A-B Flashcards
A-go-go
added to anything to denote an event or place being hip or happening
Acid
LSD
Afro
a natural hairstyle for African Americans
All show and no go
someone or something that’s pretty but has no substance
Alright
an enthusiastic yes or agreement with something
Amped or amped up
maximum of something, also refers to state of mind
Ape or ape shit
crazy or out of control
Are we having fun yet?
taken literally (comes from a 60’s cartoon character, Zippy the Pinhead)
Around the bend
to be crazy or strange
Ate it
to be damaged or wounded
Babe
cute girl or any girl
Back off
an order given to stop a confrontation or undesired action
Bad
good or very good, great
Badass
someone who is tough, to be feared
Bad scene
unpleasant place or event
Bad trip
unpleasant experience (not necessarily drugs)
Bag (verb)
to steal or get when it doesn’t belong to you
Bag (noun)
someone’s deal, could be their hobby or job
Bag it
to stop or leave it alone
Baggies
loose oversized shorts or swim trunks (worn by surfers)
Bail
to leave a place
Ball
to have coitus (intercourse)
Bang
to have coitus (intercourse)
Barking spider
when someone passes gas and it’s smelled by others
Beam me up, Scotty
When a situation has become way too weird
Beats me
I don’t know, not knowing something
Beef
a fight, complaint or grudge
Bell bottoms
copying a navel pant, popular style of 60’s pant
Bent
crazy or out of it
Berries
the best, terrific or oppositely to tease, be mean
Best thing since sliced bread
a great new idea or thing
Big brother
symbolized anyone in authority specially government
Bitchin
really good or fun
Black
a term for African Americans which replaced the word Negro
Black light
a light that accentuated psychedelic posters
Blast
good or great (same as bitchin but more family friendly)
Blitzed
drunk, high or generally out of it
Blow your mind
to be amazed by something
Blowing chunks
throwing up, vomiting
Bogart
to hog something, to not pass something along or to bully someone
Bomb
something that looks ugly and/or runs poorly
Bone yard
a place to put junk or wrecked cars
Book
to leave a place
Boss
best of, groovy
Bought it
to die, or be killed
Brain derby
heavy thinking ie: an exam or school test
Bread
Money
Brew
beer only (not hard liquor)
Brody
skid half a circle in a car with the brakes locked
Bubble gum machine
flashing light on top of a police car
Bug (verb)
to bother or annoy
Broad
an un-polite term for a woman
Bug (noun)
a Volkswagen Beetle
Bug out
to leave, quickly
Bummer
a downer or bad time, depressing, anything that is bad, a person, place or thing
Burn rubber
to accelerate hard and fast and leave tire tracks
Busted
arrested or caught also broke, no money
