Okay, now I just want to point out some of the slang words and phrases that came out of the 1990s. 

"sweet"- big early '90s word

"mega"-which I was amazed to hear after so long from my girlfriend in 1999

"it's all good"- started in 1994 and just can't seem to fade out

"the sh*t"- old pimp term

"da bomb"- actually used to describe marijuana in the negative term, from the old Dragnet movies

"phat"- also can stand for: Pretty Hot And Tempting...I love Chris Tucker... ;D

"word is bond"- eastcoast saying I used to hear a lot

"livin' large"

"kickin' it"

"dogg" or "dawg"- I still laugh when I hear kids today say this

There's many more, but I'm so strained right now, so if anyone has anymore they'd like to throw into the mix, go ahead.  I'm curious as to what "you" used to say "back in da day"- another term... ;D

Peace out "doggz"
8)

- chill
- wicked (carry over from late 80's)'
- and so goes the stuff i posted for 80's Slang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle slang) i.e. radical, awesome, bodacious, ect.
- RAD (short form)

"Clownin"    ;D

I first heard the expression "my bad" when I was in my sophomore year of high school (1995-96). :-\\

We always used to say NOT after everything, not. ;D

how about all the waynes world slangs: "way!", "schwing!", i cant remember others..

also "psych" was really popular, went along with the "not" usings.

We always used to say NOT after everything, not. ;D

Oh, I remember that catchphrase so well! I believe it was 1992 or so when I heard lots of people using it; I even said it myself lots of times. :D

Bosh- meaning good, or to eat something;
Garys or Micks- Gary Abbletts (tablets), Mick Mills (pills);
Sorted- self explanatory;
Rave- outdoor illegal party;
Cushty- OK;
I'm sure there's more, I'll post them when I get time...

it's really an expression but "Take a chill pill!"

Here's a couple more I thought of:

"Audi 5000"- 1991 term that means: "I'm out".  It's a car, and I guess it goes really fast.  ;D

"skills" or "skillz"- around 1992-93 to mean, someone's got knowlege, charisma, etc...

"flava"

"izz"--actually it started in 1980-81(when I was 2 and 3). It's kind of like pig latin.  It's when you take a word, such as "house" and you put the "izz" after the "h" and before the "o"...hence you have "h-izz-ouse".  There's an old song from 1981 by Frank Smith called The Double Dutch Bus that uses plenty of the "izz".  In 1992, Snoop Dogg used a lot of it in Dr. Dre's The Chronic.  It's still popular today.  Tr-izz-y it and impress your fr-izz-iends.  :)

"step off"--means go away, or f**k off

"playa"- I need not explain what most of us already know about this term... >:(
"

"cheese"- money

"bunk" and "whack"- something stupid, or dumb

There's a few more for your laughing pleasure....some of them are urban slang, so forgive me.  8)

I remember a lot of those.  :)

miss thing
represent
reca'nize
you go girl
cheese as adjective, like cheese play
using yo at the end of a sentence
sketch/y
bag, as in "he said he would go, but at last minute he totally bagged"
flaked
flannel, used in disgust, as in "look at all these freakin flannels, you said this party was goin to be cool"

70s-"decent"
      "cool"
      "Tighten up!"
      "What's happ'nen'?!"

80s-"cool beans"
      "Bustin' out"
      "Chuck"
      "suck face"
     
90s-"Show me the Money"
      "The Big Bad"
      "Don't Scully me."
       "Butt munch"
      "Panty waste"     

   let's not forget juice  

;D LOL----I got a couple more:

"baby boo"--used in the 70s, but brought back in the 90s

"all that"

"all that and a bag of chips"--  ;D

"bangin'"

"what's the 4-1-1"

"bunghole" or "bungholio"

"happy happy joy joy"

And also you forgot "as if" and "whatever" (from Clueless), and "whoah"(from Joey in Blossom). And from another Joey, "how you doing".

I'm not sure if this is from the 90's or the late 80's

"Top Banana"

Does anyone know where it came from?

