Words that are no longer used.

[Sean]

The other day before i left for home a few of my friends and i were sitting around just chatting and one of them used the word rad. Everyone turned to stare at him, like i would someone who said pop instead of soda before i beat them to death with a brick, and started giving him looks and he had no idea why. I guess it's just not a word we are used to hearing anymore. This might not be the best example but can you think of any words that are no longer used in common speech?

So I was curious if anyone could come up with some words/slang/phrases that aren't common phrases anymore. Im are some of you old folks WEEDIE can come up with some.

ps. I don't mean racial or ethnic slurs and other derogatory words.

[Edited on 2-8-2004 by Tijay]

[Myshel]

groovy
far out
are two I can think of

[Miss X]

I remember when we used to say yo instead of hi. I still do it to annoy people occasionaly. Theres nothing better than an early 90's flashback.

[AnticorRifling]

Tubuluar, gnarly, Hella (people in Cali still say this and they are retarded), using the word trey in front of anything. Any word used in any Salt n Pepper song.

[Hulkein]

Originally posted by Miss X
I remember when we used to say yo instead of hi. I still do it to annoy people occasionaly. Theres nothing better than an early 90's flashback.

Eh, everyone says yo in my area, have since before the 90's.

[Bobmuhthol]

I still use dude to try and save it. It's still said, but only by people older than 40. And that's sad. I can't think of any others.

:(

[CrystalTears]

Fab, tubular, gnarly, wicked, radical

[Bobmuhthol]

Wicked lives on in the Boston area.

[Ilvane]

Wicked kewl!

I know we used that too much when I was younger..now I sound distinctly not Bostonian.

-A

[Meos]

That's the bees knees!

[Artha]

Peachy

[Souzy]

DAG

[Miss X]

Originally posted by Hulkein

Originally posted by Miss X
I remember when we used to say yo instead of hi. I still do it to annoy people occasionaly. Theres nothing better than an early 90's flashback.

Eh, everyone says yo in my area, have since before the 90's.

Well We've moved on in England, thank God. ;)

[Souzy]

Cowa bunga, eat my shorts, or any of those Bart Simpson quotes.

[MaryJane]

Last night I said...

'Dude! Where's my cah.'

I still say wicked. Not 'wicked cool'. A good example would be 'That was wicked bad!' I say that a lot.

[Souzy]

You know, one of friends was teasing me about that word, "wicked". I didn't understand why, until he had to break it down to me. MA = wicked sayers

[Overlord]

We says dude a plenty here.
Guess something i haven't heard in a while would have to be the most ridiculous damn phrase...
"Your Mom"

[Parkbandit]

Awesome.
Gag me with a spoon.
Speak to the hand.

[Pierat]

Man and here I thought you guys were gonna come up with ones from gemstone! lol... Like "mobs" and I dont mean mobs like bad guys if your talking EQ, I mean like, That guy just stole from a empath, lets get a mob together

[Overlord]

mob = spawn of critters in medievia

[LilHellcat]

Nifty (which I still say occasionally)
Dood (crimped version of Dude got it from the video game Disgaea)
Peachy Keen (When I'm pissed off but not wanting to show it or hiding it and someone asks me if I'm okay.) Though I guess technically its still used.

[Souzy]

It's "Yo' momma" now Overlord. I say, dude a lot. I actually say a lot of the old school crap.

"That's fly", "Oh snap", "Why you all up in mah grill?", "Step off". I say a whole bunch of corny shit, just to mess around.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by Parkbandit
Speak to the hand.

OMG! You read my mind! We are soul mates. :heart:

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by Hulkein

Eh, everyone says yo in my area, have since before the 90's.

Philly area you said?

Yah...Yo lives on there, thats for sure.

That Philly accent is something.

[Hulkein]

Hehe, yeah, I use it all the time I guess I'd sound stupid in another state.

[Skirmisher]

Nah, not stupid. Yo is certainly still used in the NYC area. Perhaps not as often as in the past, but without a doubt used.

And Joisy has its own share of accent accidents.

I of course speak with a crystal clear hard to pin down non accent :smilegrin:

[TheEschaton]

In Boston it's "wicked pissah", for you Southies.

And I can't believe no one mentioned "dank", and its popular "diggity dank" alternative. About the only reference I hear that term in nowadays is in the marijuana business, and even that's long, long in my past.

-TheE-

Dude, yo and pop are still used. If you say soda then you are queer.

[TheEschaton]

I'm from Buffalo.....we say pop like it's nobodies business.

Soda is what you drink with gin.

-TheE-

[Sean]

i shall now proceed to beat ranger and E to death with a brick.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by TheEschaton
In Boston it's "wicked pissah", for you Southies.

And I can't believe no one mentioned "dank", and its popular "diggity dank" alternative. About the only reference I hear that term in nowadays is in the marijuana business, and even that's long, long in my past.


Oh nooooooooo!!!! I hung around with these jocks like 2 days ago and all I heard was, "Dude, you're a losa. Losa! Losa! Losaaaaaaaaa!!!" *rams my head against the wall* I wanted to kill myself.

[Hulkein]

Yeah really, Tijay knows, anyone in our tri-state area says soda or just coke. Pop sounds the gayest.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by RangerD1
Dude, yo and pop are still used. If you say soda then you are queer.

it's tonic water, get it right ya hick.:bleh:

[crazymage]

Actually most places still call soda 'pop' its weird, not in mass or in jersey but i hear it a ton online.

[Snapp]

Phat!

Ew, if I heard someone say Pop in person, I'd throw up. It's SODA!

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by crazymage
Actually most places still call soda 'pop' its weird, not in mass or in jersey but i hear it a ton online.

