Posted on 05/20/2005 7:56:57 AM PDT by missyme
A Gas A lot of fun. All show and no go. Referenced to a car that had all the pretty chrome goodies, but wouldn't get out of its own way.
Ape Used with "Go", "Gone" or "Went". To explode or go completely irate. Example: "When my parents saw my report card, they went ape.
BA Bare Ass Bad Awesome. Badass A tough guy. A guy you really don't want to mess with. Thanks again to Ron Stowe for this one.
Bag To Steal. Example: Who bagged my towel? ; also see Score Also; "What's your bag" meaning what's your problem or where are you coming from.
Ball To party, as in Little Richards "Good Golly Miss Molly, Sho Like To Ball". Later, it meant having ????
Bean Wagon A Lowered all the way around, usually Hispanic owned Chevy, but could be anything. Beat Feet Leave the scene in a hurry. Birth Control Seats Bucket Seats Bitchin(See also Twitchin') Good, Exciting, Awesome. Blast A Great Time. Example: "We had a blast at the Prom". Blew the doors off Easily beat the other car in a race. Blitzed Drunk Blown A car engine that has a blower (supercharger) installed. Goes between the intake manifold and the carburetors/injectors. The blower made it go faster, which was always good.
Blue Flamer Take a B.A. ( also in the slang section ) and add a big fart...then ignite it with a match..
Bogart To "hog" something. Bone Yard Auto wrecking yard; Junk yard. Boogie See Cut Out Book Leave the area. Bookin' Going real fast, usually in a car.
Boss A great or cool thing. Example: "The Beach Boys new record is really boss". Bread Money Brew (Brewski) Beer Brody Also, Brody Out; To skid in a half circle with the brakes locked up. Thanks to Cal McDougal HHS62, for this one. Brody Knob See "Suicide Knob" Buddah Head Someone of Asian descent. (Pre-Political Correctness) Bug out Leave the premises Bummed out Depressed Bummer, What a How depressing Burn Rubber To accelerate hard spinning the tires, making noise, and billows of smoke come from the rear of the vehicle. Candyass A real wimp or an uncool thing. Cat A guy. Cherry Pristine, Totally Clean. Example: "That rod is cherry"! Thanks to David Williams (HHS 61) for this one. Chick A girl or a woman. Chicken, To play Two cars race toward each other; the first to pull to the side is the chicken (coward) Thanks to Bettie Gray for this 50's/60's term. Chinese Fire Drill Stop at a Red Light. Everyone on the Driver's side would run around and get in on the Passenger's side. Everyone on the Passenger's side would run around and get in on the Driver's side. Choice Really cool or bitchin. Example: "That girl with the tight sweater is really choice." Thanks to Howard Graul (Burbank High '65) for this great slang word. Choose Off To pick a fight or a race; as in, "John is going to choose-off Bob in a race for pinks". Or, "Ralph chose-off Bertha after school and she kicked his butt." Chop To cut down verbally. Example: "Man, you're so ugly, you gotta slip up on a glass to get a drink of water." (Now that was a "chop".) Chopped A section is cut out horizontally through the roof pillars of a car to lower the roof. Chrome Dome A bald guy. Church Key Before poptops, a Beer or Soda can was opened with one of these. Thanks to Ron Stowe for this one. Circus Wagon A car, usually lowered, with an outlandish paint job, but in lousy shape, mechanically. "Climb it, Tarzan" An act of defiance. Said while giving someone "the bird". Cool Nice. Cool Head Nice Guy Cooties Someone who wasn't cool had them. No one ever saw them, but you knew who had them. Thanks to Jennie Quevedo HHS'67. Cop a Feel Touch a girls "parts", sometimes pretending it was an accident Copasetic Very good; all right, as in no problems. Example: Everything is copasetic. Thanks to Donna Bland Sivoli HHS'59 for this word. Crash Go to bed; go to sleep. Crop Duster A car with loud glasspacks. Cruising Driving up and down the same street looking for races, girls, guys, etc. Cut Out To leave without ceremony. As in, "Bob, this party is a drag. I'm gonna cut out." Cut Outs Additions to the exhaust system that would let you open the exhaust pipe in front of the muffler to let the engine breathe easier, thus adding horsepower and a whole lot of noise. Daddy-O Actually a 50's term for Man. Thanks to Jeff Kain HHS '71 for this classic Daddy's Car A car that was very conservative looking; that might be owned by your parents. Dagoed To lower a car in the front. (See Rake) Decked