-S-
- scurvy
- adjective; ugly, weird, not having a neat
appearance. “That girl in
the sloppy sweater sure is scurvy.” (Wiped out)
- set
- noun; in surfing slang a series of good size
waves. “I rode a big set in
all the way.”
- shades
- noun; sunglasses. “Did you buy some new
shades?”
- show me your coins
- lend me money. “I’m broke! Can
you show me
your coins?”
- skinner
- noun. Policeman. “The skinner took us to
the police station.”
(Cop, fuzz)
- slick
- adjective; good, great, best. “Isn’t that GTO>
slick?” (Boss, mint,
cherry)
- smokes
- noun; cigarettes. “Do you have some smokes?”
(Weeds)
- smoking dope
- telling a lie or a fantastic story.
“Man, you’re smoking
dope, because it just didn’t happen.”
- something else
- adjective; very special, really great.
“That new dance is
something else!: (swingin’, boss)
- split
- verb; to leave, go away. “Let’s split. This
is getting dull.” (Make it,
make tracks)
- stoked
- adjective; likes someone or something very
much. “Boy, he’s
really stoked on that girl.”
- stoned
- adjective; drunk, intoxicated. “Three guys at
the party were
stoned.” (Loaded, crocked, plastered)
- swingin’
- adjective; really good. “That song was
really swingin.”
(Rockin’ out, rip-city)
- swingin’
- adjective; crummy, opposite of neat. “Oh,
swingin’. Do we
have to do it?”
-T-
- thick
- adjective; naive, dense, dumb. “He’s as thick
as they come.”
- threads
- noun; clothes. These threads fit perfectly.”
- throw blows
- verb; to fight. “Those two guys are
about to throw blows.”
(Hassle)
- tight head
- noun; drunken or intoxicated state. “After
the party he sure
had a tight head.”
- tuff
- adjective; good, great, best. “That’s a real
tuff house. I’d like to live
there.” (Boss, cherry, bitchen’)
- turn on
- verb; show off, do well. “Go out in the surf
and turn on for
everyone.”
-W-
- weeds
- noun. Cigarettes. “Do you have any weeds I can
have?” (Smokes)
- weirdo
- noun; a nonconformist, an odd, strange, or
peculiar person. “That
new boy is a kind of weirdo.” (Kook)
- went out
- verb; is no longer in existence, is no
longer popular to say, do,
etc. “That word went out a long time ago.”
- what a bum trip
- such a wasted effort or waste of
time. “What a bum trip
that project was.”
- what-say
- an expression of greeting. “What-say, man?
Long time, no
see.”
- what’s with you
- What’s bothering you? “Hey, what’s
with you, man.
You’re really bent.”
- wheels
- noun; car. “I can’t take my girlfriend out
tonight because I don’t
have any wheels.”
- winner
- noun; a person the speaker dislikes, an
unattractive, clumsy
person. “That dumb kid sure is a winner.” (Clod, clyde, melvin)
- wipe-out
- verb; fall off your surfboard. “He
wiped-out on the last wave.”
- wiped-out
- adjective; ruined, terrible, in bad
condition. “That car is really
wiped out now that it’s been in an accident.” (Scurvy, crummy)
-Y-
- yeah
- interjection; yes, a positive answer. “Yeah,
I’m going to the football
game.”
- you can’t believe
- a clause that intensifies an
adjective. “The color is so
boss you just can’t believe.”
- you know
- commonly used in speech instead of a
pause, denotes a
comma or a period. “Then he ran out, you know, and then....”
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