Monday, May 26

Acceptable in the '80s

THRASHER magazine published a list of 1980's skate slang.
A few words are still used today, i'll post a similar list for contemporary skate boarding later.


BAIL:
The act of falling.
BETTY: Female skate groupies.
BIZOTIC: Extreme, extraordinary.
BRAH:
Skate bros; a sign of camaraderie.
BUNK: Not good.
DENIAL: Refuse others to come on your skate trip,
or to reject a girl; "I denied that betty."
DWID: Someone who is not cool in any way.
FACE PLANT: LAnding flat on your face.
GNARLY: A heavy-duty, no-bull attitude;
"Watch out! He's a gnarly guy."
KOOK: Person with virtually no brains.
MAXI: One of the highest degree obtainable or allowed.
PREPPIE: Someone bound by a rigid code dedicated to
immaculate orderliness in dress and behaviour.
RIPPER: One who can, by means of skateboard or
simply by philosophic attitude, take total control of
the situation.
ROBOT: Skater with no style.
SCAM: To receive products, coverage or favours without
really deserving them.
SCUMLINE: Line of water in a pool or resevoir that
has to be bailed out before the area is skateable.
SHRED: The art of ripping it up on a skateboard;
"He shredded those barrels."
SKETCH: To momentarily space out.
SLAM: To make full-on contact with the ground.
SNAKE: Cut off a rider while they're skating.
STICK: The thing that keeps you going, your reason
for living, your skateboard.
STOKED: To be overwhelmed with enthusiasm;
"I'm stoked with that board."
THRASHER: One who completely dominates what he
attempts; "He totally thrashed the pool."
WANNABE: Someone who craves a certain lifestyle
or social status.
WILSON: Bad fall, usually resulting in injury.

AND here's a list of contemporary slang (lotsa the words above are still used today)..

BRO:
Friend.
CREW: Group of friends who skate or hang out
together.
___DOWN: Terms with any word in conjunction with
the word down; eatdown, brodown etc.
FEATCH: Good.
GNARLY: Extreme (same meaning as the 1980s)
MOB: Not very good.
OG: Literally stands for Original Gangster, but is used
to refer to anyone who started a trend or was there
at the beginning of something.
SESH: Session.
SET: A set of stairs; "you just ollied that twelve set!"
SPROUTER: Young babe, similar to the word Betty.
STREET: Type of skating done on the streets;
using curbs, rails and stairs.
RAD: Cool, good.
VERT:
Type of skating involving half-pipes.




1 comment:

Lugnuts said...

How about "melvin"? Wasn't that word used to describe road-rash type skater injuries?