"SAY WHAT??"

I'm not sure if this is from the 90's or the late 80's

"Top Banana"

Does anyone know where it came from?


Not a clue, karen...but I do remember some crummy kids show (on at the weekends at some unearthly hour) having this title - I'd hazard a guess and say it was the 90's...

Didn't 'Good Call' (meaning good idea, sound opinion...) make an entrance during this decade? I used to (and still do!) hate that phrase...

"As If!?"

knockin boots

"fine then, be like that!"

Okay, now I just want to point out some of the slang words and phrases that came out of the 1990s. 

"sweet"- big early '90s word

"mega"-which I was amazed to hear after so long from my girlfriend in 1999

"it's all good"- started in 1994 and just can't seem to fade out

"the sh*t"- old pimp term

"da bomb"- actually used to describe marijuana in the negative term, from the old Dragnet movies

"phat"- also can stand for: Pretty Hot And Tempting...I love Chris Tucker... ;D

"word is bond"- eastcoast saying I used to hear a lot

"livin' large"

"kickin' it"

"dogg" or "dawg"- I still laugh when I hear kids today say this

There's many more, but I'm so strained right now, so if anyone has anymore they'd like to throw into the mix, go ahead.  I'm curious as to what "you" used to say "back in da day"- another term... ;D

Peace out "doggz"
8)



A lot of these slang words were always around in the African-American community. The mainstream, however, got hold of them at this time and ruined them.

Tanya

"going postal" and "disgruntled"

Going Mental

Tanya

Cool beans! 

My husband and I still say it today. 

   A few of the slang words mentioned above such as mega-, bunk, chill and rad were used in the 80s...as a matter fact I used all of those (with the exception of rad) as far back as the early/middle 80s.

that was "da bomb"
thats pimpin

Appologies if someone mentioned these and I didn't spot it... some of these may have been 80s, too -- can't remember when I first heard them, just that I heard them a lot in the 90s.

Throw down  or Throwin' down. 
Calling you out
Step off
Talk trash, trash talk, "he trashed her"  (bad-mouth)
Trashed (drunk, high)
Smack
Work (verb meaning "con")
Ooh, snap!  (kind of like "oooooh BURN!" that I hear a lot, now)
Coolness! 
All that and a bag of chips
Sooo  (Those shoes are sooo last year, I am soooo there  or  She is soooo not invited to my party)
You go, girl!
Don't EVEN!  (Short for "Don't EVEN go there")
Oh no you didn't!  (Short for "Oh no you didn't go there!")

it's really an expression but "Take a chill pill!"


I took a chill pill once. Then I took another. Then another. Next thing you know, I'm in an ambulance being rushed to the hospital, but I'm extremely calm and won't stop humming "Mellow Yellow". Heh.

Nuts man, I miss the 90's  :\'(

One that I find annoying still is 'Lush' and I don't know why it bugs me really.........probably all those squeally little girlies cooing over some bloke being totally 'lush'

Appologies if someone mentioned these and I didn't spot it... some of these may have been 80s, too -- can't remember when I first heard them, just that I heard them a lot in the 90s.

Throw down  or Throwin' down. 
Calling you out
Step off
Talk trash, trash talk, "he trashed her"  (bad-mouth)
Trashed (drunk, high)
Smack
Work (verb meaning "con")
Ooh, snap!  (kind of like "oooooh BURN!" that I hear a lot, now)
Coolness! 
All that and a bag of chips
Sooo  (Those shoes are sooo last year, I am soooo there  or  She is soooo not invited to my party)
You go, girl!
Don't EVEN!  (Short for "Don't EVEN go there")
Oh no you didn't!  (Short for "Oh no you didn't go there!")



Yeah, a lot of these were recycled by mainstream America. Otherwise, they were always around in my neighborhood.

