D*ckhead
Dorkface
Geekburger
Grody
(Totally) Awesome
Stoked
Trippy/Trippendicular
Gnarly
Dude
Tubular

Durr/Durr Freddy
Spack
Bogan
Chigger
Rad
Spunkrat
Chuck a regie
Chuck a spaz
Spazzo
Doofus
Goofus

the word "Like"
It was used in everyother sentence,and now it's used after every other word.

Neomaxiezoomdweebie

the word "Like"
It was used in everyother sentence,and now it's used after every other word.


I use "Like" all the time!  ;D

I use "Like" all the time!  ;D


Like, so do I! :D

Like, Oh My God!

For sure, for sure!

Like grody to the max! And gag me with a spoon!    ;D

I can hear that song Valley Girl in my head now. ;D

Sorry Girl, I like, didnt mean to , you know? LOL

Sorry Girl, I like, didnt mean to , you know? LOL


Too late, here's the lyrics! ;D

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
In a clothing store
Okay, fine...
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
In a clothing store

Like, OH MY GOD! (Valley Girl)
Like - TOTALLY (Valley Girl)
Encino is like SO BITCHEN (Valley Girl)
There's like the Galleria (Valley Girl)
And like all these like really great shoe stores
I love going into like clothing stores and stuff
I like buy the neatest mini-skirts and stuff
It s like so BITCHEN cuz like everybody's like
Super-super nice
It's like so BITCHEN

On Ventura, there she goes
She just bought some bitchen clothes
Tosses her head 'n flips her hair
She got a whole bunch of nothin in there

Anyway, he goes are you into S and M?
I go, oh RIGHT .
Could you like just picture me in like a
LEATHER TEDDY
Yeah right, HURT ME, HURT ME...
I'm sure! NO WAY!
He was like freaklng me out...
He called me a BEASTIE...
That's cuz like he was totally BLITZED
He goes like BAG YOUR FACE!
I'm sure!

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine...
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
So sweet 'n pure
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
So sweet 'n pure
It's really sad (Valley Girl)
Like my English teacher
He's like (Valley Girl)
He's like Mr. BU-FU (Valley Girl)
We're talking Lord God King BU-FU (Valley Girl)
I am SO SURE
He's like so GROSS

He like sits there and like plays with all his rings
And he like flirts with all the guys in the class
It's like totally disgusting
I'm like so sure It's like BARF ME OUT...
Gag me with a spoon!

Last idea to cross her mind
Had something to do with where to find
A pair of jeans to fit her butt
And where to get her toenails cut

So like I go into this like salon place, y'know
And I wanted like to get my toenails done
And the lady like goes, oh my God, your toenails
Are like so GRODY
It was like really embarassing
She's like OH MY GOD, like BAG THOSE TOENAILS
I'm like sure...
She goes, uh, I don't know if I can handle this,
y'know...
I was like really embarassed.. .

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
And there is no cure
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
And there is no cure

Like my mother is like a total space cadet (Valley Girl)
She like makes me do the dishes and (Valley Girl)
CLEAN the cat box (Valley Girl)
I am sure
That's like GROSS (Valley Girl)
BARF OUT! (Valley Girl)
OH MY GOD (Valley Girl

Hi!
Uh-huh (Valley Girl)
My name?
My name is Ondrya Wolfson (Valley Girl)
Uh -huh
That's right, Ondrya (Valley Girl)
Uh -huh...
I know (Valley Girl)
It's like...
I do not talk funny...
I'm sure (Valley Girl)
Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)
I am a VAL, I know
But I live in like in a really good part of Encino so
it's okay (Valley Girl)
So like, I don't know
I'm like freaking out totally
Oh my God!

