diapers starting in 65. That is all I can remember! :haha:

[Madox58]

I'm too young to remember that era :)
:hmmm:
I'd think part of your early training as a Copper would include studies of slang?

[Tchocky]

Now you're on the trolley.

[Jimbuna]

Those who cannot remember history are doomed to get grief from the old guys. :O:

:hmmm:
I'd think part of your early training as a Copper would include studies of slang?

Bugga!!.................Can't I be even left alone to 'lie' in piece? :nope:



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[Cybermat47]

Wassup dawgs? I'm da hip an' happenin' new kid on da block. Imma tell awll yoo dawgs wassgoingawn in da hood, ya know, dawgs?

EDIT: Sorry for this, Steve.

[Jimbuna]

Wassup dawgs? I'm da hip an' happenin' new kid on da block. Imma tell awll yoo dawgs wassgoingawn in da hood, ya know, dawgs?

EDIT: Sorry for this, Steve.

You may well be....you weren't even born in the era :hmm2:

[Madox58]

And that ain't '80s slang anyways Bro!

[Cybermat47]

And that ain't '80s slang anyways Bro!

I dun care dawg! It gets mah artistical side a-movin, and Stevey boy is 'ardly controlling 'imself from a-pressing his littl buttahn, and imprisoning me in da breeg, ya anderstand bwah?

[Stealhead]

I dun care dawg! It gets mah artistical side a-movin, and Stevey boy is 'ardly controlling 'imself from a-pressing his littl buttahn, and imprisoning me in da breeg, ya anderstand bwah?

A native Hawaiian would say that getting your artistic side flowing was poho brah.

Your slang sounds like a love child between Peter Tosh and a gang banger something that would never happen.

[Madox58]

Last Guy that called me 'Dawg' had to spend a few hours in an emergency room.

Same with the last Guy that called me Uncle Si!
(that got me kicked out of a Buffalo Wild Wings)

Dawg and all that type slang can be unhealthy depending on where you live.

Call me Dawg to my face?
I WILL bite you!
It's an insult to many.

[Madox58]

Bugga!!.................Can't I be even left alone to 'lie' in piece? :nope:



http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img144/3336/tonguecm5.gif
Coppers ain't spose to lie!
:D

(Disregard that if you live in Crawford County, Ohio!)

[Stealhead]

Last Guy that called me 'Dawg' had to spend a few hours in an emergency room.

Same with the last Guy that called me Uncle Si!
(that got me kicked out of a Buffalo Wild Wings)

Dawg and all that type slang can be unhealthy depending on where you live.

Call me Dawg to my face?
I WILL bite you!
It's an insult to many.

I feel you call me "dawg,dog" or dude and I don't like it from a stranger in particular.Now if I know someone personally I don't mind being called bro or something of the like brah is what a native Hawaiian says in place of bro I learned that from Hawaiian friends in military.I have a friend that calls his good friends "dot".

Uncle Si huh?

[Madox58]

I don't even allow close friends to call me Dawg or however you want to spell it.
Every since that term hit the streets I've hated it.
I'll do time in jail for assault just to stand my ground on that bullcrap!

I ain't a dawg, dog, mutt, nor Uncle Si!
Insult me? I'll give one warning!
Do it again?
It's clobering time!

[Stealhead]

I don't even allow close friends to call me Dawg or however you want to spell it.
Every since that term hit the streets I've hated it.
I'll do time in jail for assault just to stand my ground on that bullcrap!

I ain't a dawg, dog, mutt, nor Uncle Si!
Insult me? I'll give one warning!
Do it again?
It's clobering time!


I have never read Uncle Si before so I assume that this is something that people direct at you personally for some reason.

I know a man a former Airborne Ranger his birth name was Floyd he hated this name and had it legally changed when he was eighteen to Rock(this was years before the wrestler "The Rock" was around).He really disliked being called Floyd if you called him this he would chase you down and either put you in a sleeper hold or a reverse armbar depending on his mood.He claimed that is fellow Rangers would call him "pretty boy Floyd" to get him worked up during exercises and they also did this during combat in Panama back in 1989 it worked pretty well apparently.Rock is pretty feared I have seen him get total strangers to stop fighting merely by speaking in normal voice to them some how they can just sense not mess with him and he is not a cop.

[Madox58]

Uncle Si is from the Duck Commander stuff on TV.
:nope:

It hits me all wrong for reasons I won't go into.
Call me alot of things and I can hang.
Call me something I told you not to?
It's not going to be good in the long run.

[Dowly]

I was born in mid 80's so.. uh.. "Daddy"? :hmmm:

[Stealhead]

Uncle Si is from the Duck Commander stuff on TV.
:nope:

It hits me all wrong for reasons I won't go into.
Call me alot of things and I can hang.
Call me something I told you not to?
It's not going to be good in the long run.

You know you could visit the "Ask Sailor Steve" thread I am sure he might have some good advice.