What about "trippin'"? I'm sure that term's been around a while. I've always wondered what it really means. :-\\ ::)

My favorite is "Talk To The Hand!"  ::)  I also like "Eat My Shorts!" as well  ::)  ;D

I also like "Eat My Shorts!" as well  ::)  ;D

That was one of Bart Simpson's catchphrases in the Simpsons' early years. He'd also say things like:
"Cool your jets, man."
"Don't have a cow, man."
...among others.

That was one of Bart Simpson's catchphrases in the Simpsons' early years. He'd also say things like:
"Cool your jets, man."
"Don't have a cow, man."
...among others.


and "Ay Crumba!" and "I'm Bart Simpson, who the hell are you?" as well.

Two big catchphrases that Steve Urkel popularized in the early 90's:

"Did I do that?"

"I've fallen, and I can't get up."

"I've fallen, and I can't get up!"


I seem to recall that that was from a commercial. An old lady, who was lying on the floor, shouted that.

I seem to recall that that was from a commercial. An old lady, who was lying on the floor, shouted that.



that commercial was where she fell and pressed a button and the ambulance was contacted right away.



Howard

that commercial was where she fell and pressed a button and the ambulance was contacted right away.



I figured it was something of that nature.

I don't recall Steve Urkel ever saying it. :-\\

Don't Go there!

Ex-squeeze me?

What're you smokin'?

D'OH!

And certain words that describe an individual, being used to negatively describe someone/thing:  Jewish, Amish, gay.  Those were common for a while when I was in high school(gay still is :( )

What about "trippin'"? I'm sure that term's been around a while. I've always wondered what it really means. :-\\ ::)

Trippin is when you are high

I figured it was something of that nature.

I don't recall Steve Urkel ever saying it. :-\\



He always said "Did I Do That"? ;D




Howard

What about....

"Like, whatever...."
"Hasta la vista, baby."

He always said "Did I Do That"? ;D



I know. And "No sweat, my pet" when talking to Laura.

Trippin is when you are high


You don't have to be high to be trippin'. It just means acting crazy (e.g. not behaving right)

Tanya

There was also 'homeboys' or 'homeys' or 'fly girls' from In Living Color.

Damon Wayans as Homey the Clown always used to say, "Homey don't play dat", before hitting someone over the head with a sock. ;D

There was also 'homeboys' or 'homeys' or 'fly girls' from In Living Color.

Damon Wayans as Homey the Clown always used to say, "Homey don't play dat", before hitting someone over the head with a sock. ;D


My favorite clown next to Krusty, is Homey!!!  ;D  Lest favorite..... the clown from IT. He was creepy!  ;D

There was also 'homeboys' or 'homeys' or 'fly girls' from In Living Color.

Damon Wayans as Homey the Clown always used to say, "Homey don't play dat", before hitting someone over the head with a sock. ;D

I remember that...although I never watched the show. I saw promos on TV for the show while watching "The Simpsons"; dat was one of his memorable quotes. ;D

There was also 'homeboys' or 'homeys' or 'fly girls' from In Living Color.

Damon Wayans as Homey the Clown always used to say, "Homey don't play dat", before hitting someone over the head with a sock. ;D



actually,it was a rubber mallet. ;D


Howard

Everyone started to use "oh my god" everywhere.

No one couldget through a whole sentence without using unnecessary "likes". And they like, still can't.

"WHATEVER"

"Way." Like, that was WAY awesome. Or.. "Way?" "Way!"

"Major"

"Yo"

Pauly Shore's version of "Buddy"... something like "Bu-UHHH-dy"

Everything was "retarded."

"Stoked"

"Rockin' the X" replace the X with any noun. Like if I'm eating a pb&j sandwich, I'm "rockin' the PBJ."

"SO"  Like, I so don't even have to explain this one.

I forgot about the term "Barney" until watching Clueless last year.

Jiggy, ( lets get jiggy with it)
thank god that slang word never catched on.... damn that will smith 8)

Everyone started to use "oh my god" everywhere.

No one couldget through a whole sentence without using unnecessary "likes". And they like, still can't.

