Children of the 70's and 80's AND 90s

[CuRiOuSiTy]

Did anyone used to say "not for real"?
*chicken pot pie (never liked it)
*red light / green light
*drill team
*Mr. Telephone Man (there's something wrong with my line)
*Thea
*suicides (mixing different types of sodas)
*Gumby & Pokey
*Gargamel

[SkeeBunny]

Here I go again ...

Curiosity just brought up another good topic. Since we're all from different parts of the country and grew up at different times, it would be interesting to hear some of the lingo you used to use.

What about "busted" and "butter"? As in, girl, that outfit is busted or butter. (meaning nice)

or

Crunch, when somebody is wrong. And don't forget, crunch yo' munch.

[RedAngel]

This thread brings back so many memories.
I have some that I want to add:
1970's
Remember Donna Summer's "Last Dance", Freda Payne talking about that "Band of Gold" and Jackson Five "Going Back to Indiana"?

Cartoons and Children Shows
Fat Albert & The Cosby Show
Ghost Chasers & The Headless Horseman
Mission Magic
Charlie Brown
The Bugaloos
Zoom
The Big Blue Marble

TV shows
James at 15 and 16
Spiderman
Welcome Back Kotter
Sanford and Son
The Flip Wilson Show
The Gladys Night Show
The Jacksons Show

Toys
Baby Chrissy

Clothes
Darshikis

Dances
The Freak
The bus stop
The Hustle

Other items
Afro Puffs
Prince (circa 1978/1979)
Now and Later Candies
Charleston Chews
Battery operated skateboards
Pop Rocks
Pogo Stick
P.S.
Serenity,
I remember "Crazy Eddie's" and his insane prices. Isn't he serving time now?

[Taykimson]

Born in 1970...

How about designer jeans? A pair for everyday of the week - Jordache, Calvin Klein, etc...Members Only jackets...Did anybody mention Jherri Curls?...How about sneaking out of church to go to the corner store to buy Now-a-laters and other snacks?...Vacation Bible School - "Father Abraham, had many sons..." - The game Operation...Sundresses...Jellies (shoes)...Here is one - remember how you used to roll your hair all over and then in the morning you would comb all your hair back and then push it back up to the front?

[tickledpink]

SKEEBUNNY --- we used to say "skaburp" (I grew up primarily in SC) and would die laughing as if it was the funniest thing in the world. And did anyone else take people's "cool points" whenever they did or said something embarrassing? And what about "oh, snap!" or "dag..." whenever something caught you off guard. And here's one for all of the SC's in the house --- "bo" (example -- "daaaag, bo").

C&C 1913 --- I sang "Candy" and "Word Up" like I was on Cameo's payroll. And speaking of old school jams and Doug E. Fresh, what about "La Di Da Di..." and that part in the Slick Rick rap that EVERYONE sang ... "it's all because of you, (beat box) I'm feeling sad and blue.."

AKATUDE --- I STILL run the Cosby Show and Different World in the ground before I leave for work (Fox network) as if I've never seen them before.

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>>>"Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised... Proverbs 31:29-30

[AKA2D '91]

Taykimson...my mother still does that push up thing...it gets on our nerves!
Remember UTFO and the REAL Roxanne? Roxanne, Roxanne...I wanna be yo man!

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Roxanne Shante'

Full Force

Remember writing the words to songs and raps and you and your friends would sing and rhyme during recess?

[diamond]

Sweet Sweet Baby I'll never let you go chili coco pop chilli chilli wow I like coffee, I lkie tea , I like the boys and the boys like me, from the front to the back to the side by side.......... I made my baby at the candy store,he brought me ice cream, he brought me cake, he brought me home with a stomach ache...ok I'm sorry..i just got caught up.....But, how well do I remember the swatch watch with the big colorful guard...the biker shorts with the matching shirt and did i look awful, but thought I was the bomb...Who remembers wearing two pair of socks,different colors to match your shirt..onxy03, i know you do...And yall didn;t mention kickball, I know I am not the only one that played kick ball in the backyard along with O U T out and Red rover...red rover send Tamekia right over...and I thought my friends and all were the only ones that knew how to sneak out of church and go to the corner store and get about 5.00 in now and laters...I also remember playing marbles...i couldn't play well but I tried , i was busy doing cheers on the front lawn...uh she think she bad...baby baby I know I'm bad!!!! The chico stick,maryjane and now and laters aren't a thing of the past...luckily..i eat them all the time...the south has it going on like that! One more thing, I could go on and on, but I had the jelly shoes too, I think i had every color that was ever out.........but did you remember going to the skating rink listening to rock rock planet rock, it don't stop....And yes I remember, I wanted to be an AKA so bad....my sister would bring her sorors to the house and I said one day.....and one day it was!!!!!!!!!!!

