When you're getting on in years, like me, you realize that young people have an entire language of their own and you have no idea what they might be talking about. I wonder if it was like that in the 1960s, if the older generation was confused at the hippie speak we often used. Looking up some of the words and phrases from back then gave me this list.
- Ace – Cool
- Beef – Argument or disagreement.
- Bippy
- Boogie board: short surfboard.
- Bread – Money.
- Bug out: To leave.
- Cat – A guy.
- Church key – A can opener
- Crash: Sleep.
- Dig it: Understand
- Digs – Home.
- Far out: Awesome.
- Five finger discount: Stolen.
- Fuzz – The police.
- A gas: Having a fun time.
- Gimme some skin: To ask someone to slap or shake your hand
- Grody
- Groovy
- Hacked or hacked off – Mad.
- Heavy: A serious or intense subject.
- Hodad – A non-surfer who just hangs around the beach but is never in the water.
- Kicks: Something done for pleasure.
- Lay it on me: Tell me.
- Make tracks – To leave.
- Mop-top: Someone with a Beatle haircut.
- Old lady: Girlfriend/wife.
- Old man: Boyfriend/husband
- Outta sight
- Pad: home.
- Pedal pushers – knee high pants worn by girls.
- Pig: Police officer.
- Right on: Okay
- Slug bug: Volkswagen Beetle.
- Sock it to me: Let me have it.
- Solid: I understand.
- Split: To leave.
- Square – Not cool
- The man: Any establishment authority figure
- Threads: Clothes.
- Trippin’ – An unusual experience
- Way out
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