"WHATEVER"

"Way." Like, that was WAY awesome. Or.. "Way?" "Way!"

"Major"

"Yo"

Pauly Shore's version of "Buddy"... something like "Bu-UHHH-dy"

Everything was "retarded."

"Stoked"

"Rockin' the X" replace the X with any noun. Like if I'm eating a pb&j sandwich, I'm "rockin' the PBJ."

"SO"  Like, I so don't even have to explain this one.




...Pretty accurate '90s slang there. "Sweet" is one of my big memories of a '90s slang word.

whats the "DILLYO" meaning whats up .. or "RIDE ON" you already know what that means..

"In The House"

"Whoop there it is"

Those are a couple of phrases I remember hearing alot..

Does anyone else remember the term "holmes"?  That is one of the few "hip hop" words from the 90s that seems to NOT be in use now(most of them are still around).

"In The House"

"Whoop there it is"

Those are a couple of phrases I remember hearing alot..

Does anyone else remember the term "holmes"?  That is one of the few "hip hop" words from the 90s that seems to NOT be in use now(most of them are still around).
    "homes" you mean yeah alot of spanish people use it i guess .. i still here it  .. "homes" means  friend,brother,pal,man

One I remember the most is talk to the hand, 'cos the face don't wanna hear it no more.  ;D

"dope" - awesome

"ride" - car

"chillax" - chill + relax


I frickin' love the word "stoked" I still use it tons !!!  :)

"boo" - girlfriend? i guess, I never used it but I heard stupid R&B artists use it

stupid def - more 1990ish, but whatever

In 1990, I turned 15 years old. I live in Orlando. Things might be different down here (ya'll ain't a slang word haha) or maybe what was your 80's is my 90's because we got things a little later than others haha.

It's 2006 now and I will try to name things my 11 year old son doesn't say

Here's my list:

Come on, let's dip (get outta here)

flow "I got mad flow" (a lot of money)

word to the mother (that damn vanilla ice)

green / foul (that's bad)

joshin (is that 90's? "Just joshin with you" - joking)

Man, I'm gonna flex (leave)

That girl is boughie (stuck up)

i'm ghost (leave)

Just squash that dumb sh*t (forget about it, leave it alone, truce)

Don't sweat me / don't sweat the technique (jealous, worry about)

get off my tip (outta my face)

stop dippin (ease dropping, butting in)
if you're gonna dip in my kool-aid, know the flavor or stop dippin in my kool aid if you don't know the flavor(something like that)
get out my kool-aid (get out of my business)

my heart don't pump kool-aid (I am not weak)

slow your roll (be careful, slow down)

get out my grill (don't listen to what I'm saying, get out my business)

true that / true dat (it's true I agree)

wile out (showin out) Thanks to Nick Cannon Wildin' Out show now it's coming back

goin postal  (going crazy)

All that and a bag of chips (hate that phrase - I only like the all that haha, might be 80's/early 90's)

Bama (someone who is country "Ala-bama", uncool)

Damn skippy (hate that phrase - you got that right)

word is bond (i give you my promise)

Flawsen (fake, i hated when wannabe's said flossin')

Why you jockin' me? / jock (copy, jealous)

Bite / don't bite my sheesh / don't bite off me (copy)

off the hook
off the chain
off the heasy
off the clock

Oh snap! (wow)

money (as in friend, come on money)

Your girlfriend was going buck wild (crazy)

bail out of class (leave)

peace to the middle east (peace out)

in full effect (to the max)

fitinta (like fixin to but you say fittin ta) I'm fitinta slap your sorry ass

sadidity (spelling?) stuck up, proper "ya ain't gotta be all sadidity bout it"

You got me bent (you are confused about me)

I'm gonna OJ your ass (to stab due to 1994 trial of OJ Simpson, my son was born in 94 and that's ALL that was on haha)

roll out (leave in the car)

word? (are you serious??)

