Those grand phrases from the 80's

fer sure
gag me with a spoon
fuckin a
totally tubular
spuky and spew
dude

yes it was a quality time for the english language.

 

Spuky? What the hell does that mean? And I use dude on a daily basis and it's not just because I work at Dairy Queen. And I thought fuckin' a was a new thing. Boy, am I twenty years behind.

 

yeah, never heard that one until the mid 90s at least...

 

the walls in the mall are totally totally tall.....?

 

Bitchin!

 

Man, that's just like tripendicular, you know

 

As if...
Whoa
Barf Me out..
Gnarly...

 

This song has like half the ones mentioned and a lot more.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5M9aY7hXjGU - MoonUnitZappa-ValleyGirl

 

wasn't SIKE from then too?

 

Can't help you with that one. A typo, maybe?

I thought I was the only person who didn't use "dude". (English accent, it just sounds silly)

I first heard it when I visited Australia in the early nineties, and apparently it was already old there. After I left though, I didn't hear it again for a looooooooong time.

 

I totally still say "man"

 

fucking a, i don't know any of those

 

Here's one

"Hey Bateman this isnt coke its a milligram of fuckin sweetner, I want to get high off this shit not sprinkle it on my fucking oatmeal."

 

'you gotta know what you want and go out and get it'

'the bottom line'

'totally awesome'

'cautiously optimistic'

'light at the end of the tunnel'

'near-death experience'

'freedom fighters'

'Elvis is still alive'

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Anyone else remember....."gretsky".....from that retard commercial??


May have just been a Canadian thing

 

no, they rarely advertise retards in the U.S.

 

rarely, but often still do or did in the 80's at least...

 

damn, i unfortunately remember very little of 80s television :sad:

 

too bad you're little.

 

'Big Mac Attack'.

Not just the Big Mac at McDonald's. That was also a term they used when McEnroe would have another tantrum on the tennis court.

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