# What’s your favorite slang term from any time in history?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 24, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888 "2026-07-24T00:35:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/81 "2026-08-03T17:26:40Z")
How do you feel about defenestrate?
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### Author:  [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/82 "2026-08-03T20:38:29Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#):
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> don’t like **yeet** because I don’t see what need it filled. I have never felt the need to throw something forcefully not caring where it lands.
This is not a post to be tossed aside lightly. It should be yeeted with great force.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/83 "2026-08-03T20:49:18Z")
Yeah, you yeet something when the place where you want it to be is “not here”.
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### Author:  [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/84 "2026-08-04T02:51:26Z")
“I can out-jive any hep cat, even with a bum gam.” – Lifeboat
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/85 "2026-08-05T17:20:12Z")
I like the slang terms for being in really good shape:
Buff
Jacked
Swole
Ripped
Shredded
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### Author:  [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/86 "2026-08-14T20:44:36Z")
The dictionary definition of the acronym SNAFU gave me a case of the snickers back in the 1980’s.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/87 "2026-08-15T14:51:28Z")
Back when I was a kid, the definition I saw in the dictionary for SNAFU was “Situation Normal, All (Fouled) Up”. I think they did the same thing for FUBAR.
I’m not sure if that dictionary had any listing for “fuck” itself. I’ll have to check next time I’m at Mom’s house.
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### Author:  [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/88 "2026-08-15T21:55:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> SNAFU
The American Heritage Dictionary in the 1980’s had it as “Situation Normal All Fucked Up”. It inspired me to attempt to introduce USCWAP, “Up Shit Creek Without a Paddle”.
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/89 "2026-08-15T23:43:20Z")
> [@Ancient\_Nerd](#):
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> The American Heritage Dictionary in the 1980’s had it as “Situation Normal All Fucked Up
Someone once told me that the definition of an Unabridged Dictionary is they it had “Fuck” defined. 🙀
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-slang-term-from-any-time-in-history/1031888/90 "2026-08-16T00:59:11Z")
“ratha!” In brit-speak. Love it.
_Egads_, in comics always tickled me.
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