[AKAtude]

My mama would not buy me a Swatch watch and I wanted one sooooooo bad! But my daddy got me Guess watch. So, I was satisfied.

[AKA2D '91]

Diamon... I have to agree with everything, BUT... sneaking out of church. We sat as a family and going to the bathroom during the service was a NO, NO... heck, I had been there since Sunday School!

Ya know the jellies are back in style, I saw a chick with a pair on and they were Platforms!

[darling1]

3 things


HOT TRACKS
CHICO STIXS
DURAN DURAN


TEEHEE

[onesavvydiva]

I have primarily stayed out of this topic, b/c I felt like I wasn't old enough (20), but OH MY GOSH, ya'll....I's Remember!!

SkeeBunny, you are TOO funny...

What about air-brushed denim jumpers, and hammer-pants, and the red MIke Jackson jacket w/all the zippers

And your momma shouting at you b/c you left your jacks in the middle of the living room, and she just stepped on one!

And bullet-toes...

And banana clips for your hair!

And thinking Brenda off of 227 was the FLYEST dressing girl on TV

And Reading Rainbow..."Take a look, it's in a book, it's reading rainbow...."

And the colorful shirts with the sheer sleeves!

And why did err-body, try to stack their hair like Salt-N-Pepa?

And did anyone's else's brother/cousin/boyfriend have the highest box in town...what about the slope, or the step!!!!

Let's not forget about the 50 different colored jeans in your closet...hot pink, neon green, bright yellow!!!

Oh, my stomach hurts I am laughing so hard!!

[PrettyoneNCD]

Hey I too slept on this thread. I finally read it today and needless to say I was ROFL. Well I am a child of the 70's and I remember School House Rock as well. My absolute favorite one was Conjunction Junction what's your function..... hooking up words & phrases & clauses. He he he .... Okay but does anyone remember the Iron Man cartoons, and Felix the Cat. I bet you don't LOL. Or what about those stupid plastic jackets we all had for spring. You know with the roller skates on the back. Ha Ha! then you know you had a pair of jellies (shoes) to match, right? And that nasty candy necklace that you wore in 90 degree weather and sweat all over. But how many of y'all actually tried to eat that later. Dont front either! LOL. Remember when "Oh, dip!" was the hip phrase and you called people "jive turkey". Then if you ran really fast you "booked". Yup "booked" was our slang for todays jetted or what have you. Boy Archie and Edith had it right when they said " Those were the days" Ya feel me.

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[AKA2D '91]

we used "booked" too!

[Onyx03]

You guys are acting like none of ya'll never used an easy-bake oven! What's up, now I know somebody out there use to take whatever they could get their hands(cornbread) on and bake it in their easy-bake oven. After you finised eating from your easy-bake, you would use your snoopy snowcone mashine! What's up!

[This message has been edited by Onyx03 (edited June 15, 2000).]

[PinkCashmere]

You all are taking me back!!! Onyx03, girl I had an easy bake oven too. It used to take about 3 hours to cook those little cakes with that 10 watt light bulb! Remember playing Red Rover and 1-2-3 Red Light. What about hoola hoops and sit and spins?

And what about these:
Decisions were made by going eeny-miney mighty mo."
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly."
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The net on a tennis court was the perfect height to play volleyball and rules didn't matter.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a slingshot.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare."
Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute ads for action figures.
No shopping trip was complete, unless a new toy was brought home.
"Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
War was a card game.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group.