Let’s Talk Like Totally 80s: Slang
As an 80s baby, I didn’t “grow up” in the decade. But, I, like totally, love the 80s. And the 80s sayings? They’re totally tubular. Here’s the best slang of the decade. Let’s Talk Like Totally 80s: Slang Gnarly When something is so cool, you just don’t know what to call it, it’s gnarly. Surfer’s love this term. Dude/Dudette Dudette, now that’s something I haven’t heard in awhile. Dude is still commonplace and, of course, every dude...
80s Slang: It’s, like, totally bitchin’
Like, Ok. So, this is like a study in 80s slang. I mean, like, the way people talked in the 80s – like, the phrases they used. Ya know? It all started in Cali – I mean, doesn’t everything? In the Valley – the San Fernando Valley, where, like the girls talked a certain way, ya know? Valley Girls. Seriously, what defined 80s slang? What phrases mark the uniquely 80s way of speaking? This was an era long before emoticons and text-speak –...
