1960’s SLANG
In the early 60's, as today, the young people had a different lingo and it, as today, drove our parents nuts. These are a few of the slang words that were used in the sixties. The keyword here is "used" as some of these words came from an earlier era.
A Gas
A lot of fun.
Ape
Used with "Go", "Gone" or "Went". To explode or go completely irate. Example: "When my parents saw my report card, they went ape.
Bad
Awesome.
Beat Feet
Leave the scene in a hurry.
Blast
A Great Time. Example: "We had a blast at the Prom".
Blew the doors off
Easily beat the other car in a race.
Boss
A great or cool thing. Example: "The Beach Boys new record is really boss".
Bread
Money
Bug out
Leave the premises
Bummed out
Depressed
Cat
A guy.
Chick
A girl or a woman.
Choice
Really cool. Example: "That girl with the blue sweater is really choice."
Chrome Dome
A bald guy.
Cool
Nice.
Crash
Go to bed; go to sleep.
Cruising
Driving up and down the same street looking for races, girls, guys, etc.
Daddy-O
Actually a 50's term for Man.
Dibs
Most always used with "Got". Example: I "got dibs" on that Coke bottle. Meaning you owned that Coke bottle.
Dig
Do you understand?
Ditz
An Idiot
Don't Flip Your Wig
See "Don't have a Cow".
Don't Sweat It
Don't worry about it; stop bothering me .
A Drag
Someone or something that's boring or un-enlightening.
Duck Butt, Duck Tail or DA
A way of combing your hair in the back. Instead of combing your hair straight down in the back, you would comb both sides in towards the middle and then, with the end of the comb, part it down the middle.
Dude
In the 60's, a dude was a geek or a panty waist.
Fab
Great, fantastic, fabulous.
Far Out
Excellent, cool.
Fink
A tattle tale. Example: You're such a fink. Why do you always tell mom everything I do?
Flake
A useless person.
Flat Top
A very short hair cut, usually cut extra close on top.
Flower Child
A Hippie
Fox
An outstanding looking girl or woman.
Freak Out
Temporary loss of control due to an unpleasant event.
Funky
Neat, Cool; also gone bad. Example: I think that milk is funky.
Gimme some skin
Shake hands
Going Steady
If you were "Going Steady", you were dating only one special person.
Greaser
A guy that used too much grease in his hair. Usually "LB Butch Wax" or "Pomade"
Groovy
Nice, "Cool" or Neat. Used commonly among hippies in the 60's.
Hang Loose
Relax; Take it easy.
Heavy
Deep, Cool, Chaotic, Sad, Controversial
Hip
Very good,cool.
Hunk
What a girl would call a good looking guy
Jam
To leave the area,
Jazzed
Elated, Excited.
Jelly Roll
Another way of combing your hair. You comb it up and forward on both sides and bring it together in the middle of the forehead.
Jinx, You Owe Me A Coke!!
When two people said the same thing at the same time, one would slug the other on the shoulder and say these 6 little words.
Keen or Keen-o
Someone or something that was Cool.
Neat (Neato)
Nice; Sharp
Nifty
Meaning "Cool" but usually said by someone who wasn't.
Old Lady
Your Mother.
Old Man
Your Father.
Pad
Someone's house. Example: There wasn't much to do so we all hung out at John's pad, drank Cokes and listened to records.
Panty Waist
A mama's boy or a geek.
Real Gone Cat
Someone who marches to his own drummer or is a little unusual
Right On
I agree; I concur
Shades
Sunglasses
Skirt
Girl
Solid
Something that is ok or all right.
Square
Someone who was not "Cool". Example: "Jerry's so square, all he does is his homework, watch TV, and he doesn't even like Elvis!"
Teach
A Teacher
"The Man"
Police
Threads
Clothes
What's Your Bag, Man?
What's your problem; where are you coming from?
Wicked
Term of Admiration. Example:"That Chevy that Bob has is one wicked machine."
Wiggin' out
Going crazy