A term used to indicate that the trunk handle had been removed, the holes filled, sanded smooth and primed. (See Nosed) Thanks to Donald Scheliga, Class of 62, for this great car slang from the past. Decked Out Dressed up. Deuce A 1932 Ford. As in, "She's my Little Deuce Coupe, you don't know what I got". Bob Rierdan (61) gets the credit again for this old stand by. Dibs Most always used with "Got". Example: I "got dibs" on that Coke bottle. Meaning you owned that Coke bottle. Thanks to Ron Stowe for another great word. Dig Do you understand? Ditz An Idiot Thanks to Marsha Soares HHS63 for this one. Don't Flip Your Wig See "Don't have a Cow". Don't have a Cow Used when someone was "going ape" or perhaps being a "spaz." Example: So I took your book by mistake, don't have a cow about it. Ron Stowe comes through again. Thanks Don't Sweat It Don't worry about it; stop bothering me
Drag To race another car a short distance (sometimes one block, sometimes two or three blocks) from a standing start at a stoplight when the light turned green. The term originally comes from the phrase "main drag", a combination of "main" or main street in town, and "drag" which referred to a car that was lowered in the back and dragged the ground if it hit a bump while racing or was just so low that it touched the ground if the street was not perfectly level.
A Drag Someone or something that's boring or un-enlightening. Drawing Designs Usually some guy looking a girl over REAL good. Example: Ron was really drawing designs on Carolyn at the party last night. Duck Butt, Duck Tail or DA A way of combing your hair in the back. Instead of combing your hair straight down in the back, you would comb both sides in towards the middle and then, with the end of the comb, part it down the middle. Dude In the 60's, a dude was a geek or a panty waist. Easy Another way of saying Goodbye. Example: "Easy, Man!!". Also a girl who was a sure thing, sexually. Example: That girl Bob took out last night was "Easy". "El Stinko" El Segundo. Fab Great, fantastic, fabulous. Far Out Excellent, cool. Fink A tattle tale. Example: You're such a fink. Why do you always tell mom everything I do? Five Finger Discount Anything obtained by theft. Five-Oh-Two Drunk Driving (502 was the State penal code number for the drunk driving infraction at that time) Flake A useless person. Flake Off Get outta here. Flat Top A very short hair cut, usually cut extra close on top. Flat Top with Fenders A flat top with long sides. Flee the Scene See Bug Out Flip Flops Thongs (that went on your feet) Flippers Dodge Lancers or Olds Fiesta Hub Caps. Flower Child A Hippie Freak Out Temporary loss of control due to an unpleasant event. Funky Neat, Cool; also gone bad. Example: I think that milk is funky.
This was simply the vulgar form of, "I concur". Fuzz The Police Get or Lay Rubber To leave some rubber on the street while accelerating in a vehicle. A term used usually with first, second, third, or fourth gear. Example: "Bob's 49 Ford is pretty fast. He can get second gear rubber." Gimme some skin Shake hands Ginchy Form of this word made famous by Ed Kookie Byrnes in the song, "Kookie, Kookie, lend me you comb". (Baby, you're the Ginchiest!" Thanks to Pammy Utterback for this entry. Go All The Way Have sex with. Going Steady If you were "Going Steady", you were dating only one special person. Golden See Cherry.
Gone Cool, groovy, neat, neato; said of a person, as in He's a real gone cat. Or you could say, I'm gone over him. (wowed, infatuated, totally sold on). Gnarly Originally a difficult or large wave (He wiped out on a gnarly wave),later anything big or difficult (The Chemistry test was gnarly.), then later an expletive of approval (That custom paint job is gnarly!)
Greaser A guy that used too much grease in his hair. Usually "LB Butch Wax" or "Pomade" Gremmy(sp) A rookie surfer. Groovy Nice, "Cool" or Neat. Used commonly among hippies in the 60's. Groady (grow'- tee): A shortened version of grotesque. When we went to wash the car (by hand at the park) we wore our grotees. Also, someone's dorm room if it was "trashed" out would be called grotey. Glasspacks Mufflers that are packed with fiberglass to muffle the sound. They came in different lengths. The shorter the glasspacks, the louder the car. Gutt Waddin' Any type of cheap fast food, to fill you up and take the hunger away. Example:"I'm going to Skippys to get some Gut Waddin."
