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

SCNDLS said:

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

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!"

SCNDLS said:

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

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.....

Fenwick said:

SCNDLS said:

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

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.....

"pissa" Sounds so totally Boston

bama

cised

triflin

like a mug

chillin like a villain on penicillin

"OH SNAP!"

"OH DIP!"

oops!

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xpertluva said:

A girl once asked me to put on make-up before sex. And yes, she was a Prince fan, although I'm not certain that had anything to do with it. For the record, I refused.

I'm sorry, WHAT?!

^I knew someone would catch that before I corrected it. I replied to the wrong thread.

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xpertluva said:

^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

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

HotGritz said:

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 luv yo dirty drawers

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)

paintedlady said:

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)

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?"

SCNDLS said:

paintedlady said:

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)

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?"

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...

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.

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

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

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.

HotGritz said:

pop off son = do something about it.

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.

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psychodelicide said:

HotGritz said:

pop off son = do something about it.

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.

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Tanisha was the shit! Loved her!!!

"pop off son...pop off!"

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:

• Like - Used as an interjection: "That was, like, the worst thing ever!" or to indicate speech: "And she was like 'Get out of my way!'"
• As if – lit. "yeah, right" or "as if" except it does not use a subject; expresses disbelief.
• Bitchin' - adj. slang for excellent; first-rate. Though a derivative of "bitch", bitchin' is sometimes not considered profane.
• Whatever! - short for "whatever you say"; sarcastic interjection often emphasizing the final syllable.
• Fer shur – lit. "For sure", often used in agreement.
• Totally – "I agree" or "completely."
• Oh my God – can be used many ways; expresses shock.
• Tre - A synonym for "very" (derived from French "très")
• So - Very; used frequently and said with strong emphasis.
• Seriously - Frequent interjection of approval.
• Gnarly - expression of seriousness. can be a word for very intense or very pleasing
• Are you serious?- expression of surprise.

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Fresh

Bunk

Bail

Bone(in') out

"That's live!"

Skeezer

DSL - Dick Suckin' Lips

And ya momma too!

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

And the ever popular, longstanding "The bomb". .

What it is?

That's deep!