# What "old" slang do you still use? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027 "2005-03-11T14:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/41 "2005-03-11T21:08:14Z")
“Cool and groovy” has been a favourite of mine for over a decade now. (I had to abandon ‘mint’ for being too local even within the UK ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/42 "2005-03-11T21:14:43Z")
Did “cool” ever become uncool? ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/43 "2005-03-11T21:18:50Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I am trying to introduce “Ninja, _PLEASE!_” into the lexicon, as an exclamation of skepticism or exasperation. I am in for sure on this kick. Ninja Pleeeeease! ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/44 "2005-03-11T21:31:51Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > I love all that '30s/'40s/'50s slang. Me too. Swing you cats! On the other hand, I found '80s Valley slang annoying, and think that modern '90s/'00s slang irriating to an extreme. Part of it is the ghettospeak that is immediately co-opted by the most uptight, square-assed people on the planet, and the other part is the unimaginative overuse of certain phrases as all parts of grammer, the biggest offenders being “like” and “f\*\*k”. And I’m tired of hearing how everything “smells like ass”. I have a cow-orker that calls everyone he doesn’t like an “ass-munch”. If he’d just vary it a little bit–maybe “ass-clown”, “butt-biter”, “hole monkey”, something–it wouldn’t be so grating. But everything is “ass munch”. There’s just no cleverness in modern dialog. There probably wasn’t back in the day, either, but since my point of reference is mostly based upon film noir with crisp dialog and snappy comebacks to every line, I like to imagine that it was better. I want my my life’s screenplay to be jointly written by David Mamet, Robert Towne, and David Webb Peoples, directed by Terry Gilliam, and produced by Robert Evens. Oh, and I want Julianne Moore or Michelle Yeoh to be my co-star. How hard could that be? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/45 "2005-03-11T21:44:00Z")
Just yesterday I used “He’s dead Jim” to indicate that something wasn’t going to work out the way we wanted. I was told I was dating myself. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/46 "2005-03-11T21:56:47Z")
I still use ‘Dude’ in all seriousness. It’s a dead useful word, it is. Oh, and I’ll be like, “Hey, man.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/47 "2005-03-11T22:21:57Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > I still use ‘Dude’ in all seriousness. It’s a dead useful word, it is. Oh, and I’ll be like, “Hey, man.” 🙂 Duuuuuuuuuuude. Dude, dude, dude. Dude? Dude. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/48 "2005-03-11T22:27:58Z")
I still say _far out_ sometimes. Or _heavy_, if something warrants it. Don’t see too much that’s heavy these days. I never got into calling anyone “dude” except in jest. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/49 "2005-03-11T22:30:38Z")
I’m student teaching in a middle school (my content area is ELA) & I’ll use expressions like “cool”, “dig” (as in, “So you have to give me three metaphors that’re used in the story. Dig?”), “chill/chill out”, and “rockin’”. They find it particularly amusing when I ask them if they “dig”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/50 "2005-03-11T22:32:00Z")
I still use cool and “my bad”. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/51 "2005-03-11T22:32:01Z")
Gah. I forgot: I also use “dude” on a semi-regular basis. I’m 26, FYI. ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/52 "2005-03-11T23:12:48Z")
> [@oldbatoutahell](#): > > Did “cool” ever become uncool? Sorry, but yes. A long time ago. It just doesn’t feel comfortable anymore, in the same way “rad” just doesn’t feel right. I don’t hear it too much anymore, except from my mom from time to time. YMMV. Some I can’t part with: Dude Sweet chillin’ po-po ho hoochie-mama what’s crackin/cracka-lackin’? chron let’s bounce pimp killed (as in “who killed the pizza?”) for real fa shizzle geeked ghetto holla (that’s usually just for fun though) hot nookie poser straight thug poot throw down cluster fuck jacked up uhh, yeah I use a lot of slang. Mostly in casual conversation, sometimes one will slip out at inappropriate times. Ah well. Worth mentioning, but never used: shit a cold purple twinkie ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/53 "2005-03-11T23:28:40Z")
Dude, that’s totally awesome. I still use all the same cool slang I would have used back in the day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/54 "2005-03-11T23:50:53Z")
“_Aaaaaaah_… shut yer pie-hole! Or I’ll paste you right in the puss.” Often spoken by me to whiny teenagers. Often ignored by whiny teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/55 "2005-03-11T23:56:33Z")
For me, if I go play pool, it’ s not fun, it’s “a gas”. If I don’t like something, it’s not “not my thing”. It’s “not my bag”. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/56 "2005-03-11T23:58:03Z")
> [@Stranger On A Train](#): > > snappy comebacks to every line Sadly, that’s my problem with the post-Friends corporate-sitcom: it’s call-&-response, with every retort being a (supposedly) snappy comeback. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/57 "2005-03-11T23:58:54Z")
Oh, and I use “broad” and “groovy”. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/58 "2005-03-12T00:02:29Z")
Yesterday in the office I said to a colleague (who’s at least 20 years younger than I): “I’ll bet you London to a brick that…” She had no idea what I meant. I realised that it’s probably an older slang term that she had never heard before. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/59 "2005-03-12T00:28:38Z")
Just a few minutes ago I told my sister I had to clean out my **snot locker**. Sometimes I’ll say ‘Ah, **banana oil!** ’, which I picked up from the übercool _The Forbidden Zone_. And, occasionally, I’ll say **Farkin’ far out**. (I think that one dates from the '70s.) In high school things were **outraaaaaaaageous** , though sometimes people used the older **righteous**. Both mean ‘really good’. I never use those now. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-old-slang-do-you-still-use/294027/60 "2005-03-12T03:55:42Z")
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