20 Slang Terms From the 1970s No One Uses Anymore

Best Life Online ^ | 8DEC17 | Bob Larkin

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. I’ll come back and review that tomorrow afternoon.

[BradyLS]

“Psyche!” was a popular one for a bit in the late seventies. Short for “psyche out” as in “to psyche someone out.” To fool someone into believing they would receive a favor or treat and then immediately withdrawing it. (A little different from what the list says.”

“Did you say you wanted the last beer? Here you go... Psyche!”

Eddie Murphy used “Psyche!” in his stand-up “I’ve got my ice cream” routine.

“I got my ice cream! I got my ice-cream! And you ain’t got none! I got my iiice creeeam! ...Wanna lick? Psyche!”

[Cvengr]

Rad, man.

[Yaelle]

I only knew Get Jiggy WIth It from JS Giguere, the goalie for the Avs and then the Ducks.

[RedMonqey]

I remember the seventies, and never heard those, either.

Nor “Stella”

[BradyLS]

“10-4, back door. Put the pedal to the metal and let it roar. Hammer down to Macon-town. Gonna see my momma, shore... Well, the bears are gone, let’s brrr-ing it on. The Georgia line is outta sight! Pulled out of Richmond-town last Saturday night and my handle is the White Knight.”

“All right, White Knight! Hammer down! You got the mean machine!” My wheels were clickin’ an’ my needle was stickin’. Right around 79! That ol’ diesel juice was gettin’ loose and everything was fine! Then all of a sudden there come a call from a front-door big bear trapper! He said...

“Break 1-9, good buddy o’ mine, you got a Smokey in a plain white wrapper!”

[marajade]

This is beaver country. LOL

[gunsequalfreedom]

Exactly.

[RedMonqey]

I was 15 in the ‘70s , so I’ve heard of “Psyche!” (More a game) And “dillweed” is tv slang for “d+ckhead”which the “That ‘70s Show” program didn’t think they could say on TV.

Never heard of

6 Stop dipping in my Kool-Aid
7 What a fry
16 Bogue (“Bogus” I’ve heard of)
18 Lay a gasser
or
20 Stella

[Windflier]

I remember the seventies, and never heard those, either. Nor “Stella”

Yeah, I missed that one. I never heard 'Stella' either.

[BradyLS]

“Breaker 1-9, this here’s the Rubber Duck. You got a copy on me, Big Ben, c’mon...”

[marajade]

LOL I really hated that stupid song and it was number one for something like 3 months one year.

[BradyLS]

LOL! CW McCall! They made a movie of it and everything! Never saw it...

[right way right]

Hey man,scored a Lid, Colombo, all clean, after, behind the gym...attitude adjustments, dollar J's and dimes.
No lightweights or narcs.
Yep, I was a stoned ass hype, Bonged out and listened to Ed Zepperman records
Man, that stuff was for weak tits by 1982 when I graduated from HIGH school.
Not bragging, God sent protection during those years.
I was crazy. Quite a bit better off today.

[marajade]

Didn’t see the movie either. Certainly wasn’t even entertaining it after hearing the song constantly on the radio. FM was just becoming a thing then. Did I tell you I hated that song?

[kelly4c]

Grew up in the 80’s and everybody was “dude” lol. A friend would come up to you in the mall “Heeey dude!” We went to this kickass party dude!”

[BradyLS]

I remember “Movin’ On” was a hit TV show with Claude Akins. Sorta “Route 66” with truckers. “BJ and the Bear” kinda closed out the whole truckers-are-cool era. I’m sure most here remember that.

My grand-dad was a trucker when I was a kid and I asked him if he had as much fun as the songs say. “Oh, yeah, the songs are funny. But, no, it’s mostly driving and waiting for someone to load, unload, or fix the thing.”

[Tired of Taxes]

Surprising that “bad” (meaning good) isn’t there.

That's what I remember, too. "Bad" meant "good." And "man" was used the way "dude" is used today.

Example: "Man, that was bad" was the equivalent of "Dude, that was awesome."

(I was a kid in the seventies.)

[Califreak]

Where’s crucial?

[Tired of Taxes]

From the list, I remember “psyche,” “spazz,” and “space cadet” being used most often (up into early 80’s high school).

But the list left off some biggies from the seventies, like “Dig it.” lol