The Archive of Forgotten Slang.

[JohnCrichton]

It just struck me a while ago after I said, "gank" to someone and then explained the word, that nobody says it anymore besides myself and my group of friends.

Does anyone remember or still use the word, "gank?"

Gank: To take or to snatch away. Can also mean to be hurt or hurt someone.

Anyone still use this or remember this word?

Any other forgotten slang that you wonder what happened to it?

[guinaevere]

Perhaps it's because I've got the vocabulary of a 17 year-old, but most of the slang that I've picked up over the years has stuck with me.

Though, I must admit, Mr Crichton, that I've never heard anyone use the word 'gank' before. Perhaps it was a regional thing?

[Tienshin]

I remember using "Gank" in the context JC pointed out like 10 years ago...and then it kinda disappeared. Probably due to the fact that I moved from the midwest to the east coast and encountered a whole new world of slang to learn.

Also, I remember using the phrase "g-move" (gank move) i.e: "OH SNAP!! Did you see what happened to JC? Someone pulled a G-Move on him and took his Sailor Stars lunch box!" :eek:

But some of the old terms stick around, "dope" is still somewhat common.

Other then that the only one I can think of is "tight", which was pretty much another way of saying something was cool, i.e. "Yo dawg, JC just drove by in his new ride with the BANGING Dayton's...that whip was TIGHT!!!!"

Yeah... :cool:

[JohnCrichton]

LOL!

I'm totally using "g-move!" in the future! Thanks!

[JohnCrichton]

How about "word," meaning, "to agree or endorse."

As in, "Yo, G Gundam be the diggety, yo!" "Word." :cool:

[So_Sorry]

What ever happened to eating "****** toes" during the holiday season?

[Kaner]

Oh man, I use word all the time! Sailor Scouts for life, word is bond!

Anybody remember grip, meaning many?
Eg. "I got a grip of Beta series Magic cards and it's time to duel punk!"

-JerkBox

[FredNash]

I remember 'gank', and I still hear it used, infrequently. And how can anyone forget 'word'? Without 'word', how would you answer someone when they asked you if you were keeping it real?

[Tienshin]

I remember 'gank', and I still hear it used, infrequently. And how can anyone forget 'word'? Without 'word', how would you answer someone when they asked you if you were keeping it real?

Doh! you are dead on...also let's not forget the famous variation "word up" or the infamous "word to your mutha"

Anybody remember grip, meaning many?
Eg. "I got a grip of Beta series Magic cards and it's time to duel punk!"

Is "grip" old now, I still hear it from time to time, only in rap songs mind you, but maybe those were old CD's.

[guinaevere]

How about "word," meaning, "to agree or endorse."

As in, "Yo, G Gundam be the diggety, yo!" "Word." :cool: Again, a lot of these phrases have stuck with me, so I can't really call it forgotten. Part of it is from having a good mix of urban friends down here 'round atlanta, and as I mentioned earlier, I often talk like I'm still in high school. :: shame ::

Anybody remember grip, meaning many?
Eg. "I got a grip of Beta series Magic cards and it's time to duel punk!"
That's a new one to me.

[Eddie G.]

I have a new word to use! Thanks for giving me a new slang word to use, I try to use all slang words even if their not from my langauge or century.

[Kury Wagner]

My sisters and me used to always say "gank"! :anime: I forgot about it. Yeah, that's funny. Gank and ganked. Good times, man. Good times. :D

[Delthayre]

Perhaps it's because I've got the vocabulary of a 17 year-old, but most of the slang that I've picked up over the years has stuck with me.

Though, I must admit, Mr Crichton, that I've never heard anyone use the word 'gank' before. Perhaps it was a regional thing?It's not too common up in PA, but my friends use, "gank," reasonably often. I don't use slang much in general, as anyone whose talked to me in person or through some mechanism of thar interweb could tell you, my use of language is to stiff and prolix to readily admit colloquialisms.

[Hordesman]

Did a web search on the Horde once and "Mantenna" came up as a slang dictionary term.

[Elven Moon]

Anyone ever use "Sike!" meaning "Just kidding!" or "Fooled you!". A lot of people used it when I was in middle school :sweat: In the early 90s...

[Tienshin]

Anyone ever use "Sike!" meaning "Just kidding!" or "Fooled you!". A lot of people used it when I was in middle school :sweat: In the early 90s...