flip (frozen kool aid with some kind of juice on top)
flip lady (like the candy lady you go to her house and buy a flip for 25 cents, usually red, I knew some flip ladies that you could knock on her door late at night, but you had to already know her and you had to buy $1 worth, a lot of drug dealers and munching drug users got them at night) * i recently learned that there is a drink called flip juice with Gin, Mt Dew, Orange Juice & Lemon Juice it's not the same *

Why you frontin? (pretending)

Perpetratin (pretending, faking)

I'm gonna jet (leave)

You got beef with me? (problem with me)
Ya'll need to squash that beef

baser (crackhead)
Jug (crackhead not "jug" like container juhg)

homeskillet (homie, homeboy, friend)

pad - (house, crib, i think it was 60's but it was popular in 90's - it made a comeback)

palayin' "we just palayin at the house" (relax) I wonder if it came from pallet

bounce I'm gonna bounce / let's bounce (leave)
bail on me (not sure if it's 90's but popular - abandon me)

Is poser 80's or 90's? (Wanna be - usually with skateboarders)

posse (I am sure it dates back to outlaws but it was the new crew, circle of friends)

shine "oh now you wanna shine in front of your friends" (show off)

ace boon coon (i seen it on another list online means best friend, i think it's a prison word)

badonkadonk "that girl has a badonkadonk *ss or butt" (from another list - quality and bouncy butt)

BFE "butt f*ckin egypt" (from a redneck 90's list - means far away)
Bumf*ck "he's from bumf*ck minnesota" (I think it means an imaginary place for rednecks, hicks, etc)

gimme some dap (handshake with fists - not called a pound)

road dog (90's? my friend)
roll dog (that's who I roll with)

In written letters we'd say like
I just wanted to D
                        R
                         O
                           P you a line or let's "Drop it" and spell it down

You all up in the kool-aid and don't even know the flavor (Basically whenever someone is being overly nosy)

Haterade (WHAT HATERS BE DRINKIN')

Purple drank/drank (Not grape juice, what poor people drink in substitute)

You feeling crunchy? (When someone feels dumb for something they said)

"nigga" - def: homeboy, friend
ex: "thats my nigga"

posse (I am sure it dates back to outlaws but it was the new crew, circle of friends)


That one goes way further back than that: Public Enemy, Track 5 (Too Much Posse), from "Yo, Bum Rush the Show" in 1987.

word is bond
johnny blaze (i'm more John Blazed than that - Biggie Reference)
yo g
yo gawd
whip - car
cheese, chips, doe, bread - $$$
kicks - sneakers
don't bite off me (copy)
off the hook
off the chain
roll out (leave in the car)
beef

" This is an A & B conversation see (C) your way out!

What about Buster or Busta (meaning an uncool person)?

"Baby got back" ( sir mix a lot seattle set)

Thanks! I needed slang words for my Decade Project, I got the 90's, we have to teach 1 period, this helped a lot... It was something most other kids did not have, so glad I did something different, I got an A on my project and I'm so happy, Thank you!

- Sweet
- Mega
- Playa
- Say what!
- Top Banana (??)
- Schwing
- Cushty
- Da bomb
- Dawg
- Kickin' it
-wicked

Those are from other sites, thought I should add them in. 

What about Buster or Busta (meaning an uncool person)?

A certain rap artist used it for his rap name back then...Busta Rhymes!

    "homes" you mean yeah alot of spanish people use it i guess .. i still here it  .. "homes" means  friend,brother,pal,man

I remember that. At first I wasn't sure if it was "holmes" or "homes"... but "homes" seems like it would make more sense as an alteration for "homey", which means friend/pal/man, like you said.

my boo: meaning girlfriend or boyfriend

I feel like saying that something "rocks" is very 90s...I remember a girl saying it in 2002 and thinking "wow, I haven't heard someone say that in a while".

I immediately thought of the phrase "talk to the hand."

I immediately thought of the phrase "talk to the hand."


"talk to the hand cause the ears won't listen".

"talk to the hand cause the ears won't listen".


