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1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; Pages in category "1970s slang" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
By the early 1970s, the word was commonplace in American TV advertisements aimed at young audiences, as exemplified by the slogan "Feeling groovy, just had my Cheerios." An early ironic use of the term appears in the title of the 1974 film The Groove Tube , which satirized the American counterculture of the time.
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1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
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CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s, [1] when it was an important part of the culture of the trucking industry. The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical.
This article is about the word. For other uses, see Hella (disambiguation). 'Hella' as used in Northern California Hella is an American English slang term originating in and often associated with San Francisco's East Bay area in Northern California, possibly specifically emerging in the 1970s African-American vernacular of Oakland. It is used as an intensifying adverb such as in "hella bad" or ...