Hi - I have to go to the orthodontist
I'm getting my braces off, y'know
But I have to wear a retainer
That's going to be really like a total bummer
I'm freaking out
I'm SURE
Like those things that like stick in your mouth
They're so gross...
You like get saliva all over them
But like, I don't know, it's going to be cool, y'know
So you can see my smile
It'll be like really cool
Except my like my teeth are like too small
But NO BIGGIE...
It's so AWESOME
It's like TUBULAR, y'know
Well, I'm not like really ugly or anything
It's just like
I don't know
You know me, I'm like into like the clean stuff
Like PAC-MAN and like, I don't know
Like my mother like makes me do the dishes
It's like so GROSS. . .
Like all the stuff like sticks to the plates
And its like, it's like somebody elses food, y'know
It's like GRODY...
GRODY TO THE MAX
I'm sure
It's like really nauseating
Like BARF OUT
GAG ME WITH A SPOON
GROSS
I am SURE
TOTALLY...

Holy Moly! Like, are there enough words? LOL
excellent!

Too late, here's the lyrics! ;D

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
In a clothing store
Okay, fine...
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
In a clothing store

Like, OH MY GOD! (Valley Girl)
Like - TOTALLY (Valley Girl)
Encino is like SO BITCHEN (Valley Girl)
There's like the Galleria (Valley Girl)
And like all these like really great shoe stores
I love going into like clothing stores and stuff
I like buy the neatest mini-skirts and stuff
It s like so BITCHEN cuz like everybody's like
Super-super nice
It's like so BITCHEN

On Ventura, there she goes
She just bought some bitchen clothes
Tosses her head 'n flips her hair
She got a whole bunch of nothin in there

Anyway, he goes are you into S and M?
I go, oh RIGHT .
Could you like just picture me in like a
LEATHER TEDDY
Yeah right, HURT ME, HURT ME...
I'm sure! NO WAY!
He was like freaklng me out...
He called me a BEASTIE...
That's cuz like he was totally BLITZED
He goes like BAG YOUR FACE!
I'm sure!

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine...
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
So sweet 'n pure
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
So sweet 'n pure
It's really sad (Valley Girl)
Like my English teacher
He's like (Valley Girl)
He's like Mr. BU-FU (Valley Girl)
We're talking Lord God King BU-FU (Valley Girl)
I am SO SURE
He's like so GROSS

He like sits there and like plays with all his rings
And he like flirts with all the guys in the class
It's like totally disgusting
I'm like so sure It's like BARF ME OUT...
Gag me with a spoon!

Last idea to cross her mind
Had something to do with where to find
A pair of jeans to fit her butt
And where to get her toenails cut

So like I go into this like salon place, y'know
And I wanted like to get my toenails done
And the lady like goes, oh my God, your toenails
Are like so GRODY
It was like really embarassing
She's like OH MY GOD, like BAG THOSE TOENAILS
I'm like sure...
She goes, uh, I don't know if I can handle this,
y'know...
I was like really embarassed.. .

Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Valley Girl
She's a Valley Girl
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
And there is no cure
Okay, fine
Fer sure, fer sure
She's a Valley Girl
And there is no cure

Like my mother is like a total space cadet (Valley Girl)
She like makes me do the dishes and (Valley Girl)
CLEAN the cat box (Valley Girl)
I am sure
That's like GROSS (Valley Girl)
BARF OUT! (Valley Girl)
OH MY GOD (Valley Girl

Hi!
Uh-huh (Valley Girl)
My name?
My name is Ondrya Wolfson (Valley Girl)
Uh -huh
That's right, Ondrya (Valley Girl)
Uh -huh...
I know (Valley Girl)
It's like...
I do not talk funny...
I'm sure (Valley Girl)
Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)
I am a VAL, I know
But I live in like in a really good part of Encino so
it's okay (Valley Girl)
So like, I don't know
I'm like freaking out totally
Oh my God!

Hi - I have to go to the orthodontist
I'm getting my braces off, y'know
But I have to wear a retainer
That's going to be really like a total bummer
I'm freaking out
I'm SURE
Like those things that like stick in your mouth
They're so gross...
You like get saliva all over them
But like, I don't know, it's going to be cool, y'know
So you can see my smile
It'll be like really cool
Except my like my teeth are like too small
But NO BIGGIE...
It's so AWESOME
It's like TUBULAR, y'know
Well, I'm not like really ugly or anything
It's just like
I don't know
You know me, I'm like into like the clean stuff
Like PAC-MAN and like, I don't know
Like my mother like makes me do the dishes
It's like so GROSS. . .
Like all the stuff like sticks to the plates
And its like, it's like somebody elses food, y'know
It's like GRODY...
GRODY TO THE MAX
I'm sure
It's like really nauseating
Like BARF OUT
GAG ME WITH A SPOON
GROSS
I am SURE
TOTALLY...