Absolutely...it was my precursor to angsty adolescent sarcasm.

[Lord Dalek]

We never used "gank" when I was young. Must have been an east coast thing.

[catwoman]

I've only heard "gank" in the context of shoplifting. And I stopped associating with shoplifters when I was in junior high. Those dang kids might still use it.

I use a lot of slang. I say "grody", which means gross. I'm pretty sure that's not used anymore.

And profanity. When did profanity become unfashionable?

Catwoman

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

- "hork": to steal something
- "ralph": to barf
- "melvin": a reverse wedgie (double ouch!) (honestly, I've only heard it in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey)
- "spaz": a doofus
- "doofus": a spaz :p
- "quiff": (see last two)
- "righteous": excellent!
- "tubular": great
- "nar": juvenile term I said in my juvenile years that I thought I had invented, then saw years later in a kids' Disney magazine! :eek:
- "bodacious": great
- "wicked": good. (well, I don't hear it much anymore, but I know some still use it frequently)
- "sick puppy": crazy/weird person. (haven't heard it for a while)
- etc...

[kiddiesunshine]

"Sike" will never die. Ever. I won't let it.
"Dude" will be in the lexicon forever.
"Mug", used to describe a person, isn't used by anyone anymore except me.
I still use "gank".
Living in a predominantly white town has worked "awesome" back into my vocabulary.
I'm trying to work "wicked" into my vocab, in honor of Peter Griffin.
--More to come

[purplehairedwonder]

Anyone ever use "Sike!" meaning "Just kidding!" or "Fooled you!". A lot of people used it when I was in middle school :sweat: In the early 90s...I had a dream where someone said that last night:p

Some my sister and I like to say just to be randomly weird are:
"Fo shizzle my nizzle"
"It's off the heezy fo sheezy deezy"

I say "wicked" every now and then, like "That was wicked sweet" or even better: "That was wicked hella sweet."

I still hear people say "tight" as well.

[Kury Wagner]

Do you guys remember "the bomb"? :anime: I hated that!


Example:

Chick 1: "Did you see Dawson's Creek last night?"
Chick 2: "Yeah, man. It was the bomb!"

Gag!

[Patrick Bateman]

"Fresh". I always hated when people said stuff was "Fresh". :p

[ZorBrak]

It just struck me a while ago after I said, "gank" to someone and then explained the word, that nobody says it anymore besides myself and my group of friends.

Does anyone remember or still use the word, "gank?"

Gank: To take or to snatch away. Can also mean to be hurt or hurt someone.

Anyone still use this or remember this word?

Any other forgotten slang that you wonder what happened to it?
sometimes I still say gank...

[shogunthethird]

"you so crazy" remember that one?

amazingly "Groovy" is the one swear word that's gone beyond obscurity, of course it's now forever linked such hits as "gimme some sugar baby!" and "hail to the king" and of course" this is my BOOM STICK!"

[SSJPabs]

"you so crazy" remember that one?

amazingly "Groovy" is the one swear word that's gone beyond obscurity, of course it's now forever linked such hits as "gimme some sugar baby!" and "hail to the king" and of course" this is my BOOM STICK!"I live in the midwest and have never heard gank in my life...

My contribution is something my friend used to say: "bogart" as in "don't bogart the chips" i.e. don't keep them all to yourself.

I always thought it was spelled "psych" as in "psychology" because you played mind games with them... anyhow the only thing I say with any kind of regularity is "cool" although on occasion I do say "w00t" outloud, softly. But only when its really deserved.

[Tapout]

Do you guys remember "the bomb"? :anime: I hated that!


Example:

Chick 1: "Did you see Dawson's Creek last night?"
Chick 2: "Yeah, man. It was the bomb!"

Gag!Bleh. That was the worst ever. Frickin' everyone was using that when I was in jr. high. There were so many people that I wanted to set of fire for it.

I never even heard of "gank" until now.

One of my favorites was always "nards," as in "That guy got hit in the nards." I still use it to get a laugh sometimes because its such a stupid word.

[JohnCrichton]

I like that "sweet" came back. My friends and I are trying to use "rad" more often tho.

[Cartman]

Do you guys remember "the bomb"? :anime: I hated that!


Example:

Chick 1: "Did you see Dawson's Creek last night?"
Chick 2: "Yeah, man. It was the bomb!"

Gag!

I remember that term. It was used all the time by the kids where I went to high school.

