60's Slang
1960's Slang Is "Slang" the past tense of "Sling"?

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ding-bat
noun; a person one dislikes or insults; one who acts as if he were of low intelligence. “Pick it up, you ding bat.” (Clod, clyde, melvin)
dip
noun; a person that one dislikes or insults, someone of below average intelligence. “The guy who flunked four out of five classes is really a dip.” (Clod, clyde, ding-bat)
ditch
noun; 1. Leave or miss without a good excuse. “Why do you want to ditch French class?” 2. To leave or avoid a person “I don’t like her so let’s ditch her.”
dough
noun; money. “How much dough did it cost you?” (Bread, loot)
down the tubes.
in trouble, in bad condition. “Boy, am I down the tubes for missing the English final.”
dude
noun; a boy the speaker dislikes, clumsy, un-coordinated-ordinated boy. “Look at the way that dude walks.” (Melvin, clod, clyde)

-F-

fake it
verb; to bluff, pretend to be able to do something. “Answering the question, he tried to fake it.”
fell out
went to sleep. “After working until midnight on homework, I fell out quickly.”
flake off
verb. Go away, leave. “I told my brother to flake off because he was bothering me.” (Beat it, split, make it)
flake out
noun. A disappointment, a flop. “That show was a real flake out.”
flying low
verb. Being cautious and on guard. “There were flying low when she walked in because they were afraid she would punish them.”
four on the floor
four-speed gear shift in a car. “That sports car has four on the floor.”
fuzz
noun; a policeman, policemen. “The car thief was picked up by the fuzz.” (Skinner, cop)

-G-

gas
noun; something spectacular. “Was it good? It was a gas!” (Riot, blast)
get with the words
a command, to start talking, to give the general idea. “Get with the words, man, I want to know the story.” (Let’s hear some lingo)
go
go. Verb; say “I go, wasn’t that great? And he goes, “It sure was”
groovy
adjective; great, wonderful, good. “That’s a groovy jacket you’re got.” (Boss, bitchen’, tuff)
grub
noun; a person considered inferior to the speaker. “Everyone called the dirty, ill-mannered boy a grub.”
guy
noun; a fellow, boy. “That guy’s been in a lot of trouble,” (bloke)
guy
interjection; golly, gosh, “Do you mean that’s what he said about her?”
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