20 Slang Terms From the 1970s No One Uses Anymore

Best Life Online ^ | 8DEC17 | Bob Larkin

[TigersEye]

I never heard it.

[TigersEye]

Never heard them either - I was guessing them to be a regional thing.

They must have been. For my part, I grew up in the Denver area.

[CodeToad]

Seems the primary word no longer in use is “straight”.

[Bernard]

whenever I heard somebody say “cool beans” I always thought it sounded like something a dooper would say. You know, madras shirt, white chinos and penny loafers.

[Deplorable American1776]

I had a green Pinto loaded. Pintos were underrated cars...Fast as hell. At the time I was a big brother volunteer and tried to teach my little to drive. I shouldn’t...totaled my car...my next car was a AMC Matador wagon. Good car. Then in 1985, I acquired my mom’s Chevy Citation X-11. What a car, had it until I bought a Ford Explorer 2 door.

[Deplorable American1776]

I had a green Pinto loaded. Pintos were underrated cars...Fast as hell. At the time I was a big brother volunteer and tried to teach my little to drive. I shouldn’t...totaled my car...my next car was a AMC Matador wagon. Good car. Then in 1985, I acquired my mom’s Chevy Citation X-11. What a car, had it until I bought a Ford Explorer 2 door.

[Mr.Unique]

You know that chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she’d be on the floor, shakin’ what she got
When I say she was cool she was red hot
I mean, she was steamin’ —Thin Lizzy

[dfwgator]

I had thought that "Sit on it!" was a faux 5 0's slang from the Happy DaysTV series, as one of Fonzi's catchphrases.

Correctamundo!

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

Quit harshing my mellow.

[ViLaLuz]

Far out, outta sight, right on, let’s split. There was a police character on Sanford and Son who tried to use these phrases and always got it wrong.