Or "talk to the hand because the face don't understand." ^^

Or "talk to the hand because the face don't understand." ^^


Talk to the hand 'cause the hand won't talk back, lol.

Talk to the hand 'cause the hand won't talk back, lol.


Right, I remember that one.

the word "geek". I don't think schoolkids really refer to anyone as being a geek anymore ;D

'the bomb'.

Wicked Cool

'the bomb'.

Oh yes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_JZdMxgNHo

JANK
DOPE
PHAT
SICK
and... hm..
oh, and I GOTTA DIP

Wicked Cool


People still say this here in Rhode Island lol. I don't though.

I remember people used to say "Duh..." alot  :D

I remember people used to say "Duh..." alot  :D


people still say it.

I miss the days before the term 'douchebag' was popular. I didn't hear that much in the 90's, maybe it was popular already but I don't remember it.

I miss the days before the term 'douchebag' was popular. I didn't hear that much in the 90's, maybe it was popular already but I don't remember it.


Wasn't that an 80's slang word? ???

"Oh dip" - When something caught you by surprise.
"Oh snap!" - Which is another variation of it.
"You got crunched." - It meant you were made a fool.
"You got busted." - Which is another variation.

And the ever so popular "Nosa!", - It was another way of saying, "I was only kidding."

Crash = Stay or sleep over

"Can I crash here for the night?"

very 90's phrase. Almost exclusively 90's

Crash = Stay or sleep over

"Can I crash here for the night?"

very 90's phrase. Almost exclusively 90's


We were using this phrase back in high school, so in the late 70s.

Maybe it was more common in the 1990s?

We were using this phrase back in high school, so in the late 70s.

Maybe it was more common in the 1990s?


perhaps. I certainly don't remember it being used much past the mid 90's.

I still hear people say crash in that context

perhaps. I certainly don't remember it being used much past the mid 90's.


Gin Blossoms'

"Hey Jealousy"

Tell me do you think it'd be all right
If I could just crash here tonight
You can see I'm in no shape for driving
And anyway I've got no place to go

Gin Blossoms'

"Hey Jealousy"

Tell me do you think it'd be all right
If I could just crash here tonight
You can see I'm in no shape for driving
And any
way I've got no place to go


that's a very early 90's looking/sounding music video in my opinion.

it almost looks like it was filmed on the set of Pete and Pete, another early 90's staple

Boss.

"bigger you give
bigger you get
we're boss at denial
but our best at forget
cupboard is empty
we really need food
summer is winter
and you always knew."

That's from the Bush song Little Things.

I still hear people say crash in that context


Same. Still used a lot today.

"Da bomb" - I'm guilty of still using this today. :P

"GOT YER NECK!"

These are some phrases.

"That was so funny I forgot to laugh"
"Raise the roof!"
"Ya got crunched"
"Ya got busted!"
"Syke!"
"You can roll your eyes, you can suck your teeth but this lady/man you just can't beat!"

Then Why Don't you marry it/them/him/her?
The GAP Girls SNL Sketch
David Spade: "I love these fries."
Chris Farley: "Then Why Don't you marry them?"

Get over it!
Talk to the hand!
Don't Go Postal!
Nothing Personal!
Whassup!?

More phrases:

"Say it don't spray it"
"You had me at hello"
"Not even"
"You got eye problems?"(if you were caught staring).

Was "Gnarly" a '90s slang word? I think "open sesame" as well?

Was "Gnarly" a '90s slang word?


No. Not really. Maybe in 1990. After 1991 nobody said that anymore.

More phrases:

"Say it don't spray it"


Yup...

Was "Gnarly" a '90s slang word? I think "open sesame" as well?


I don't think "Open Sesame" was a slang word from the 90's. ???

Was "Gnarly" a '90s slang word? I think "open sesame" as well?
I only know it as the magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Antoine Galland's version of One Thousand and One Nights, from the 18th Century..

One more, and this was late 90s:

"Idaho.....You da ho!" ;D