Slang Words That Mean "Good"

Cool
It's interesting that the word "cool" has survived so long as a slang term in a world where MTV introduces a new expression of exuberance every three days. (The latest: "That's so elkhound!") Not only that, it has essentially the same meaning it's always had: laid-back, unruffled, and free of visible signs of venereal disease. A

Bad
Boy, people loved this one. It was an easy way for eighties sitcoms to fill space between commercials for Super Nintendo: have the hip, wisecracking, bandana-wearing ethnic youngster explain to the befuddled father figure that "bad" means "good"! Such hilarity! Whee! This one lost favor when it became associated with Michael Jackson in skintight bondage gear. Just like Macaulay Culkin did. D

Phat
Do the street toughs supposedly responsible for recent slang really care all that much about whimsical spelling? I can't help but suspect that the "ph"--if not the whole deal--was dreamed up by the same slick-haired record exec who gave us Kris Kross. C

Awesome
This one stopped being used by actual youths about 1991, but for some reason it's stuck in the heads of ad writers, who use it to describe anything from the latest Pokemon movie to blue frosting. For fun, mentally substitute the original meaning of the word: "New Tropical Berry Blast instills one with a sense of awe!" C-

Gear
"Fab" was also nice, but I like "gear" because it's so inexplicable. "Gear"? As in "We can't get on the freeway because my Honda won't go past second..."? For maximum effect, this word must be pronounced with a bad Liverpudlian accent. B

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adorns the musuem walls

Airier

Length x Width

Chowda Heads

Us local inhabitants of Boston

Moniker & Collar

2 women named Monica and Carla

Pete Sir

Most say pizza

Otch

A tourist attraction in St. Louis

Cotton

You buy milk in it (carton)

The T

Boston subway

Cone GOOSE Toe

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SCENE Ya

Last year of school

Holly

An excellent motorcycle

Budded Con

Corn on the cob with butter

Bonnie

A purple dinosaur you probably detest

Letter between q and s

He Has A Cap On

He has a fish on his head

Lodge

Bulkie

Sandwich bun

Bah Rum

Bar room

Wicked Boah

A not-so-interesting person

Southie

Someone from South Boston

BaBa

He cuts your hair

Bub Bluh

Water fountain to most

Awed

Opposite of even

Ann Tenor

Transmits radio waves to your car

Khakis

Start your car with them

Pita is a Cheetah

Spa

Seltz

Directional

The Hub

Had

Opposite of soft

Tea Potty

Clabbids

Wood boards that cover many houses here

Lemon Stir

Leominster, Mass

Match

Month between Feb and April

Foddy DOLL Us

$39.99 plus one cent

How Ah Ya?

Boston Greeting

HAVE Id

Our famous University

Hoodsie

Small cup of ice cream

Wicked Spooney

Something very cool

Pots

Pieces to your kids toys

Packy

Buy liquor or 6 pack there

Boy Gawd

By God

Frappe

Had Licka

Spooky

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