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Slang from when you were young With my 20th reunion swiftly approaching I've been thinking about slang terms I used to use when I was kid. I want to compile a list and use it in an invitation for an event I'm planning the week of the reunion. So gimme your best slang that takes you back.
Some of my faves are:
Like a mug
Cold fresh
Servin' nem nuce
Illin'
Wack
Cold chillin'
Unhappily built
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Wow that is just...just something
I remember in my school kids used to sing, " If yo breathe ain't fresh, you need a WINTERFRESH !!!" or something like that. Gosh it was funny back then, but now I'm like ...Oh yeah and "Word!" Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone | |
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I'm from the Northeast so we may have had different terms. I only recognize Like a mug, Wack and illin from yours.
When something was great/awesome when we were younger we said it was "pissa". (In Boston we said specifically said "wicked pissa")
Like - "Man did you see Jaws yet"?
"Yeah I saw it this weekend it was wicked pissa"!!!!
Something tells me that's not going to make your list.....
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"pissa" Sounds so totally Boston | |
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bama cised triflin like a mug chillin like a villain on penicillin
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"OH SNAP!" "OH DIP!" By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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oops! [Edited 3/15/11 12:20pm] | |
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I'm sorry, WHAT?! | |
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^I knew someone would catch that before I corrected it. I replied to the wrong thread.
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Since y'all already wrote most of what we were saying back then, I'll add:
Cold-blooded
busted
through | |
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busted = ugly
skeeza = tramp
Y u cryin? = you seem very amused
I'm not souped = I am not cocky nor do I have an attitude
peanut = poor or being insignificant
stay flexin' = well dressed
banked up = having money or at least a well paying job
slappin' dat nygga five = loaning money to an impoverished individual
dirt meizer = a clueless person
tru dat = you have a point
peep game = pay close attention or listen to this
I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer. | |
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I luv yo dirty drawers | |
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I remember as a kid we all would give eachother nick names... breakdancing nicknames that ended with a -"ski".
Ron-ski Don-ski B-ski Dee-ski
The Purto-Rican/Dominican kids would be the -"itos"
Jun-ito Luis-ito Juan-ito Pred-ito Don-ito Dor-ito
etc.
Fresh, Fly, Funky all meant the same thing ... cool.
trippin doo-doo mustard freaks
hmm... I can't think of anything else for now. (getting old)
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Girl that's not unique to Ricans. We got a couple of Juancitos in my family. I'm like "For real, Juancito is 40 with kids can we call him Juan now?" | |
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My street only had one Panamanian family... and those kids NEVA went outside with us hoodrats. Those two little girls only made cameo appearances from the front door to the car and back! They would have been dubbed -itos too!
Those dudes are STILL called by their nicknames as well...
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Buckled, sussed and cramped. Said at the same time as you wave your hand about making your fingers slap together.
Also, when someone smelt a fart they would declare 'Peanut Slug Eric' and put their fist on their chin. Which meant that they didn't do it.
And if we were playing 'It' or '40-40' we would cross our fingers and say 'Exceees' which meant that we were exempt from being caught.
Kind of on the same subject... we'd have a saying for when we'd raced to do something - 'First the worst, second the best, third the one with the hairy chest' I can remember being third at something and crying because I didn't want to have a hairy chest. I taught my kids that one recently and I'm always 3rd the one with the hairy chest.
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I always thought these were stupid, but my friends used to say: "that's humor!!" or "humor dude!" if something was funny "Q!!!!" or "You're on Q!!!!" meant you just got put back in your place with a witty comeback. Never quite understood that.
these ones I did not mind so much: A "dud" was a bad joke "Chalk it up" meant you just scored another dud My Legacy
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I remember the word "trendy" used to be thrown around in advertising in the 80s (much like the word EXTREME has been misused in the noughties) for some reason we started spelling it trendii (maybe thanks to Danii Minogue's name change? ) and pronouncing it tren-dye
We also used to say ace, bulk, chonks
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Bucklin'
Gettin' booty
Bunk
Five-0
Book
Mackin
Psyche!
Buggin'
Phat
Makin' da block
Bogart
To tha curb
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I love the term Five-0
sounds better than pig or porky wit a badge.
also love
shawty = a female
shawty = a man new to a clique or group
premie = a man who ejaculates too quickly
pop off son = do something about it
do something about it = lets fight
get it crackin' = lets really fight
sho nuff = you are correct
dis shyt rite cheer nygga? = I cannot believe what I am seeing or hearing.
OHH EMM GEEE = I don't want to believe what I am seeing or hearing. I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer. | |
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This slang always makes me think of Tanisha, who was on a season of the reality TV show "The Bad Girls Club". She used to say that allllll the time.
[img:$uid]http://www.thicksational.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tanisha1.jpg[/img:$uid] RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Tanisha was the shit! Loved her!!!
"pop off son...pop off!" I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer. | |
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Valspeak is often spoken with a heavy accent sometimes associated with Californians. Words are spoken with high variation in pitch combined with very open or nasal vowel sounds.
Examples:
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I am Sir Nose, devoid of funk | |
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And ya momma too!I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY. YOU JUST HAVE BAD LUCK WHEN IT COMES TO MIRRORS AND SUNLIGHT!
RIP Dick Clark, Whitney Houston, Don Cornelius, Heavy D, and Donna Summer. | |
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Before y'all's time...
slide...leave
haul ass...leave in a hurry
far out...unusual
crib...home
crash...relax/sleep
trim...coochie
right on...agreement
dag...damn
clams...dollars
jive...phony
Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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And the ever popular, longstanding "The bomb". . I am Sir Nose, devoid of funk | |
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What it is? Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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That's deep! Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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