[RogueMartian]

I remember well "da bomb" and "she's so crazy" Ah early 90s slang. Here's some more I remember:

Rad/Radical (i was glad this one died)
Diggety (see above)
Dude (which I keep alive by referring to EVERYONE as dude to this day)
Duh! (still used, but not as badly as it was in my youth)
Like (like, i have like, the dumbest, like, way of talking!)
Sike (the teacher called your name for detention, SIKE!!!!)
Bama (I know this is derogatory, but i never knew what it meant)
Bounce (people used to say this to say " let's leave" they'd say "let's bounce" I HATED it)
bodacious (heard of it, but never heard it used)

I could probably list dozens, people really talked like morons when I was a kid.

[FredNash]

Anyone ever use "Sike!" meaning "Just kidding!" or "Fooled you!". A lot of people used it when I was in middle school :sweat: In the early 90s...
Not that it matters, but I think it's "Psyche" as in to psyche someone out. Used like that, I hear that word all the time, especailly on sports shows, like "he psyched out the defender and drove in for the score!" or something...

But yeah, I remember when people would just say "Sike!" or "Psyche!" or whatever, kinda like Mike Meyers's "NOT!" or something... and no, no one does it anymore.

[Kury Wagner]

Not that it matters, but I think it's "Psyche" as in to psyche someone out. Used like that, I hear that word all the time, especailly on sports shows, like "he psyched out the defender and drove in for the score!" or something...

But yeah, I remember when people would just say "Sike!" or "Psyche!" or whatever, kinda like Mike Meyers's "NOT!" or something... and no, no one does it anymore.
You're right. It is Psych. I thought it was because it was you're used reverse psychology. :shrug: But, that's just me.

[Damien]

I still say "wicked," I only started using "sweet" once it had been around for awhile, I always hated "tight" and "the bomb", and a friend of mine has me almost saying "stoked." Whatever. It's really none of anyone's beezwax anywayz.

The sad thing is that within the next couple of years, "cool" will make it's way into this thread. I hardly hear it anymore, and I feel kinda old-fashioned when I say it. It's almost getting to the point where I have to watch where I use it. I'm pretty sure that it will soon become illegal in social settings.

[Elven Moon]

Not that it matters, but I think it's "Psyche" as in to psyche someone out. Used like that, I hear that word all the time, especailly on sports shows, like "he psyched out the defender and drove in for the score!" or something...

But yeah, I remember when people would just say "Sike!" or "Psyche!" or whatever, kinda like Mike Meyers's "NOT!" or something... and no, no one does it anymore.
Really? Some people spelled it as "Sike!" so I guess I assumed that's how it was spelled :sweat: I stand corrected.

[Kury Wagner]

I still say "wicked," I only started using "sweet" once it had been around for awhile, I always hated "tight" and "the bomb", and a friend of mine has me almost saying "stoked." Whatever. It's really none of anyone's beezwax anywayz.

The sad thing is that within the next couple of years, "cool" will make it's way into this thread. I hardly hear it anymore, and I feel kinda old-fashioned when I say it. It's almost getting to the point where I have to watch where I use it. I'm pretty sure that it will soon become illegal in social settings.
Cool? That will always be known. The same with "awesome". I heard both of those words all the time.

[Catlover]

Wow, I never knew some of these words existed. I never use slang(well, except for "wow"), maybe because I home-school.

[UberMonkey]

Bee's knees? Rag-a-muffin?

Anyone? Anyone?

[Ed Liu]

Howdy,

Is there anybody else here old enough to remember when people used "tubular?" Or does nobody else want to admit that they know about the Valley Girl phenomenon that happened in the 80's?

Some great old 1930's slang can be found in Miller's Crossing (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0100150/). My personal favorites are probably, "What's the rumpus?" (what's going on?), "Go dangle" (get lost), and "Are you givin' me the high hat?" (are you dissing me?), although I never seem to use any of them in conversation

-- Ed/Ace

[FredNash]

Bee's knees? Rag-a-muffin?

Anyone? Anyone?
23 Skidoo!

[JohnCrichton]

How about "outta sight!" being used in the place of "awesome!" or "cool!"

I was very little with that was still around.

[Alex Toon]

Anybody remember grip, meaning many? I know of "get a grip" from Ninja Turtles. And I think that's also outdated.

