For you young brats who want to understand what your grandparents (or parents) are saying the following might help: This is abridged from the original and contains some personal memories too.
A Gas
A lot of fun - as in Jumpin' Jack Flash, he's a gas, gas, gas"
Bad
Awesome.
Badass
A tough guy. A guy you really don't want to mess with.
Bag
To Steal or to take.
Ball
To party, as in Little Richards "Good Golly Miss Molly, Sho Like To Ball".
Later, it meant ridin'
Blast
A Great Time. Example: "We had a blast at the Prom".
Boogie
To dance, to move - Let's boogie on over to Anto Mc's.
Bread
Money
Bummed out
Depressed -"Sligoman is really bummed out after Rovers lost"
Bummer, What a
How depressing
Candyass
A real wimp or an uncool thing.
Cat
A guy. - "Maaaaaaaan, dfx is a coooool cat"
Chrome Dome
A bald guy.
"Climb it, Tarzan"
An act of defiance. Said while giving someone "the bird".
Cop a Feel
Touch a girls "parts", sometimes pretending it was an accident
Crash
Go to bed; go to sleep.
Cruising
Driving up and down the same street looking for races, girls, guys, etc.
Cut Out
To leave without ceremony. As in, "Maaaaaaaan, this party is a drag. I'm gonna cut out."
Daddy-O
Actually a 50's term for Man.
Dig
Do you understand?
Don't Flip Your Wig
Relax maaan, cool it.
A Drag
Someone or something that's boring
Fab
Great, fantastic, fabulous.
Far Out
Excellent, cool.
Fink
A tattle tale. Example:
Five Finger Discount
Anything obtained by theft.
Flake
A useless person.
Flat Top
A very short hair cut, usually cut extra close on top. (As in the Beatles' "Come together" - "Here come ol' flat-top...")
Flower Child
A Hippie
Fox
An outstanding looking girl or woman.
Freak Out
Temporary loss of control due to an unpleasant event.
Funky
Neat, Cool
Fuzz or Pigs
The Police
Gimme some skin
Shake hands
Gone
Cool, groovy, neat, neato; said of a person, as in Gerrit's a real gone cat.
Groovy
Nice, "Cool" or Neat. Used commonly among hippies in the 60's.
Hacked
Angry, disgusted, mad, ticked off, etc. Sometimes used in reference to parents. "Magicme is really hacked at me about my totty postings...."
Hang Loose
Relax; Take it easy
Heavy
Deep, Cool, Chaotic, Sad, Controversial
Hep
With it. A person who understands the situation.
Hip
Very cool.
Jazzed
Elated, Excited;
Jelly Roll
Another way of combing your hair. You comb it up and forward on both sides and bring it together in the middle of the forehead.
Keen or Keen-o
Someone or something that was Cool.
Kibosh
To quickly put a stop to; Put the Kibosh on
Lay it on me
Speak your piece.
Lip Flappin'
Talking about things of little importance.
Make Out
Usually a kissing/ridin' session in a parked car/bedroom/up against the wall etc
Midnight Auto Supply
Car parts obtained through theft.
Neat
Nice; Sharp
Old Lady
Your Mother/girlfriend/wife/"her indoors"
Old Man
Your Father/husband/lover
Outta Sight
Fantastic, Awesome. Example: Hey Strangeirish, that tie dyed top your wearing is "outta sight".
Pad
Someone's house. Example: There wasn't much to do so we all hung out at Superfrank's pad, drank beer and listened to records.
Panty Waist
A mama's boy or a geek.
Peepers
Glasses
Pig Out
Over eat
Rap
Talk
Real Gone Cat
Someone who marches to his own drum. Example: Dahamsta is a real gone cat.
Right On
I agree; I concur
Righteous
Extremely fine, beautiful. For us guys it was generally used when talking about the most important areas of our lives; cars and women.
Score
To obtain something valuable or necessary; (Let's go score some dope); Also to go all the way with a girl.
Scratch
Money - "Hey maaaan, gimme some scratch"
Shake it, Don't Break it!
Said to a girl who had an awesome wiggle in her walk.
Skag or Skank
An ugly girl.
Skuzz
Lowdown; undesirable
So Fine
Another cool or bitchin' thing. "That Green Tribe is so fine".
Split
To leave - "I'd better split before I get banned"
Square
Someone who was not "Cool". Example: "Hamish thinks Footypersons are never square, man".
Stacked
Being well endowed, "Upstairs" Example: "Wow, that girl is really stacked!!" T
Stoked
Excited (see Totty Watch)
Swapping Spit
French Kisses/Snoggin'
Sweat Hog
A fat chick.
"The Bird"
The Finger.
"The Most"
Something that is the best or the greatest
"The Man"
A great guy
Threads or Fabrics
Clothes - "Maaaan, you look hip in dem cool fabrics, maaaaaaan"
Truckin
Moving or driving - "Keep on truckin'"
Wet Willie
A trick played when someone wets their finger and puts it in your ear.
What's Your Bag, Man?
What's your problem; where are you coming from?
Wiggin' out
Going crazy - as in "Hamish is wiggin' out"
Wipe(d) out
Extreme fatigue (I'm wiped out, I'm gonna crash.)
Woody
A hard-on
Next time you lot watch those old sixties or seventies movies, remember Hamish pre-translated them for you.
You dig??
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