» 80s Slang - Another sign that I’m stuck in the 80s by Rose DesRochers

80s Slang - Another sign that I’m stuck in the 80s

April 23rd, 2008 by Rose DesRochers · 11 Comments

I was a teen through the 80s. Today’s slang has changed a great deal from 80’s slang. I still use a great deal of 80’s slang today.

I have found myself referring to my daughter’s past boyfriends as her boy toy.

I have said my children were in deep shit.

Joking I have said to my husband let’s do it. ( To do it meant to have sex.)

I call my husband a stud. (Insert laugh here)

Can you believe I still use scumbag to refer to a scummy person.

I say “bite me” too often.

I think my husband might be stuck in the 80’s with me as he has used the word ta-tas (to refer to my breast), wannabe, and fuck’n A.

Networking and hacking is an 80″s slang term still commonly used.

What slang word from the 80’s do you still use?

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11 responses so far ↓

Bob // Apr 23, 2008 at 8:03 pm

Oh…….. I still use almost all those terms, are they done yet , I loved the 80’s especially the hair.
Ananya // Apr 23, 2008 at 11:01 pm

Moi was born in the 80’s…so never got the chance to pick up the lang!Baby talk was all that was there!
Roger Green // Apr 24, 2008 at 2:21 pm

way cool!
Sy // Apr 25, 2008 at 8:44 am

I still use the word “dude” too much. Which although people seem to think that is a more modern word, at age 14 I was using it WAY too much.

Although I must confess I do use most of the ones you have above. Some a lot more then I should.
Pentad // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:14 am

I still use quite a few of the ones you wrote about. Bite me was always one of my favorites. Heh.
Pat Cook // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:08 pm

I was born in the mid ’60s and entered puberty by 1979. By the time I graduated & “came of age” as it were, it was 1985, though I was legally allowed to vote for the first time in the ‘84 Presidential Election (I think I just simply voted for Reagan that year if memory serves me correctly )

I guess that qualifies me as a “Tweener” as it were, wouldn’t it?

As far as slang goes, the only slang I knew back then was “Tweener Talk” as that’s the only language I knew.

My two younger brothers however were the teenagers of the ’80s in our family. They’d know more about this stuff than I would.
Steve Reichard // May 1, 2008 at 12:39 am

yes ah the 80’s seems like only 20 some years ago..lol and I use dude and tubular..lol
Jeffrey // May 1, 2008 at 1:36 pm

This is a great topic. Yea, “dude” seems to still hang around.

I’m from boston and there is a long (proud???) tradition of saying “wicked” , meaning very good. But that is VERY old fashion I think by now.
Robert // May 2, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I still use “dude” and I’m pretty sure it hasn’t gone out of style, at least I hope.

Isn’t it sad that 80’s music is now considered OLDIES? I never thought I’d see the day. I just ran into someone who had never heard of Stone Temple Pilots (90’s band)… man, the older we get…
Rose DesRochers // May 2, 2008 at 10:43 pm

Robert, yes it is sad. Ahh yes- Dude - the slang word for a camel’s penis.
Ilia // May 4, 2008 at 9:52 am

I don’t think these are too much out of date. I use most of them and I am all cool like the opposite side of the pillow.