80's Slang
The 80's had some great words, phrases, and put downs.
Airhead
One who is forgetful
Awesome
Cool, Great, Wonderful
Bad
Good
Barf Me Out
Something you did or said was yucky
Cheesy
Overdone or tacky
Chill
Relax, Settle down
Dweeb
Geek, Nerd
Eat My Shorts
The equivalent of "Go F*#! Yourself"
Eurotrash
Self explanatory
Gag me with a spoon
Same as
Barf Me Out
Gnarly
Synonym for
Awesome
Grody To The Max
Extremely yucky
Don't Have a Cow
You're blowing this way out of proportion
Lame
Dumb
o-Rama
Add this to the end of a word and it multiplies the meaning.
(i.e. Cheese-o-Rama = Extremely Cheesy)
Preppy
Someone who wore those shirts with the Alligator on it
Spaz
Crazy, but in a geeky way.
Yuppie
Young Urban Professional
An upper-class 30 something
Valley Girl
Someone who uses the word "like" as every other word
Totally Tubular
Extreme Coolness
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