[guinaevere]

I like that "sweet" came back. My friends and I are trying to use "rad" more often tho. Ha! I love it! The Crichton Crusade To Re-Instate The General Usage of Forgotten Slang! Or, the CCTRTGUOFS. Very catchy, I must say.

Bee's knees? Rag-a-muffin?

Anyone? Anyone? Believe it or else; yesterday in a PM to Emerald Archer, I did in fact, use the term "Bees Knees". I kid you not.

[chevy citation]

GANK? :confused: :confused: :confused:

Is that with a soft g or hard g?

I've never heard 'gank' ever. Maybe cuz I'm from the South.

I use to say 'jank' all the time, when you insult someone, you janked them.

'cool points' was big in middle school. If you did something stupid or clumsy we'd say you lost your cool points.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

I like that "sweet" came back. My friends and I are trying to use "rad" more often tho.There's a reason people don't use "rad" anymore.

I never heard "gank" and don't think I want to.

I don't really use slang myself except "cool" "awesome" "whatever" don't think those will ever go away.

In grade school people used to say "PSYCH!" or "NOT!" after every sentence that was highly annoying.

I guess this is kinda slang in high school people would constantly use the phrase "I guarantee." Another one people would refer to pretty much anything as "guy." (ex. pointing to a penny and saying this "guy" over here)

[Mr. Pedro]

I'm still waiting for "Whoomp, There it is!" to come back.

I know funky is still being used. Did that ever go out of style?

[Will Sturnick]

Anyone ever hear/use "Cool Beans"?

Ex. - Person 1: "Mike's having a party on Friday!"
Person 2: "Cool Beans!"

[Chris Wood]

I seem to remember "book" being used to mean "run." Of course there's the immortal "Say what?", but maybe that's always been around.

[guinaevere]

Anyone ever hear/use "Cool Beans"?

Ex. - Person 1: "Mike's having a party on Friday!"
Person 2: "Cool Beans!" My friend Angela used to say that all the time. She probably still does. And my big brother's soon to be fiance says it fairly often, too.

[Lucky Bob]

I know a lively fellow
Who is really quite unique
He's small and smart and yellow
With a rodent-like physique
He doesn't play the cello
And he never deigns to speak
He's the Strong Bad's Leporello
And they just call him the Sneak

If you've got a caper then you know who to call
It's the Sneak
It's the Sneak
Who's the dapper swindler out of Tammany Hall?
(voh-vo-voh-dee-oh-do) It's The Sneak

That charming little whatzit who's the Strong Man's greatest
pal
It's the Sneak
It's the Sneak
Who did the hully gully on the Panama Canal?
(doo-wacka-doo-wacka-doo) It's the Sneak

Who's the jaunty jackanapes with moxie and pizazz?
It's the Sneak (yes, sir!)
It's the Sneak
Who's been drinking bootleg hooch and listening to the jazz?
It's the Sneak

Who captures the flapper girls' affections?
Who made off with my Fluffypuff Confections™?

He's dastardly!
He loves catastrophe!
His schemes are masterly!
Takes tea at half-past three!
That sneaky sneaker's sneakin' all over town!

Who dropped the Homestar Runner from his flying machine? (humdinger!)
It's the Sneak (28 skidoo!)
It's the Sneak
Who put a Bengal tiger in the Kaiser's latrine? (Ach du lieber!)
It's The Sneak (what's the rumpus?)
You know it's the sneak (take it home!)
The sneakedy Sneak all day long!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the ultimate in forgotten slang.

You're welcome.

[zmanjz]

I say my good man, you are looking "Dapper" today. :rolleyes:

lol

no, I basicly use Cool, Dude, Sweet, and "freal" (AKA "For Real?" or "For Real!")

Try saying it: "freal"

go ahead

you know you want to.


(Oh yes, I have also been known to use "Egad" though it sounds more like: "E! Gad!")

[Delthayre]

I say my good man, you are looking "Dapper" today. :rolleyes:
I was called dapper once, of course when you're the only guy in you school who dresses in a fedora and long black top coat, it attracts that sort of attention.

I've noticed I have a lot of odd sorts of slang derived mostly from madness contrived with my friends.

Most come from our favorite activity, which is making fun of bad movies (inspired of course by Mystery Science Theater 3000)

We have a sort of semi-sarcastic way of using, "seriously," that I can't really describe that was inspired by some riffs off of the character of Stanton in Journey to the Center of Time.

