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The Word From The Bird

Actor  Show-off
Agitate the Gravel   To leave
Are you writing a book? You're asking too many questions
Baby  Cute girl, term of address for either sex
Back seat bingo  Necking in a car
Bad news  Depressing person
Bent eight a V-8 engine (hot-rodders)
Big Daddy An older person
Big tickle Really funny
Bit An act
Blast A good time
Blow off  To defeat in a race (hot-rodders)
Bobbed Shortened
Boss Great
Bread Money
Burn rubber To accelerate hard and fast (hot-rodders)
Cast an eyeball  To look
Cat A hip person (Beats)
Chariot Car (Beats)
Chrome-plated  Dressed up (hot-rodders, originally)
Circled Married
Classy chassis Great body
Cloud 9 Really happy
Clutched  Rejected
Clyde Term of address, usually for a normal person (Beats)
Cook, cookin' Doing it well
Cool it Relax, settle down
Cooties  Imaginary infestations of the truly un-cool
Cranked Excited (Beats)
Crazy "Like crazy,man" Implies an especially good thing
Cream  Originally, to dent a car. Later, to badly damage
Cruisin' for a bruisin'  Looking for trouble
Cube A normal person Back to Top
Cut the gas Be quiet!
Cut out  Leave
Daddy-O  Term of address (Beats)
Dibs A claim - as in "got dibs" on that seat
Dig To understand; to approve
Dolly Cute girl
Don't have a cow Don't get so excited
Earthbound  Reliable
Epistle Letter
Eyeball Look around
Fake Out A bad date
Fast Someone who was sexually active
Fat City A great thing or place; Happy
Flat out Fast as you can
Flat-top Men's hairstyle. A crewcut which is flat across the top
Flick A movie
Flip To get very excited
Floor it Push the accelerator to the floor
Fracture  To amuse
Fream Someone who doesn't fit in
Frosted  Angry
Get Bent! Disparaging remark as in "drop dead" or "Screw You"
Get with it Understand
Gig Work, job
Go ape Get very excited
Goof Someone who makes mistakes
Goopy Messy
Greaser A guy with tons of grease in his hair
Grody Sloppy, messy or dirty
Hang As in "hang out" which means to do very little
Haul a** Drive very fast
Heat Police Back to Top
Hip Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good.
Hipster Same as above
Horn Telephone
Hottie  A very fast car (hot-rodders)
Illuminations Good ideas, thoughts
In orbit In the know
Ivy Leaguer Pants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League college
Jacked Up Car with raised rear end.
Jacketed Going steady.
Jets  Smarts, brains
Kick A fun or good thing; Also, a fad
Kill To really impress
Knuckle sandwich A fist in the face
Kookie Nuts, in the nicest possible was
Lay a patch To accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road.
Lay on To give (Beats)
Machine A car (hot-rodders)
Made in the shade Success guaranteed
Make out A kissing session
Make the scene To attend an event or activity
Nerd Same as now. Bill Gates without the money.
Nod  Drift off to sleep
No sweat No problem
Nuggets Loose change
Odd ball Someone a bit off the norm
On the stick Pulled together. Bright, prepared...
Pad Home
Paper shaker Cheerleader or Pom Pom girl
Party pooper No fun at all
Passion Pit Drive-in movie theatre
Peepers Glasses
Pile up Z's Get some sleep
Pound Beat up Back to Top
Radioactive Very popular
Rap  To tattle on someone (Beats)
Rattle your cage Get upset
Raunchy Messy or gross in some other way
Razz my berries Excite or impress me
Real gone Very much in love. Also unstable. Hmm, there's a difference?
Rock A diamond
Scream  Go fast
Shoot low Be careful
Shot down Failed
Sing To tattle or inform on someone
Sounds Music
Spaz Someone who is uncoordinated. A clutz.
Split Leave
Stacked A woman with large er, ah...you know, well endowed.
Stack up To wreck a car
Tank  A large sedan (usually driven by parents)
Think Fast Usually said right before someone threw something at you
Threads Clothes
Tight Good friends
Total  To completely destroy, most often in reference to a car
Unreal Exceptional
Wail  Go fast
Wazoo Your rear end
Weed A cigarette
Wet rag Someone who's just no fun
Word from the bird The truth
What's buzzin, cuzzin What's new? Back to Top

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