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A-B Flashcards

1
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A-go-go

A

added to anything to denote an event or place being hip or happening

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2
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Acid

A

LSD

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3
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Afro

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a natural hairstyle for African Americans

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All show and no go

A

someone or something that’s pretty but has no substance

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5
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Alright

A

an enthusiastic yes or agreement with something

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Amped or amped up

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maximum of something, also refers to state of mind

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Ape or ape shit

A

crazy or out of control

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Are we having fun yet?

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taken literally (comes from a 60’s cartoon character, Zippy the Pinhead)

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Around the bend

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to be crazy or strange

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Ate it

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to be damaged or wounded

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Babe

A

cute girl or any girl

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Back off

A

an order given to stop a confrontation or undesired action

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Bad

A

good or very good, great

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Badass

A

someone who is tough, to be feared

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Bad scene

A

unpleasant place or event

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16
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Bad trip

A

unpleasant experience (not necessarily drugs)

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Bag (verb)

A

to steal or get when it doesn’t belong to you

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Bag (noun)

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someone’s deal, could be their hobby or job

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19
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Bag it

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to stop or leave it alone

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20
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Baggies

A

loose oversized shorts or swim trunks (worn by surfers)

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21
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Bail

A

to leave a place

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22
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Ball

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to have coitus (intercourse)

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23
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Bang

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to have coitus (intercourse)

24
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Barking spider

A

when someone passes gas and it’s smelled by others

25
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Beam me up, Scotty

A

When a situation has become way too weird

26
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Beats me

A

I don’t know, not knowing something

27
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Beef

A

a fight, complaint or grudge

28
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Bell bottoms

A

copying a navel pant, popular style of 60’s pant

29
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Bent

A

crazy or out of it

30
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Berries

A

the best, terrific or oppositely to tease, be mean

31
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Best thing since sliced bread

A

a great new idea or thing

32
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Big brother

A

symbolized anyone in authority specially government

33
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Bitchin

A

really good or fun

34
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Black

A

a term for African Americans which replaced the word Negro

35
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Black light

A

a light that accentuated psychedelic posters

36
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Blast

A

good or great (same as bitchin but more family friendly)

37
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Blitzed

A

drunk, high or generally out of it

38
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Blow your mind

A

to be amazed by something

39
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Blowing chunks

A

throwing up, vomiting

40
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Bogart

A

to hog something, to not pass something along or to bully someone

41
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Bomb

A

something that looks ugly and/or runs poorly

42
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Bone yard

A

a place to put junk or wrecked cars

43
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Book

A

to leave a place

44
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Boss

A

best of, groovy

45
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Bought it

A

to die, or be killed

46
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Brain derby

A

heavy thinking ie: an exam or school test

47
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Bread

A

Money

48
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Brew

A

beer only (not hard liquor)

49
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Brody

A

skid half a circle in a car with the brakes locked

50
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Bubble gum machine

A

flashing light on top of a police car

51
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Bug (verb)

A

to bother or annoy

52
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Broad

A

an un-polite term for a woman

53
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Bug (noun)

A

a Volkswagen Beetle

54
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Bug out

A

to leave, quickly

55
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Bummer

A

a downer or bad time, depressing, anything that is bad, a person, place or thing

56
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Burn rubber

A

to accelerate hard and fast and leave tire tracks

57
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Busted

A

arrested or caught also broke, no money

60s Slang (2 decks)

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