60s Slang

Instructions

A gas: Having a fun time Bad: Awesome Beat feet: Leave quickly Blast: A good time, a loud party Boss: Fantastic Bug out: To leave Bummer: An unpleasant experience Catch some rays: Get out in the sun Cut out: Leave the area quickly Downer: An unpleasant experience (or person) Drag: Something that's boring (or someone) Fab: Fabulous Far out: Awesome Flake off: Leave Flower power: The peaceful protest movement of the '60s counterculture Freak out: Get excited and lose control Gimme some skin: To ask someone to slap or shake your hand in agreement Hairy: Difficult or out of control Hang loose: Take it very easy Hang tough: To stick with something difficult Heavy: A serious or intense subject Jam: Play music together Jazzed: Excited Kicks: Something done for pleasure Laid back: Relaxed Neato: Awesome No sweat: No problem On the make: Looking for a date Outta sight: Awesome Pig out: Overeat Pound: To beat someone up Right on: Okay; a term of agreement Scarf: Eat fast Shot down: Rejected Sock it to me: Let me have it Solid: I understand Split: To leave Stoked: Likes someone or something a lot Tough/tuff: Cool; awesome Tune out: Ignore Twitchin': Great or awesome Unreal: So outstanding it's difficult to believe Way out: Beyond explanation Wipe out: To fail in a big way or to fall off the surfboard Bogart: To keep everything for yourself Bug: To bother Chop: To cut someone down verbally Chrome dome: Bald man Cool head: Nice guy Crash: Sleep Decked out: Dressed up Deuce: Putting two fingers up in a peace symbol Dig it: Understand it Don't flip your wig: Don't be upset Dove: A peace lover Dropout: Refuse to conform with society Fab Four: The Beatles Fink: Tattletale Flake: Useless person Fox: Good looking woman Freedom riders: Civil rights protesters Gone: Under the influence of drugs Gnarly: Difficult or big Hacked: Made someone mad Hawk: A supporter of war Hippie/Hippy: A member of the counterculture: a free-spirited, unconventional person Hog: To take over so that someone else cannot use Hunk: Good looking guy In the groove: A person who is part of the in-crowd Lay it on me: Tell me Mirror warmer: Woman who spends a lot of time looking in the mirror Mop-top: Someone with a Beatle-style haircut Old lady: Girlfriend/wife Old man: Boyfriend/husband, sometimes father Port holer: A sailor on a ship Skirt: A girl Skuzz/skuzz bucket: Disgusting person or thing Square: Someone who isn't cool Stuck up: Conceited Sweat hog: Fat girl or boy That's her bag: That's what she's into. The Man: Any establishment authority figure interested in maintaining the status quo of corporate and political Ticked off: Angry Tight: Very friendly Turn off: To repulse someone Unglued: Upset Uptight: Tense and unable to enjoy life