Old School Slang Time: Your favorite old world slang term.

[Taverner]

Mine?

I just think it's the bees knees

[Xyzse]

1. I still use that... So I don't consider it old school.

Maybe I'm just Old School...
Hrm, damn, now I feel old.

I still use Cool Beans.

[Taverner]

2. Cool Beans is 60s/70s, no?

I'm all about recycling slang

[Xyzse]

3. I was born 79 so I guess I am legit.

[Taverner]

4. I was born in 1970 - I'm ancient according to my wife's HS students

[Xyzse]

5. Dang...

I guess.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

23. My kids said 'cool beans' in the 90s!

[LiberalElite]

46. My boss still says it

[randr]

6. Boss

Boss was cool before cool.

[lastlib]

7. "Grooovy, ba-a-aby!"

[olddots]

8. twenties slang was the bee's knees

ever notice the more you say fuck the less you're doing it ?

[Brigid]

9. "The cat's pajamas."

What era is that from anyway?

[Taverner]

11. Ahhh but that one ONLY worked in WI/IL/MN

Because you say it like 'the KYATS PEEGYUAMUS"

[WolverineDG]

44. 20s, along with bee's knees nt

[HERVEPA]

10. Snow Merchant (my dad was the only one I ever heard use it)

Means BS artist

[Aristus]

12. "Rock and roll!"

I use that anytime I'm feeling good, or something is going well.

If I'm feeling a little Spinal Tap, I say it in a working-class English accent.

[Libertas1776]

13. Bunko

and for that matter the bunko squad, the cops that go after bunko and bunko men.

[KamaAina]

17. What would Midlo say?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Far out.

[LiberalEsto]

21. Far fucking out!

[annabanana]

15. hot diggety!

fiddle sticks

[a la izquierda]

16. Old World or Old School?

Bollocks is my favorite Old World, English language slang (my Spanish slang is more entertaining).
Good grief is my throwback expression. That, and rad.

[KamaAina]

18. The greatest thing since sliced bread

[truegrit44]

19. "Bitchin" it was so cool to say that in the 60's

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. I still use it all the time. n/t

[hibbing]

20. bummer

Hey,
Not sure how old school that is, but I use it quite often.

Peace

[Art_from_Ark]

22. Can ya dig it, man?

Groovy, man!
Far out!
Out of sight!
Keep on truckin'!

[progressoid]

25. "Fuck the dog"

Is that old world?

[dballance]

27. I think we cleaned that up as

Screwed the pooch

[libodem]

26. Bitchin'

Meaning cool.

[denbot]

28. That's Bitchen, or Boss, the opposite of Harsh or Bummer.

I was born in 58..

[mokawanis]

29. Go on with your bad self

Always liked that one.

[Arugula Latte]

30. Mine, like yours, is leg-related: "Gams"

[datasuspect]

31. 23 skidoo

shave and a haircut, two bits

[sinkingfeeling]

32. 'Neato' and just 'cool'.

[Taverner]

33. COOL

[ananda]

34. Bit of a sticky wicket, what?

..

[Taverner]

35. Datts UK nott US! ! !

[MADem]

36. One of my oft-used favorites.

Right up there with "hep cats" and "Oh you kid!"

[hopemountain]

37. What's happening? nt

[Iggo]

38. Bitchen and Boss.

The Kind and The Kind Kind.

[Arctic Dave]

39. Worrrrrd.

Word up!


http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MZjAantupsA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMZjAantupsA

[vanlassie]

40. Jesus Mary and Joseph.

[Bertha Venation]

41. Bitchin', neato. n/t

[LWolf]

42. These replies are blowing my mind. nt

[pink-o]

43. Or totally blowing me away...

Late 70s on that one, I think.

But I was born in the mid-50s so I know some even older ones! Why're you tripping or this is a bad trip, man. Not to mention calling Pot Dope.

When I was in 7th grade, I tried to get everyone to say something was "Solar" to mean cool. Needless to say, it didn't take. But WTF did I know, I was a stupid 12year old.

Nice to know something's never change!

[WolverineDG]

45. Old school slang just ain't my bag, man. nt

[gejohnston]

47. but is it your scene?

[WolverineDG]

51. Dig nt

[gejohnston]

48. It would be groovy

if I score all that far out bread the man is giving away.

[Habibi]

49. Heavy duty!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

50. gadzooks and forsooth!

[kwassa]

52. Shake your groove thing.

Shake your moneymaker.

Shake your body down to the ground.

Shake your booty.

Shake your tail feather.

Shake your hips.

Shake your body.

( all available on Youtube by various artists).