Slang of the past

[Xerus]

What were some of the neat slang words and phrases of the past that you wouldn't find today's kids using?

"Groovy!"
"23 Skidoo!"
"Hubba Hubba!"
"Way Out!"
"Rooty Toot Toot!"
"The Cat's Meow!"
"Daddio!"
"Swingin'!"
"Put me in orbit!"

 

[D'Snowth]

"Groovy!"

Lol, whenever I hear "groovy", I think of Cousin Serena from Bewitched.

"23 Skidoo!"

I use that from time to time myself, but then again, I always did claim I was born in the wrong decade.

"Hubba Hubba!"

A lot of people still use that one.

"Way Out!"

Isn't "far out"?

"Rooty Toot Toot!"

Never heard that one before.

"The Cat's Meow!"

Yeah, I never hear that one anymore.

"Daddio!"

Actually, I call my dad that quite a bit.

"Swingin'!"

The only time I've heard "swingin'" was from Eustace's favorite rock star on Courage the Cowardly Dog.

"Put me in orbit!"

Heard that one on M*A*S*H.

Here's one for you: "keen!" I know a guy who told me "wow, nobody says 'keen' anymore" after I said it.

 

[Java]

According to my siblings:

Cool is out

as is Phat

But they can't tell me what's in

 

[Winslow Leach]

Wow, that jalopy of yours is the bees' knees! What's say you and me drive down to the soda fountain, have a coupla sarsparellas, and do the Lindy Hop till the cows come home, my little chickadee!

 

[D'Snowth]

Wow, that jalopy of yours is the bees' knees! What's say you and me drive down to the soda fountain, have a coupla sarsparellas, and do the Lindy Hop till the cows come home, my little chickadee!

WHAT? !

 

[Java]

Wow, that jalopy of yours is the bees' knees! What's say you and me drive down to the soda fountain, have a coupla sarsparellas, and do the Lindy Hop till the cows come home, my little chickadee!

Oh how fun!

 

[CensoredAlso]

That's the cat's pajama's!

He is out there, man, I mean way out!

Totally tubular, dude!

"I wouldn't be seen dead in them! They're dead grotty!"

 

[Skye]

Wow, that jalopy of yours is the bees' knees! What's say you and me drive down to the soda fountain, have a coupla sarsparellas, and do the Lindy Hop till the cows come home, my little chickadee!

Lol, that is very cute!

I love heralde's "totally tubular," too!

 

[Fragglemuppet]

Well, I still use "cool," "groovy," and "totally" all the time, and occasionally "keen". I also sometimes call people, mostly on here, "man" or "dude", which is a habit I picked up from Ryan (The Prawncracker).

 

[CensoredAlso]

I love heralde's "totally tubular," too!

Excellent! Hehe

Watch nearly any 1930s film, you will hear the word "swell" more times than you will ever want to again! lol That and also the phrase "And how!"

Btw, I love '30s films. And you know Scooter talks a lot like the people in those old movies.