Hacked Angry, disgusted, mad, ticked off, etc. Sometimes used in reference to parents. "My Old Man is really hacked at me about my grades...."
Hairy Large; out of control. Example: "Check out the hairy slicks on that Chevy. Hangin' Awesome, Cool. Thanks to Debbie Cogan Schreiber HHS72 for this one. Hangin' a B.A. A car full of guys pulls up to another car (usually full of girls) and one of the guys pulls down his pants, bends over, and sticks his "bare ass" out the window. Thanks to Judy DeGrazia HHS64 for this classy entry. (A girl just had to remember this one.) Hang Loose Relax; Take it easy. Haulin (Ass) See Bookin' Hauls Ass A car that really moves. Example: "Since Ron put the new engine in his car, it really hauls ass!" Heat The Cops Heavy Deep, Cool, Chaotic, Sad, Controversial Hep With it. A person who understands the situation. Hip Very good,cool. Hodad A non-surfer, usually someone who just hangs around the beach. Hook Steal Hopped Up See Souped Up Hunk What a girl would call a good looking guy "It's El Segundo" That refinery smell is stinking up Hawthorne again. Thanks Jennie Quevedo HHS'67. "Great local saying" Ivy Leaguers A type of men's pants with no pleats, made of polished cotton, and with a buckle in the back. Great word from Dave and Carol Mountain (HHS60) Page. Thanks folks... Jacked Up To Raise the front end of a car. Done to transfer weight to the rear wheels for drag racing or just to make your car look cool. Car shown with Collector Headers.
Jam To leave the area, (See "Cut Out") Example: "Hey John, this party is going to get busted. I'm going to jam!" Thanks again to Bob Rierdan (61) for this great word. Jazzed Elated, Excited; "This is going to be a great reunion. I'm really jazzed about going." Jelly Roll Another way of combing your hair. You comb it up and forward on both sides and bring it together in the middle of the forehead. Jinx, You Owe Me A Coke!! When two people said the same thing at the same time, one would slug the other on the shoulder and say these 6 little words. I don't think anyone ever paid up. Jump Bad Looking for a fight - acting tough. As in "I think Jim was drunk last night, he tried to jump bad with everybody!" Keen or Keen-o Someone or something that was Cool. Great word from Larry Bach HHS72. Thanks Larry.... Kibosh To quickly put a stop to; Put the Kibosh on Kipe To steal. Kissee A cross between kiss-ass and sissy. Another great word from the 60's Slangmeister himself, Bob Rierdan (HHS 61) Kiss up The proverbial "Teachers Pet". This person who would do anything to please the teacher. This great slang term is from "El Rojo" AKA: Russ Jacobsen (HHS 60) Thanks Russ. Knocked Up Pregnant Kybo The bathroom. Stood for Keep Your Bowels Open. Later Goodbye; See you later Lay A Patch/Strip To accelerate leaving a strip or patch of rubber behind on the road. This great slang term is from "El Rojo" AKA: Russ Jacobsen (HHS 60) Thanks Russ. Lay it on me Speak your piece. Lay some scratch To burn rubber in a vehicle. Example: That car is so powerful it can get second gear scratch. Once again, the slangmeister, Ron Stowe comes through. Lead Sled Lead was used prior to Bondo to fill in the holes and to do body work. A lead sled was a car that had extensive body fill work done with lead. Light'em Up See Burn rubber Lip Flappin' Talking about things of little importance. Loaded Intoxicated Loose Finger Leuzinger High School
Thanks to Mark Osterstock PV High for this one. Lowered To drop a car all the way around. Car shown with Lake Pipes