[Madox58]

@ Dowly
What chu talkin' about Willis?
:hmmm:

@ Stealhead,
I'd rather waste time drinking.
It all comes out the same.

[Dowly]

@ Dowly
What chu talkin' about Willis?
:hmmm:

I dont know, I'm inte.. intoc.. into.. I'm drunk, ok?! :stare:

[Madox58]

I dont know, I'm inte.. intoc.. into.. I'm drunk, ok?! :stare:

Hey!! I'm with you on the drunk part Mate!
:rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

I dont know, I'm inte.. intoc.. into.. I'm drunk, ok?! :stare:

Just what is your liver going to say in the morning? :hmmm:

[Madox58]

Just what is your liver going to say in the morning? :hmmm:
I don't know about the Ferret.
But if my liver talks to me?
I'll be scared for life!
:haha:

[Takeda Shingen]

Methinks we'll need to get Dowly and Privateer some morning after stationary.

http://babysimpson.co.uk/info/stationary/babf14.jpg

[Madox58]

Methinks we'll need to get Dowly and Privateer some morning after stationary.


:up:

I'm still investigateing Neal and the Triumph photo!
You Guys can't buy me off with a fancy new note book.

[Dowly]

Just what is your liver going to say in the morning? :hmmm:

Havent met it yet. Postpone the "next morning" and you're good.
Stupid thing running ahead...

[Red October1984]

80s Slang? Come on Neal. You're better than this....

Listen to the Beastie Boys. :up:

[Takeda Shingen]

:up:

I'm still investigateing Neal and the Triumph photo!
You Guys can't buy me off with a fancy new note book.

:haha:

[August]

The words, "gnarly," and "rad," jump out at me for some reason - "grody to the max," as well.

Could always throw in the, "where's the beef," thing too.

Exactly, surfer talk was big in the '80s.

Neal check out this website:
http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-slang.html
Like, Ok. So, this is like a study in 80s slang. I mean, like, the way people talked in the 80s – like, the phrases they used. Ya know? It all started in Cali – I mean, doesn’t everything? In the Valley – the San Fernando Valley, where, like the girls talked a certain way, ya know? Valley Girls

[Madox58]

Havent met it yet.
It's that big ugly thing in the john the next day.
The one you use a long spoon to push back where it belongs!
:har:

[Madox58]

Exactly, surfer talk was big in the '80s.



The '80s slang was mostly Surfer or Valley Girl talk.
Most never made it out of that area in real street talk.
(Thank God or whoever you belive in)
Most of the slang came from the '60 - '70 era for where I lived.
The people I ran with would actually gag me with a Spoon if I used that phrase!

[Stealhead]

His liver is in great shape.
http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q527/datsun260zyojimbo/drunk_sK_zps5fbe489e.jpg

[Madox58]

:har:

[GT182]

I'm not really up on the slang from that era. For me it was the '60s.

Steve, as I remember we didn't really have all that much slang in the 60s. Nothing like today's nasty slang, which is totally F'd up. At least the music back them was great, but it's been on one big downhill slide side the mid '90s.

[Madox58]

Seems to me most of the 'slang' talked today on the streets comes from the Ghettos or Urban wastelands.

I can't figure out why an upper-class kid with all the advantages would dress and talk that garbage.

But they think it's cool.
I told a new Guy that wanted to work for me to use a belt since he was always pulling up his pants.
That 'hurt' his feelings so I sent him on his way as a safety issue he was not willing to comply with.
(Back to the safety of welfare)

[AVGWarhawk]

Yo!

[Red October1984]

The way some people talk these days...haha.

Ay YO! My N*&$#@! WAZZUP! Check this $&U#* out $*U&@*#.

:har:

[Cybermat47]

You may well be....you weren't even born in the era :hmm2:

Dat dun stoppin me from rollin out mah trix, eh bwah?

Steve, CALM DOWN!

[Red October1984]

Dat dun stoppin me from rollin out mah trix, eh bwah?

Steve, CALM DOWN!

Whoa whoa whoa my #*^#@*

Calm yo %&*#!

RAP BATTLE TIME %*#^*! #*@#(%#@(#*&%@#*$^*!@^T*#^(@&#$@*!^%*#(#&#@^#*%^#@($&@#(*%&#*^#@(%73(%&#^%#(@^#*@%&#(*$&#(*%&@*^*#$(%&@(*&(*#&@(#%@^%&#@^%#@&%(#@&$(*&#@^#$(@$)(@!*%#@)(^*#%

^^^That right there is what makes rappers so much money.

[Cybermat47]

Whoa whoa whoa my #*^#@*

Calm yo %&*#!

RAP BATTLE TIME %*#^*! #*@#(%#@(#*&%@#*$^*!@^T*#^(@&#$@*!^%*#(#&#@^#*%^#@($&@#(*%&#*^#@(%73(%&#^%#(@^#*@%&#(*$&#(*%&@*^*#$(%&@(*&(*#&@(#%@^%&#@^%#@&%(#@&$(*&#@^#$(@$)(@!*%#@)(^*#%

^^^That right there is what makes rappers so much money.