That song's embarrassing!  ;D  Also edgy for 1981.

-FHF  ;D

That song's embarrassing!  ;D  Also edgy for 1981.

-FHF  ;D


Didn't seem edgy at the time, but then again I was eight.  I'm sure nothing was edgy to me at that age.

Nothing seemed too edgy to us at that age!!  ;)  ;D

I tend to use the word "like" before a quotation. Eg:
She was like, "Who?"
And I'm like, "What do you mean, who?"
C-RAZY! ;D

"Totally"
"Spazz"

both great words I used everyday.

oh and, "No way!"

Sweet, this thread is like totally wicked!!  ;D

1: Dude, this is like amazing man...like you know when your goin' totally tublar...

2: yeah man...Wicked!

1:hmmmm...nah...Awesome!!!

2:..sweet!

1:...Bodacious!

1 & 2:...hmmm....EXCELLENT!!!!! YEAH!!!!

1: Dude, this is like amazing man...like you know when your goin' totally tublar...

2: yeah man...Wicked!

1:hmmmm...nah...Awesome!!!

2:..sweet!

1:...Bodacious!

1 & 2:...hmmm....EXCELLENT!!!!! YEAH!!!!


Is "sweet" 80s?  I thought it was more early 90sish.

1: Dude, this is like amazing man...like you know when your goin' totally tublar...

2: yeah man...Wicked!

1:hmmmm...nah...Awesome!!!

2:..sweet!

1:...Bodacious!

1 & 2:...hmmm....EXCELLENT!!!!! YEAH!!!!


Glad to see somebody mentioned "Awesome". I think it became popular around early 1983. Anyone know if there was a television show, commercial or movie that originally got it started ??

Glad to see somebody mentioned "Awesome". I think it became popular around early 1983. Anyone know if there was a television show, commercial or movie that originally got it started ??







Haven't seen it but Fast Times at Ridgemont High has a lot of the surfer Gen X slang from what I've heard.  I still say "Awesome" casually to this day, my brother says its still fine to say in moderation.  Why it always seen as such an 80s thing?  I guess people started saying it a lot then.

-FHF  ;)

Haven't seen it but Fast Times at Ridgemont High has a lot of the surfer Gen X slang from what I've heard.  I still say "Awesome" casually to this day, my brother says its still fine to say in moderation.  Why it always seen as such an 80s thing?  I guess people started saying it a lot then.

-FHF  ;)


The overuse of "awesome" got so bad that people stopped using it in normal conversation and writing. It's no longer part of my vocabulary and not a word I would ever use in writing (either for business or pleasure).

The overuse of "awesome" got so bad that people stopped using it in normal conversation and writing. It's no longer part of my vocabulary and not a word I would ever use in writing (either for business or pleasure).




Do you know some people who use it?  Or is my knowledge of society truly pathetic??  ;)

-FHF  ;D

What about the adding of suffixes like "-ski" and "-ster" to the end of names?

Do you know some people who use it?  Or is my knowledge of society truly pathetic??  ;)

-FHF  ;D


i always use it...im no surfer dude...i always use Awesome and Bodacious

When people say something is "tight" now, it means it's great.

Didn't it mean "cruel" in the early to mid 80's?

And remember when people would say "Scratch that neck"

and "I'm so sure"

   Bitchin'

   And to add to zcrito's suffixes "-meister"...

  If it's agreeable to me that'll work... said I...
  Also, big-time...

It might of just been Heavy Metal slang but when something surprised us we would say... no way!!! F*ck Me, Jesus!!!

I thought it was F*ck me gently!

Not sure if this came from the 80s but I used to hear people say

f*ck a duck,

f*ck a duck
;D ;D I remember Plucka Duck on Hey Hey It's Saturday. The theme song had just been played (Plucka duck, Plucka duck! Not a chicken or a cow...) and Wilbur Wilde made some smartass comment and Daryl Summers says to him, "Wilbur, why don't you just go and..." He didn't need to say another word!
How about the expression, 'Sh** A Brick!"