Make Out Usually a kissing session in a parked car at a Drive In or other secluded place. Thanks to Ray Pogue (HHS 61) for this gem. "Meanwhile Back At The Ranch" Used when someone who was telling a story would ramble off to another subject. So, the term was used by the listener to get the storyteller back on track. The term itself was no doubt linked to "the Western," which was TV's dominant genre in the late 50s and early 60s. Bonanza, Have Gun Will Travel, Rawhide, The Virginian and many more shows. This "great saying" provided by Marty Clobucker (HHS 62) Thanks Marty. Meat As in, "Hey Meat"; A jocks term for "Guy" or "Man" Bill Sloey is responsible for this classic. Thanks Bill Melvin See Wedgie; Example: "Jimmy the Fink was smarting off to Billy, so I sneaked up behind him and gave him a Melvin." Thanks to Tom Schell for this one.... Midnight Auto Supply Car parts obtained through theft. Mirror Warmer Usually, a piece of pastel blue or pink cashmere that was attached to elastic and was placed around the perimeter of your inside rear view mirror. It was usually your girl friends idea. Thanks to Chris Prewitt '67 for this one. Moon To drop your pants, bend over, and show your bare butt. (See "Hangin a B.A.") Moons (Baby Moons) Chrome hubcaps that were smooth and domed. They fit the inner part of the wheel, leaving room for beauty rings. Neat (Neato) Nice; Sharp Nifty Meaning "Cool" but usually said by someone who wasn't. Thanks to Larry Bach HHS72 for this one.... Nosed A term used to indicate that the hood ornament had been removed and the holes filled with bondo. The spot was sanded smooth and at least primed. (See Decked) Thanks to Donald Scheliga,(62), for this great slang word. Old Lady Your Mother. Old Man Your Father. A pair of classics above from Jeff Kain HHS '72. On the Make Usually after a break up of steadies, a guy or girl who was "on the make" was looking very hard for a new mate. Also, someone who's looking for another someone, sexually. Outta Sight Fantastic, Awesome. Example: Hey Kathleen, that tie dyed top your wearing is "outta sight". This one provided by Kathleen Griffin (74). Thanks Kathleen... Great saying! Pad Someone's house. Example: There wasn't much to do so we all hung out at John's pad, drank Cokes and listened to records. Thanks again to Ron Stowe for this old standard. Padiddle A word "called" by someone that has just seen a car with one headlight. The caller then receives a kiss from the person of their choice. Thanks to Mo Trott HHS64, for this classic. Padunkle Same as a Padiddle only it refers to a car with one taillight. Pants An activity where usually two or more boys physically remove the pants from another boy so as to cause him embarrassment in a group setting. Panty Waist A mama's boy or a geek. Paper Shaker Pom Pom Girl Passion Pit Drive-in Theater Peel Out (See Lay A Patch/Strip) Peepers Glasses Peggers A type of men's pants, very similar to today's dockers, but with a cuff. Another great word from Dave and Carol Mountain (HHS60) Page. Thanks again... PG Pregnant Pig Cop Pig Out Over eat Pin To look hard at someone. Example: Hey Bob, That guy over there is really pinning you. Thanks to Tom Shelley (HHS 62) for this one. Port Holer 57 T-bird Pound If someone was going to beat up someone else you said he was going to "pound" the other person. For an example, Joe caught Jim with the hubcaps that he stole from Joe's '50 Merc last night. He'll probably pound him after school. Thanks to Ron Stowe for this entry. Primo First class. PV Palos Verdes. A great place to make out. (Also stood for Pregnant Valley) Thanks to Ray Pogue (HHS 61) for this addition. Rake
Also "On a Rake". To lower the front end of a car. (Shown with Scavenger pipes) Example: "Carl's short has a bitchin' rake." Thanks to Carlton Rilling (HHS 59) for this classic entry. Race for Pinks Also race for pink slips. Meaning two people race and the winner gets the others car. Rags Clothes Rap Talk Rat Fink (See Fink) Raunchy Raw, Rank, Disgusting Thanks to Karen Graham Kuehl (HHS 59) for this great word. Real Gone Cat Someone who marches to his own drummer. Example: The Fonz is a real gone cat. Right On I agree; I concur Righteous Extremely fine, beautiful. For us guys it was generally used when talking about the most important areas of our lives; cars and women. Examples: "John's got a righteous new paint job on his '58 Chevy". "Ron met this righteous babe down at 26th St.". Thanks