20 Slang Terms From the 1970s No One Uses Anymore

Best Life Online ^ | 8DEC17 | Bob Larkin

[ImpBill]

Right On! This is a really narley list dude.

[alpo]

Bitchin post.

[dfwgator]

Far out, man!

[Getready]

Far out..and solid.
What are the vibes?
Are you together?
Let’s put some hands together.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I gotta crash dude, I’m wasted.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I missed some of those terms during that time. Never liked “Rad” unless it was some commie on campus I was going after.

We used “Cool”,”Bitchin” - “American Graffiti”, “skirt”, “cut the cheese”, etc.

As for “Sit on it”, that came from showing your middle finger to someone you didn’t like and say “Rotate on this”.

Sorry for showing my age, dude!

[lightman]

That sure gave the skinny on the seventies.

Time to buy an “Øld Fart” hat.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

That was 1960s, not the 70s.

[dfwgator]

"Alright, Alright, Alright!"

[Steely Tom]

Surprising that “bad” (meaning good) isn’t there.

Also the origin of the term “suck” as in “that sucks,” which was originally a much less succinct expression that described a considerably more lurid, dangerous, and physically challenging act.

[dfwgator]

I think it crossed over into the 70s.

I don’t remember the 60s ;)

[Jeff Chandler]

Rad.

[dfwgator]

When I lived in Hawaii, I remember “Howzit, brah!” or “Shaka, brah!”

[Windflier]

“Stop dipping in my kool aid”? “What a fry”?

I was in my twenties during the seventies, and never heard those.

All the rest are familiar, but at least a couple are from the 60s.

[Zathras]

Can we call Millennials “Stella Snowflakes”?

[Steely Tom]

Also “far out!” was early 70s, and is absent.

[Gamecock]

[dfwgator]

Dude!

[dfwgator]

Ahh Tom was way ahead of that one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_ye9Ovbig

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