Maybe in landlocked or very small electoral vote having kinda places.:lol:

[LilHellcat]

I've actually noticed Northerners saying Pop more than people from the south, down here we just call it coke or whatever the hell it is, like pepsi dr.pepper.

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by Hulkein
Yeah really, Tijay knows, anyone in our tri-state area says soda or just coke. Pop sounds the gayest. My roommate from Chi-town says Pop. Sorry, Tijay, but I only had a tire iron handy, no bricks to be found. Blame the Democrats! Damn New-Age construction.

[Artha]

Nobody says 'da bomb' anymore.

I view it as a victory for intelligence.

[Souzy]

Originally posted by Artha
Nobody says 'da bomb' anymore.

I view it as a victory for intelligence.

You obviously missed that sign pic thing from Shalla. She said I am da bomb diggity!

[Trinitis]

Originally posted by LilHellcat

Dood (crimped version of Dude got it from the video game Disgaea)


<3 LilHellcat <3

[Czeska]

omg Peachy keen.. that's further back than cool beans!

How about "grody" <shudders at her 1983 flashback>

[Hulkein]

Hahahah my mom says grody sometimes, that's hysterical.

[Souzy]

Holy bejesus! Cool beans! That brings back memories...

Starvin' like marvin
Broke as a joke
See ya lata alligata
What eva's clevas

[Sean]

Originally posted by Lalana
Holy bejesus! Cool beans! That brings back memories...

Starvin' like marvin
Broke as a joke
See ya lata alligata
What eva's clevas

Ah sou shows how old she really is.

[Overlord]

Meh I commonly say something that sounds like "Sheezus Christ"

Its kind weird i was thinkin of some old "Slang" or "Scottish Terminology" but words from god knows when are still commonly used to this day.... Damn our unique unpolluted culture...(More or less)

[HarmNone]

Heh. I can think of a few I have not heard in awhile:

bogart
jonesing
head trip
right on!
far out
heavy

HarmNone, the old

[Overlord]

"Right On dude"
"Shes a fucking head trip"
"Thes some heavy shit bro"

All phrases i am known to say in some variation whoot

[HarmNone]

Don't bogart that joint, Overlord! ;)

HarmNone

[Drew2]

I say "Sup, man?" in place of "Sup dude".

Awesome is still said a lot, for whoever said it's not.


And in the south it is either Soda or Coke. Coke is the generic name for all carbonated drinks.

"You want a coke?"

Anyone who says pop gets SHOT IN THE FACE in Texas.

[Snapp]

That's Dope! Fresh even!

[Skirmisher]

Far out......wow....Im having a Very Brady flashback....

[Souzy]

Originally posted by Lalana

Originally posted by Tijay
[quote]Originally posted by Lalana
Holy bejesus! Cool beans! That brings back memories...

Starvin' like marvin
Broke as a joke
See ya lata alligata
What eva's clevas

Ah sou shows how old she really is.

Shut it. Oh and talk to the wrist cos you just got dissed. :bleh:

Edit on the smiley.

[Weedmage Princess]

OMG I think I used to hang out with Snapp in the playground, he brought back up all the old terminology!!

Let's see... Mint, Dope, Fresh, Funky Fresh, Fly, Wack (even though I still say it a lot ((DIE WHOEVER CALLS ME OLD KTHX)) Coolio, Neat..I'm sure I can think of more.

The alzheimers says differently.

[Weedmage Princess]

DIE RANGER

Oh and I forgot to comment on this:

Calling soda "POP" is an indicator of Downs Syndrome. Soda is what you DRINK. POP is your DAD. Thank you.

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
Calling soda "POP" is an indicator of Downs Syndrome. Soda is what you DRINK. POP is your DAD. Thank you. RangerD1, You Got Served.

[Latrinsorm]

Apparently, nobody says "dungarees" anymore.

You think i'd listen to any queer who calls his pop "soda"

[CrystalTears]

Pop is your dad or what you do with your gum. It's soda, bubba.

[Vesi]

beatnik
square
mod
yippie
the fuzz
outta sight
pad
daddy-o
skuzz-bucket

I know I'll think of more.

Vesi looking for her cane...

Yeah, here in the South it is a Coke or a drink. Pop? Please...

Edited to add the Coke comment.

[Edited on 2-9-2004 by Vesi]

[Ravenstorm]

Beatnik is not a good example. It is not that the word is not used any more but that there aren't really any 'beatniks' any more. Beatnik isn't slang and is applied to a specific group of people.

Raven

[Hips]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
Fab, tubular, gnarly, wicked, radical

Half of those are levels in the Special Area past the Star Road in Super Mario World.

/hides her geekness. ^^;

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by GS3 Michiko
Half of those are levels in the Special Area past the Star Road in Super Mario World.

/hides her geekness. ^^; OMG throw an Awesome in there and you're set!! That game was awesome, with like the four buttons in the background there, I loved that game. But Yoshi is dumb and stupid.

[Vesi]

Originally posted by Ravenstorm
Beatnik is not a good example. It is not that the word is not used any more but that there aren't really any 'beatniks' any more. Beatnik isn't slang and is applied to a specific group of people.

Raven

True, I suppose. But I thought... what the heck? One of my relatives used to have a beatnik doll that talked. She would say (after you pulled the string) 'Dig my crazy black stockings.' Or... 'I'm hip. Like you know, a beatnik.' Said other things too. Wild doll. Remember the beatniks in Hairspray? Sorry... just rambling about beatniks. Heh.

Couple more:

yuppies
psychedelic
copacetic (I think George Carlin had a bit about being copacetic)
split

(suppose yippies and yuppies could fall in with beatniks)

Vesi

[Sean]

you know what word people don't use anymore .. weedmage.

i mean really who uses ancient words like that sides ancient people.