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  2. Category:1960s slang - Wikipedia

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    1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; Pages in category "1960s slang" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...

  3. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    Coming from the Spanish word "juzgado" which means court of justice, hoosegow was a term used around the turn of the last century to describe a place where drunks in the old west spent a lot of ...

  4. Dictionary of American Slang - Wikipedia

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    The Dictionary of American Slang is an English slang dictionary. The first edition was edited by Stuart Flexner and Harold Wentworth and published in 1960 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company . [ 1 ] After Wentworth's death in 1965, [ 2 ] Flexner wrote a supplemented edition which was published in 1967. [ 3 ]

  5. Category:Slang by decade - Wikipedia

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    Slang words by decade they were widely used in. This is a container category. ... 1960s slang (3 P) 1970s slang (4 P) 1980s slang (1 C, 8 P) 1990s slang (2 C, 19 P)

  6. Bouncer - Wikipedia

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    Other terms include "cooler" in the U.S. [2] and "door supervisor" in the U.K. [3] In U.S. bars, "cooler" is often the term for the head bouncer. [4] The "cooler" is expected to have the same ability to respond to physical situations as the rest of the bouncers, but should also have reliable interpersonal skills that can be used to de-escalate situations without violence.

  7. Scuttlebutt - Wikipedia

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    Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion.

  8. Groovy - Wikipedia

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    Groovy (or, less commonly, groovie or groovey) is a slang colloquialism popular during the 1960s and 1970s. It is roughly synonymous with words such as "excellent ...

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