Social unrest, an unpopular war, civil rights abuses, growing drug usage and a general distrust of Government provided plenty to draw from for 1960s slang lingo. Most of what you’ll read here is unique to the sixties, some however are words or phrases that were popular in the past but ...
(Thanks to everyone who is e-mailing us with new terms to include or posting them in the comments. We're including new slang and phrases all the time so please keep them coming!) Glossary of Surfing Terms 180 / 360 The spin of a surfer's board during a manoeuver in degrees, e.g....
Phrases like “beatnik” (a term for someone who followed the Beat Generation) and “dig it” (meaning to understand or appreciate) became part of the everyday lingo. Credits:jackkerouac’s website Slang in the 1950svaried from region to region. For example, in the East Coast, you might...
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1966 Trimble 5000 Adult Sex Words and Phrases. 1982 Maledicta VI:1+2 (Summer/Winter) 131: Vagina […] fuckhole, futy. 1988 N. Eastwood Gardener Got Her n.p.: As Greg sank his cock into Lucy’s fever-hot little fuck hole, Mike the handyman was on his way down the hall with his...
When it comes to popular slang terms, there's no denying that TV and film phrases are baked into our culture. Our habit of incorporating fictional terms into real life can be traced back decades—take the term "gaslighting," for example, which originated in Patrick Hamilton's 1938 ...
Chicano slang words and phrases Chicano slang has evolved and changed over the years. It uses rhyme, different spellings for the same words and idiomatic phrases. Let’s look at some examples. Rhymes Below are examples of the use of rhyme in Chicano slang. ...
1966 Trimble 5000 Adult Sex Words and Phrases 169: pussy queer (Vulg.) A lesbian. 1982 Maledicta VI:1+2 (Summer/Winter) 132: Pussy queer or queen. pussy-struck (adj.) obsessed by sex. 1991 1991 (con. 1920s) O.D. Brooks Legs 197: As soon as I get over being pussy-struck I...
Becauseslangis a product of people, place, and time,slangwords and phrases are often closely associated with those factors. For example, hearing theslangcodswalloporgroovyprobably makes you think of people from specific places (the U.K.) or time period (the 1960s). And so, we frequently spe...
" the sitcom "Parks and Recreation" has inspired countless memes. However, one of the most iconic comes from a scene of trouble-making sibling duo Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) and Mona-Lisa (Jenny Slate), who dance through a cemetery after faking the former's death by singing, "Don't ...