There's also, "I know this place backwards," which we use to suggest that we don't really know what we're doing. It's a line from the movie Neophytes and Neon Lights.

There are others, but they escape me.

I also have a tendency to exclaim, "ei yi yi!" frequently. It's a sort Pennsylvania German exclamation of exasperation I picked up from listening to the older people back home.

I've also picked up a tendency to use, "oy vey es mir," which I believe is Yiddish for 'oh, it pains me' as well as shortened versions of the phrase. I think this comes from exposure to the older, Yiddish-speaking parents of some Jewish friends of my father.

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

Cool? That will always be known. The same with "awesome".
I agree. Cool will never die. And I still say "neat" fairly often. :)

[Dark Spider]

Does anyone remember the OVERUSED late 80s word "Dope"...

It could either used to say that something is great

"Did you see Vanilla Ice's video? That was dope, man!"

or it could mean weed

"Yo, I just bought some dope last night, wanna smoke it with me?"


At least in my area, the word "dope" has made a comeback of sorts, but people use it to make a sarcastic compliment.

"Yo, you're new sneakers are dope!" (Even though they're not)

[AndreaBeaumont]

'Gank' is definitely a midwestern thing...I still hear it used regularly and am guilty of SOMETIMES using it as well:sweat: ...(Ohio...:anime: )

I've slowly been working "Dude" out of my vocabulary....ugh:sad:

[ToOn~g@l]

Anyone ever hear/use "Cool Beans"?

Ex. - Person 1: "Mike's having a party on Friday!"
Person 2: "Cool Beans!"
My family on the east coast uses it all the time. One of them even named their aim after that.

[Bizarro_Stormy]

Cool beans is said in just about every sentence here in PA... Its getting very annoying.

[Youko Recca]

What about "Jone" and 'Grill'?

jone Example:

1-"man...look at that foo....that shirt an those pants don't match
2(overheard and runs to 3)-"Yo 3!1 is joning!"
3-"On who...me!?"

Grill:

AA- "let's do this punk!"
*BB gets in AA's face*
AA-"get out of my grill sucka!"

or

AA(commenting on someone with bad/crooked teeth)-"Man LOOK at that grill....it's jacked up!"

[Clayface]

'Gank' is definitely a midwestern thing...I still hear it used regularly and am guilty of SOMETIMES using it as well:sweat: ...(Ohio...:anime: )

I've slowly been working "Dude" out of my vocabulary....ugh:sad:


:confused: I grew up and spent most of my life in the mid-west, and I can't say that I've ever heard the word gank used.

[FredNash]

What about "Jone" and 'Grill'?

jone Example:

1-"man...look at that foo....that shirt an those pants don't match
2(overheard and runs to 3)-"Yo 3!1 is joning!"
3-"On who...me!?"
how do you pronounce 'jone'? Because it sounds like 'jones', but that seems to mean something different, like "I'm jonesing for a cigarette".

Also, did anyone mention "bogart"?

[BrendaBat]

Anyone ever use "Sike!" meaning "Just kidding!" or "Fooled you!". A lot of people used it when I was in middle school :sweat: In the early 90s...Whoa! I never even noticed how quickly that word faded out of style! It seems like only yesterday that EVERYONE was using it!



....now I feel old :(


Interesting fact: A friend of mine joined AmeriCorps recently and went to Montana for her first assignment. She told me that the other people her age thought she was wierd for using "awesome" and "dude" all the time. She also told me that a lot of the east-costers use "wicked" a lot. Its really facinating how people from different parts of the country have all these different ways of speaking.

[Kury Wagner]

My mom has used "cool beans" forever! I still hear her say it sometimes. One of my sisters made a word, "Floob" or "Floobity". Meaning a lot of things. It be used in good and bad ways. Like "Oh, floob! I missed the news!" Or "That's floobity!" :anime: And I came up with "Blaghy" meaning sick or gross. It also can be used to replace "crap" and it can be shorted to "Blagh!"


:D

[DJ Raza]

Heh, I haven't really heard anyone say "gank" since the last time I listened to an Eazy-E album.

Also, did anyone mention "bogart"?I still say "bogart" all the time... that is if "bogart" still means the way we use it down here in the south. Like for example someone's "bogarting" if they're not passing it along... if you know what I mean.

BTW, I've noticed that a lot of slang words mean completely different things from area to area, like "skeet" for example.