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| A Gas |
a lot of fun |
| Ace or Aced |
completed to perfection |
| Acid |
street name for LSD, also put in front of noun ie: acid
rock |
| Afro |
a natural hairstyle for African Americans |
| All Show and No Go |
someone or something that's pretty but has no
substance |
| Alright |
an enthusiastic yes or agreement with something |
| Amped or Amped up |
maximum of something, also refers to state of mind |
| Ape or Ape-shxx |
crazy or out of control |
| Are we having fun yet? |
taken literally (comes from a 60's cartoon character,
Zippy the Pinhead) |
| Around the Bend |
to be crazy or strange |
| Ate it |
to be damaged or wounded |
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| Babe |
cute girl or any girl |
| Back off |
an order given to stop a confrontation or undesired
action |
| Bad |
good or very good, great |
| Badass |
someone who is tough, to be feared |
| Bad scene |
unpleasant place or event |
| Bad Trip |
unpleasant experience (not necessarily drugs) |
| Bag (verb) |
to steal or get when it doesn't belong to you |
| Bag (noun) |
someone's deal, could be their hobby or job |
| Baggies |
loose oversized shorts or swim trunks (worn by surfers) |
| Bail |
to leave a place |
| Ball |
to have coitus (intercourse) |
| Bang |
(same as above) |
| Beats Me |
I don't know, not knowing something |
| Beef |
a fight, complaint or grudge |
| Bent |
crazy or out of it |
| Big Brother |
symbolized anyone in authority specially government |
| Bitchin |
really good or fun |
| Black |
a term for African Americans which replaced the word
Negro |
| Blast |
good or great (same as bitchin but more family friendly) |
| Blitzed |
drunk, high or generally out of it |
| Blow Your Mind |
to be amazed by something |
| Bogart |
to hog something, to not pass something along |
| Book |
to leave a place |
| Boss |
best of, groovy (courtesy of: Frances England) |
| Bought It |
to die, or be killed (courtesy of Steven Allen) |
| Bread |
money |
| Brew |
beer only (not hard liquor) |
| Bug (verb) |
to bother or annoy |
| Bug (noun) |
a Volkswagen Beetle |
| Bug Out |
to leave, quickly (courtesy of Frances England) |
| Bummer |
a downer or bad time, depressing, anything that is bad, a
person, place or thing |
| Burn rubber |
to accelerate hard and fast and leave tire tracks |
| Busted |
arrested or caught also broke, no money |
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| Candyass |
someone who is a wimp or afraid to do something |
| Cannabis |
the plant that marijuana is from |
| Cherry |
something that is near perfect or in great condition also a
virgin |
| Chick |
the most common word for a female, usually a young
female |
| Chicken (noun) |
someone who's afraid |
| Chicken (verb) |
a game of bluff, sometimes played with cars |
| Chill or Chill Out |
calm down, relax, stop what you're doing |
| Chinese Fire Drill |
fun at a stoplight, everybody gets out of the car and
switches sides |
| Cool |
good, absolutely anything good (the most used word in the
60's language, every sentence would have several
"cool's" and yes it was originally a 50s thing) |
| Cop a Feel |
to get to 2nd base or higher with a girl, sometimes
inappropriately |
| Copasetic |
no problem or you didn't get caught |
| Crash |
go to sleep or pass out |
| Crash Pad |
a place to sleep and feel safe |
| Crock |
a lie or a load of lies |
| Cruising |
driving by a place numerous times looking for fun,
"cruising the strip" |
Pop History
/ 1960
