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by 60s Rock on October 23rd, 2007

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What were some "catch" words you use/used when you were a kid? Words like neat or cool.

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  • by Tamilze on October 23rd, 2007

    Tamilze

    Cool was the one then and it's still the one now.

    But there's a new one. Oh yeah, there is. Boosh! Yeah, that's so gonna catch on. It has to. How could it not? Ba-ba-boosh!

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  • by AnaContessa on November 19th, 2007

    AnaContessa

    Bitchin'

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  • by Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH on October 23rd, 2007

    Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH

    "Sweet" and "cool" and "groovy" all had their moments. "Syke" was a huge deal for a while... tho my parents never let us use it because they said it was short for "psychopathic liar".

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  • by Theby on October 23rd, 2007

    Theby

    "Cut Lunch" meant no good.
    A "sword" was an amazing looking guy

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  • by the big boo on October 23rd, 2007

    the big boo

    Awesome, radical, cool, neat
    I think there was a tubular or dudical out there, but I never used those.

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  • by Magenta on November 20th, 2007

    Magenta

    It's good to be cool, it's good to be hot, it's even good to be warm.

    It's bad to be cold.

    So there is some minimum temperature you have to be above to be acceptable.

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  • by Galeanda on November 20th, 2007

    Galeanda

    Showing my age I guess. 'Neat' is still in my vocabulary as is an occasional 'cool'. I will let out an awesome but it was from later in my life that I acquired that so I guess when I say it I really mean it.

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  • by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on November 20th, 2007

    Lady Alathia of Vulcan

    "Dude! I totally dig you Hammer pants... PSYCHE!"

    Yeah. We "dug" it. It was "bogus" or "rad"

    and if it was a bad idea, "BART!" or a REALLY bad idea "BAR-tholomew!" or "BLIND BART-amaeus" and it just escalated from there.

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  • by Anonymoose on November 20th, 2007

    Anonymoose

    I was an 80's/90's kid. "Far Out" was popular in the 80's. And in the 90's it was "phat" (pronounced fat)to mean something/someone was nice looking.

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  • by 232499 on November 20th, 2007

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    Rad -

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  • by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on November 20th, 2007

    Cowboy-Matter of Fact

    I was a kid in the 60's and we said "choroded" for something bad, and "slick" for something good.

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  • by Snowman on October 23rd, 2007

    Snowman

    "23 skidoo" ;o) Oh wait, that was my grandpa. Oh well, it sounds cool anyway.

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