to Bob Melendrez (HHS 71) for this "Righteous" addition. Ripped Off To have something stolen, or to have stolen something Rule As in, "Hodads Rule"; To take ownership of Thanks again to Bill Sloey for this great slang word. Sad An expression of disapproval. Example: "That cat is really sad." Sanitary See Sano Sano Usually referring to someones car, or part of ones car, as being pristine: "Ron did a sano job on his 56 Chevy". also "Super Sano" (Very Pristine) Scarf To eat very fast. Example:"I'm going to scarf this hot dog". A great 60's word from Sandy Edholm Holyoak HHS68. Thanks Sandy Scheming When someone is really interested in the opposite sex. Example: "Jim is really scheming on Jill" Thanks to Lillian McDonald Parra HHS63 for this one. Score To obtain something valuable or necessary; (Let's go score some pizza.); Also to go all the way with a girl. Thanks to Peter Schultz HHS66 Scratch Money Screwed, Got Cheated out of something Screwed up Made a mistake; messed up in the head; intoxicated Sectioned A section is cut out horizontally through the body of a car to give it a lower sleeker look. Sex Pot A sexy or seductive woman. Shades Sunglasses Shag Ass Let's get out of here. Example: "Let's shag ass before the cops get here." Shake it, Don't Break it! Said to a girl who had an awesome wiggle in her walk. Short Car. Shotgun A place of honor in the front seat of a car nearest the door. Usually reserved for the coolest guy in the group besides the driver of the car. If there is a doubt, before entering the car someone will call shotgun and then everyone will argue as to who actually will ride shotgun. Skag An ugly girl. Skank See Skag Skanky Gross, Disgusting Skirt Girl Skuzz Lowdown; undesirable Skuzz Bucket An ugly car Slut A promiscuous girl So Fine Another cool or bitchin' thing. "That girl in my science class is so fine". Used in a variety of early rock and roll songs usually as follows: "She's so fine, she makes me want to blow my mind". Smokem' "Let's see you burn rubber" Solid Something that is ok or all right. Sosh Meaning a person who is stuck-up, snooty, and thinks they are better than everyone else. Example: "That girl wearing those fuzzy bobby-sox is a real sosh!" (Now, in the 90's, we know of course, that fuzzy bobby-sox DO indicate superiority.) Thanks again Bob. Souped Up A car that's had the engine modified to go fast. Example: "Bob really souped up his car. It did the quarter in 14.5 seconds!" Spaz Used as a put down, or to describe someone who was acting retarded. Thanks to Kathleen Nix Griffin (74) for this unforgettable word. Split See Cut Out Sponge One big need. Everything you get comes from those around you. AKA; bum. Also practiced by those who are so stingy as not to spend their own money. Someone who is always borrowing money or is always broke. A spongy person Thanks to Mike Mawbey for this word. Square Someone who was not "Cool". Example: "Jerry's so square, all he does is his homework, watch TV, and he doesn't even like Elvis!" Stacked Being well endowed, "Upstairs" Example: "Wow, that girl is really stacked!!" Thanks to Debbie Sims (69) for this classic 60's word. Steady Boyfriend or Girlfriend Stoked (as in I'm stoked) Excited Stone A car that's pretty slow. Stoned Intoxicated Stood Up When a guy (or girl) didn't show up for a date Stuck Up Conceited Stud See Hunk Submarine Races A place at the beach or PV, where you would park facing the ocean and wait for the Submarines to start racing. Of course they wouldn't show up, but while you were waiting, you'd make out....for hours until the insides of your lips were raw. Thanks to Colleen Trott O'Ryan (64) for this great slang. Suicide Knob A knob placed on your steering wheel allowing you to drive with one hand, leaving the other free to put around your date.
Swampwater Half A&W Root Beer and half Orange Drink.Thanks go to Amy Nixon (HHS66) for this local slang word. Swapping Spit Those passionate, "get down and really into it", French Kisses.