I'm sure we all remember broomhead and narbo from Degrassi Junior High. When Snake and Joey came to my University, they talked about who lame they thought those terms were that the writers had actually come up with.

   Chillin', Chill-out or just Chill...

  Take a chill pill...

This is a great thread! (Although not in every other word or anything), I do find myself using alot of the afforementioned words. I think "dude" and the like will pretty much be around forever, though.

Just as an interesting sidenote, Pauly Shore -- one of my favorite actors of the early 90's -- always used alot of surfer-dude slang that had a very "80's" feel to it - even though he was big from about 1991-96, it kinda carried over.

When people say something is "tight" now, it means it's great.

Didn't it mean "cruel" in the early to mid 80's?

And remember when people would say "Scratch that neck"

and "I'm so sure"
Actually I think 'tight' was a shortening of 'uptight', but a girl might have used it complementarily to describe a guy's butt.
I don't think that was ever me, though  >:(.

I remember 'Sure', but not 'Scratch'.

BTW Marty, great choice of screenname!

Your friend in time,
Doc
8)

Like, fur shur, totally, like, you know. Like, totally awesome, dude.






Cat

Actually I think 'tight' was a shortening of 'uptight', but a girl might have used it complementarily to describe a guy's butt.
I don't think that was ever me, though  >:(.

I remember 'Sure', but not 'Scratch'.

BTW Marty, great choice of screenname!

Your friend in time,
Doc
8)


   My friends and I were using the term tight in the 70's...same word, different meaning I s'pose...

   Dunno about guys' butts, but the meaning in the 70's was something "not good'.  Probably came from "tightwad" meaning a miserly person.

   A situation in which one asked their parent's permission to do something/go somewhere and the answer was no called for a, that's tight or your tight...

   So, nope..."tight" has origins in the 70's...or perhaps earlier...

This is a great thread! (Although not in every other word or anything), I do find myself using alot of the afforementioned words. I think "dude" and the like will pretty much be around forever, though.

Just as an interesting sidenote, Pauly Shore -- one of my favorite actors of the early 90's -- always used alot of surfer-dude slang that had a very "80's" feel to it - even though he was big from about 1991-96, it kinda carried over.




Well to my knowledge the Surfer/Valley Girl accents are still around, they're just local South Cal tongues again.  Ever seen "Orange County" (2002)?  Very eighties style movie except for the music and such.

I still say awesome, dude, and cool beans.  My daughters been trying to teach me the new slang and when I think I've got it, then she tells me that's out dated mom. Go figure. :D

Like, was "radical" 80's?  ???

In the late 80s, there were people at my high school that said "oh, hi!"; used in the context of "whatever!".

The use of the word "lame" to mean boring or uncool. Haven't heard that one for a while!

Do you know some people who use it?  Or is my knowledge of society truly pathetic??  ;)

-FHF  ;D


I use awesome on a nearly daily basis. both in writing and speech. It's fuggin sweet.  8)

EDIT - The following refers to Frank Zappa's hit "Valley Girl."


That song's embarrassing! ;D Also edgy for 1981.


LOL, it always seemed alot more 1983-85-ish to me (in fact, I thought it actually came out in '83 - it was ahead of its time! Heck, I wonder if it might've even had a slight influence on mid 80's slang?).

Don't forget Sike! or Psyche..  I don't know how it's spelled!  "Sike, your momma drives a mini-bike!!"

My friend Emma and I have been trying to revive the word 'Rad' for a while!

Yo

I don't think this word will ever die

So, like anyway, like, I was at the mall okay, and like  . . . well like you know . . . I think I barfed on him, it was so groody, I like almost died.  Like, I miss the days when I could get away with using that as a like "filler word" ;D

So, like anyway, like, I was at the mall okay, and like  . . . well like you know . . . I think I barfed on him, it was so groody, I like almost died.   Like, I miss the days when I could get away with using that as a like "filler word" ;D


"Grody to the Max"  was popular here...

Radical.
Awes.
Hooptie.
Scratch your dirty neck.
Raspy.
Killer.
Chill.

bumping :)