How could anyone not love the 80’s? Sushi, Reagan, big hair – we had it all!
We also had our very own language. Here were some phrases that helped define an era:
- I want my MTV!
- “Well of course not…don’t be ridiculous”
- “I’m not going to fall for the banana in the tailpipe”
- “Inconceivable”
- “Sit Ubu, sit. Good dog”
- “What’s Happenin’, hot stuff?”
- “Wax on, wax off”
- No…you’re bongos!
- Gnarly!
- Radical, dude
- “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K”
- “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
- “Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun”
- “Mecka lecka hi mecka hiney ho”
- “Are we there yet, Papa Smurf?”
- “Where’s the beef?”
- “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.”
- “Let’s get ready to rumble”
- “You got it, dude!”
- “What you talkin’ about, Willis?”
- “Hey hey hey”
- “I want my two dollars!”
- “We’re going to pump…you up!”
- “Wonder twins power…activate!”
- Like, OK
- Barf me out / gross me out
- Bo knows
- Nothin’ but net
- Dude!
- Totally bogus!
- Eat my shorts
- Gag me with a spoon
- “A kinder and gentler nation”
- Do the wild thing
- Eat shit and die
- “Greed is good”
- “Nobody puts baby in a corner”
- Don’t have a cow
- Fresh!
- Just say no
- This is your brain on drugs
- “Time to make the doughnuts”
- Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up
- [something]o-rama
- “Shazbat!” / “Nanoo Nanoo!”
- He be buggin’!
- Take a chill pill
- Where’s the clicker?
- Adjust the antenna
- Let’s do lunch
- “Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars.”
- “A thousand points of light”
- “Who ya gonna call?”
- “I pity the fool”
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??? How many of these things did you have from the 90’s?