Swordfish Fights See Submarine Races Thanks El Roho HHS60. Swear to Buddha I guess we thought it was less irreverant than saying "I swear to God." Thanks to Marsha Soares West (63). Sweat Hog A fat chick. Sweat Parties Intense physical exercise after school to make up a non suit (strip) usually at the hands of Messrs Bravo and / or Sevier. Thanks to Jim Sloey HHS66 for this one. "Taco Wagon" See Bean Wagon "T Bucket" A hot rod made from a Model T Ford. A two seater, with lots of go. Norm Grabowski, Tommy Ivo, and Edd "Kookie" Burns made them famous on TV. They are still popular. Teach A Teacher "The A" The A&W Drive In (Hawthorne Bl and 136th St) "The Beach" Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach "The Bird" The Finger. "The Digs" The Drags "The Hill" The Wich Stand (Slauson and Overhill) "The Most" Something that is the best or the greatest (Superbitchin') "The Man" Police Thicker than a $5.00 malt Someone that's not too bright. Back then, malts were only 30 cents! Thanks to Jeff Kain '72 for this standard. Think Fast It usually was used to tell you to get ready because someone was tossing you something. Thanks again to Peter Schultz HHS66 for this great word. Thongs In the 60's, thongs were something you wore on your feet. Threads Clothes "Three On The Tree" A car with a three speed manual transmission and the shifter on the steering column. Tooling To cruise or drive around without aim. As in: "There was nothing to do last night, so we just went tooling around." Another great word from Bob Rierdan (61) Tough or Tuff Neat, cherry, great, bitchin'. - as in "Wow, she's really a tuff chic!" Thanks to Bob Rierdan for this old standard. Trollin' Cruising the Boulevard looking for girls. As in "Let's go trollin' for some chicks." Truckin As in we're "Truckin" over to Joe's house to party, or Let's "Truck" on over to Holly's and scarf. Thanks to Ray Castillo (73) for this late 60's classic. Twice Pipes Dual Exhaust Twitchin' The word used instead of Bitchin', around your parents Two-Six 26th Street in Manhattan Beach. Thanks to Debbie Cogan Schreiber HHS '72. Great local expression. Uncorked Running your car with the "Cut Outs" open. Wedgees A shoe style. The sole and heel were one piece and on the same plane. Wedgie When someone pulls your underwear up from the back and it ends up in the crack all on it's own. Now they call it a thong and wear them on purpose. Wet Willie A trick played when someone wets their finger and puts it in your ear. Thanks to Connie Jax Beverly HHS67 for the two, above. What's Your Bag, Man? What's your problem; where are you coming from? Wicked Term of Admiration. Example:"That Chevy that Bob has is one wicked machine." Thanks to Suzy Beal (72) for this one. Wiggin' out Going crazy Great saying from Nancy Rose Sargent (79) Winnie As in, "He gave me the Winnie." Or "I got the Winnie." It could mean many things. For example: The jerk didn't show up for our date last night! Or, I got grounded for coming in late! When things really got bad, it was the "Big Winnie." Editors Note: Wasn't there The "Green Winnie" too? Thanks again to Marsha Soares West (63) for this beauty. Wipe(d) out Originally, to fall off a wave while surfing, later to crash one's vehicle and severely damage it (He wiped his coupe out at the drags.), then later a term for extreme fatigue (I'm wiped out, I'm gonna crash.) Thanks once again to Peter Schultz HHS 66for a great 60's term. Wiz, Take a Urinate Woody An erection. Woody Wagon A wood sided station wagon used to transport surfboards and surfers to and from the beach. Zits Pimples.
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Any way to fix this thread? :)
Deleting it might be a start.
This thread is jive turkey!
Come now...you can read it...hahaha
Wow!! it looks like it came from the 60's alright
Very cool. I can read it.
Hell no I can't, I'm sober.
Many of these terms are used today....
hahahaha...Guinness miss their delivery this a.m.?
Scheming
When someone is really interested in the opposite sex. Example: "Jim is really scheming on Jill"
For this one. Score To obtain something valuable or necessary; (Let's go score some pizza.); Also to go all the way with a girl.
Got Cheated out of something Screwed up Made a mistake; messed up in the head; intoxicated Sectioned A section is cut out horizontally through the body of a car to give it a lower sleeker look.
Sex Pot A sexy or seductive woman. Shades Sunglasses Shag Ass Let's get out of here.
Example: "Let's shag ass before the cops get here." Shake it, Don't Break it! Said to a girl who had an awesome wiggle in her walk.
It's a gas. Brings back memories of hangin' ten at Santa Cruz.
Thanks to Ron Stowe for this one. 
A knob placed on your steering wheel allowing you to drive with one hand, leaving the other free to put around your date.