No it £*%\}]€ isn't! I [££>\££\ love rappers, if you <*>#~£€ say one #>?~ thing about %<,>^*!£ rappers, I'll >£%£** {},?>£ %£!^^^!

[Madox58]

You both know that stuff is against the rules here right?
Don't make me call Steve!
(Uh, Oh! He already saw this!)
:o

[Red October1984]

No it £*%\}]€ isn't! I [££>\££\ love rappers, if you <*>#~£€ say one #>?~ thing about %<,>^*!£ rappers, I'll >£%£** {},?>£ %£!^^^!

AWWWWWWW HELLL NAWWWWW!

Get a load of this #(#%@& guys! Fo shizzle my %*#$@*&.

@privateer :D Haha. It's rich Urban American culture...Think of it as a learning experience.

[Sailor Steve]

Well, here's the thing...

The rules are concerned with inappropriate language. The difference is that substituting something for one letter leaves the meaning obvious, so it's exactly the same as not doing it at all. Creating whole fake words with 'cartoon swearing' is perfectly acceptable in the daily newspaper, and as long as it's impossible to tell what was actually meant the intent becomes humorous. "*#)#&@!&#$" is the same as saying "Well, I meant something bad but no one knows what it actually was", which kind of makes it alright.

If I say "Privateer is a *#&@^&#@!", no one has any idea what was actually meant. It's the same as McBee using "Smurfing" as a pseudo-swear word.

[Madox58]

HEY! HEY! HEY!
:stare:
Why am I your example boy swear thingy fall guy dude?

What? Jim to high and mighty now days?
What about that fancylightninjasamuri whatshis name moderator?

Vendor! What about him???

[Gerald]

^Can I help you sir? :D

[Sailor Steve]

HEY! HEY! HEY!
:stare:
Why am I your example boy swear thingy fall guy dude?
You have a reputation to uphold. So do I. I'm only trying to help. :D

What? Jim to high and mighty now days?
I may get to talk to Jim on Skype tomorrow. I don't want to get an earful.

What about that fancylightninjasamuri whatshis name moderator?
He's above me on the totem pole. I have him sitting on my head all day long. Do you have any idea what that's like?

Vendor! What about him???
He's too far away. Besides, he might not get all the jokes.

Maybe if you could convince Frau Kaleun to come back and talk to me I'd cut you a break. :sunny:

[Madox58]

OK. Vendor was a grasp at straws. I'll cop to that rap.
(HEY! '80's slang! does that help my case?)

I didn't really need the bushmoderatorbush sitting on head visuals!
:/\\!!
I'll not sleep for weeks now.
:nope:

Um... I forget the rest.
BUT!!

I object in the strongest terms!
(Or is that turms?)

[Stealhead]

So if @#%$& is used will they be judged for proper grammar or are $&*#@ excused? How will one know if the @#^&% is being used properly what is it a noun or an adjective?

If so either way @#@^*$#%$*!!

[Red October1984]

Maybe if you could convince Frau Kaleun to come back and talk to me I'd cut you a break. :sunny:

Where has she been? The one female human on earth that loves submarines is gone....


@Cybermat.....

*&^*%&^%*&(^*)(&(^*&$^$#$#%@^#&%*^%(&*^)(*&!


*My posse*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!!


:rotfl2:

[Red October1984]

So if @#%$& is used will they be judged for proper grammar or are $&*#@ excused? How will one know if the @#^&% is being used properly what is it a noun or an adjective?

If so either way @#@^*$#%$*!!

Sounds like a Steve question to me... :hmmm:

[Stealhead]

*&^*%&^%*&(^*)(&(^*&$^$#$#%@^#&%*^%(&*^)(*&!


:


Bet that is the launch all missiles code for that "Nuclear football" that is always with the President.

[Red October1984]

Bet that is the launch all missiles code for that "Nuclear football" that is always with the President.

No. It's a special One-Time-Pad Encryption Key that decodes a specific set of numbers in the HTML code of the google search page (of specific settings) that comes up when you search "Well hello there mister smith".

The decoded text then points to the location of an Enigma Coded message that uses a different Codebook (adds, subtracts, and multiplies numbers with the days in the codebook so that you get consecutive integers that correspond with different days of the year) than the historical one. That decoded message says that only Neal can view the launch codes because they are in the coding of a certain subsim download page...Go ask him if you want the "Code" ( :haha: )


(How's that for imagination?) :D

[Mork_417]

Methinks we'll need to get Dowly and Privateer some morning after stationary.

http://babysimpson.co.uk/info/stationary/babf14.jpg

:har: It's been awhile since I've used one of those.

[Sailor Steve]

I didn't really need the bushmoderatorbush sitting on head visuals!
:/\\!!
I'll not sleep for weeks now.
Says the boy in the codpiece. :dead: