Glossary of 70s, 80s, and 90s terms.
Can you guess the decade the following are from?
- NOT! – Adverb. Used as a function word to stand for the negative of a preceding group of words “‘Episode I, the Phantom Menace’ was great… NOT”.
- Make Me Barf – (1)Phrase. A way to signal disgust with a situation. Sometimes used as “Make me wanna barf.” ie. “I just bought a new Englebert Humperdink album.” “Oh, don’t play it. That’ll make me barf.”
- As If – (1)Excl. I’d rather not. “Hey why don’t you go out with that guy in the Izod shirt?” “AS IF!”
- Like – an insert in sentences when no other word is available
- Right on! – Good; accepting something
Brings back some embarrassing memories.
