Comments on: All the latest slang that's fit to print, from 1971 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 08:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1564057 pjcamp Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1564057 Weed. Your forgot Weed. Weed. Your forgot Weed.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563866 timquinn Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563866 Heh, I was there. Groovy was never a real slang word. I still use it, but always in the voice of the Saturday morning George Harrison, he was the sad and introspective cartoon beatle. Heh, I was there. Groovy was never a real slang word. I still use it, but always in the voice of the Saturday morning George Harrison, he was the sad and introspective cartoon beatle.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563782 niktemadur Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563782 In one of the old Mission: Impossible episodes with Leonard Nimoy, the squad infiltrates a hippie or beatnik group, can't remember but you know how television whitewashed everything in those days.  Anyway, some guy had the following invitation to a girl:  "I've got a freaky pad nearby". In one of the old Mission: Impossible episodes with Leonard Nimoy, the squad infiltrates a hippie or beatnik group, can’t remember but you know how television whitewashed everything in those days.  Anyway, some guy had the following invitation to a girl:  “I’ve got a freaky pad nearby”.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563778 niktemadur Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563778 Keep on truckin', man. Keep on truckin’, man.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563615 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563615 That graphic is gone! Oh, that crazy graphic! Oops, sorry.  Wrong decade. That graphic is gone!
Oh, that crazy graphic!

Oops, sorry.  Wrong decade.

]]> By: uglyredhonda http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563517 uglyredhonda Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563517 Not sure if Xeni is joking with the article link (I dig that old slang article, mostly for how convoluted the language feels), but the actual article is here: http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A12FE3D5E127A93C4A9178DD85F458785F9 Unfortunately, it's not available for free. Not sure if Xeni is joking with the article link (I dig that old slang article, mostly for how convoluted the language feels), but the actual article is here:

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A12FE3D5E127A93C4A9178DD85F458785F9

Unfortunately, it’s not available for free.

]]> By: vance_tam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563472 vance_tam Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563472  NatLamp was the gold standard of satire for almost it's entire lifespan. Mrs Agnew's Diary, Bernie X, Reals Balls Adventures, so many fantastic short stories. Trots and Bonnie, LOL. Those were the best days of satirical political statement. It's too bad that Tim Matheson got involved with it towards the end, there. IMHO, he put sank the last nail in coffin. After that it was only a matter of time. Mark's Very Large Lampoon Site has gone on life support.... http://www.marksverylarge.com/index.html On a lighter note, you can still buy the complete collection on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/GIT-Corp-90012-National-Lampoon/dp/B000VPNSJY  NatLamp was the gold standard of satire for almost it’s entire lifespan. Mrs Agnew’s Diary, Bernie X, Reals Balls Adventures, so many fantastic short stories. Trots and Bonnie, LOL.

Those were the best days of satirical political statement. It’s too bad that Tim Matheson got involved with it towards the end, there. IMHO, he put sank the last nail in coffin. After that it was only a matter of time.

Mark’s Very Large Lampoon Site has gone on life support….
http://www.marksverylarge.com/index.html

On a lighter note, you can still buy the complete collection on DVD:

http://www.amazon.com/GIT-Corp-90012-National-Lampoon/dp/B000VPNSJY

]]> By: Pobol Pobotrol http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563420 Pobol Pobotrol Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563420 That flower... are they sticking it to THE MAN? That flower… are they sticking it to THE MAN?

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563406 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563406 Funny which of those slang words are still around and which aren't.  I think "groovy" died when people started hearing it on The Brady Bunch and coming from their grand mothers. Funny which of those slang words are still around and which aren’t.  I think “groovy” died when people started hearing it on The Brady Bunch and coming from their grand mothers.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563401 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563401 I stumbled on a collection of NL from the early 70s once.  They were pretty funny back then and the jokes held up over time.  A lot of those writers went on to start SNL. I stumbled on a collection of NL from the early 70s once.  They were pretty funny back then and the jokes held up over time.  A lot of those writers went on to start SNL.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563400 SomeGuyNamedMark Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563400  sock it to me  sock it to me

]]> By: ClintonD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563375 ClintonD Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563375 Despite how styles have changed, the girl wouldn't look out of place at any nerdy convention. Kinda gothic-lolita-ish. Also, it's interesting how many of those phrases are used in everyday speech nowadays. Today's slang will be tomorrow's dictionary word. Despite how styles have changed, the girl wouldn’t look out of place at any nerdy convention. Kinda gothic-lolita-ish.

Also, it’s interesting how many of those phrases are used in everyday speech nowadays. Today’s slang will be tomorrow’s dictionary word.

]]> By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563370 TheOven Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563370 Bald men were popular?  Bald men were popular? 

]]> By: vance_tam http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563371 vance_tam Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563371 It's so unfortunate that National Lampoon Magazine wasn't able to sustain itself. Over the last 12 years there have been so many straight lines presented that they would have needed to double the page count. R.I.P. National Lampoon. It’s so unfortunate that National Lampoon Magazine wasn’t able to sustain itself. Over the last 12 years there have been so many straight lines presented that they would have needed to double the page count.

R.I.P. National Lampoon.

]]> By: flyoverland http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563360 flyoverland Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563360 They forgot "power to the people," and "let me have another hit."   They forgot “power to the people,” and “let me have another hit.”  

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563359 ChickieD Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563359 Dy-na-mite! Dy-na-mite!

]]> By: mmrtnt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/all-the-latest-slang-thats-f.html#comment-1563358 mmrtnt Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189271#comment-1563358 I can get down behind where that's coming from. I can get down behind where that’s coming from.

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