1970's slang
Terms
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- -aholic
- suffix for any addiction
- antsy
- nervous
- awesome
- great
- biggie
- important event or person
- boss
- excellent
- burnout
- exhausted from drugs or stess
- bust
- arrest for drug use
- by the farm
- to die
- cheapie
- low quality merchandise
- come on like ganbusters
- over-zealous
- cost an arm and a log
- expensive
- decent
- nice; very good
- dig
- understand
- dirty pool
- unfair tactics
- do a number on
- try to deceive
- dork
- a fool, nerd
- down
- bad experience
- empowerment
- taking control of one's life
- even-handed
- fair
- fall guy
- scape goat
- flea market
- street sale
- flat-out
- totally
- flick
- movie
- -gate
- suffix for any scandal
- get your act together
- straighten out one's life
- get into
- become interested
- get down
- begin
- gig
- job
- go bananas
- get excited
- gofer
- lackey, errand runner
- hang-up
- a mental or emotional resistance
- hassle
- to annoy
- hatchet man
- one brought in to fire employees
- head up
- to lead; organize
- humongous
- very large
- hype
- big promotional effort
- jet set
- to super-wealthy
- jive
- nonsense
- judgement call
- a close choice
- keep on truckin'
- hang in there
- life style
- way of life
- -mania
- suffix for craze
- old fogey
- old-fashioned person
- jock
- any athlete
- easy going
- laid back
- match-up
- a competition
- make waves
- cause trouble
- megabucks
- large amount of money
- narc
- tattletale
- out-of-pocket
- unreimbursed
- preppy
- dress like a prep school student
- punk
- form of rock and roll
- right on
- yes, that's right
- scuttlebutt
- gossip
- shtick
- act, show
- square one
- beginning
- step-by-step
- in a sequence
- suave
- well-poised
- superstar
- a major media idol
- take care of business
- to commence
- totally awesome
- wonderful!
- totally gross
- disgusting
- track record
- past achievements
- trash
- waste, destroy
- truck
- walk
- turkey
- a nerd
- up front
- honest
- WASP
- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
- whole nine yards
- full commitment, all the way
- widget
- mechanical contraption
- workaholic
- person compelled to work
- zit
- pimple