In the 1970s; women, African Americans, Native Americans, gays and lesbians and other marginalized people continued to fight for equality as Americans joined the protest against the ongoing war in Vietnam. The 1977 blackout in Manhattan, NY. The new sound with R&B and Rock n’ Roll fusion into Disco rocketing into the charts along with the disco nightspots such as Studio 54 and TV shows like; Charlie’s Angels, the Brady Bunch, the Love Boat, Soul Train, Welcome Back Kotter, Good Times, Maude, M*A*S*H, What’s Happening, the Jefferson’s, All In the Family, the Mary Tyler Moore show, Sanford & Son, and variety shows. Movies like; Carrie, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, the Exorcist, Car Wash, Charlotte’s Web, Cooley High, American Graffiti, the Wiz, Lady Sings the Blues, and Star Wars.

4-sho

For sure, or for real.

Ace

Just another groovy word for funky and awesome.

Airhead

Reference to a stupid person, usually a woman, usually blond. Often someone pretending to be stupid in order to be considered attractive to the opposite sex. “Chrissy on Three’s Company is such an airhead.”

All Right

that’s da bomb

Are You Decent?

Are you fully dressed?

Awesome

Cool: That’s totally awesome Man!

Baby

sexy, groovy person or someone you love

Backatcha!

“You too”.

Bad

Very cool or very good. As a rule, “Bad” was applied most readily to songs and outfits that you liked.

Be There Or Be Square

Means Be at the party or place or be boring.

Bear or Smokey

Since they wore the standard uniform with a “Smokey the Bear” hat, mobile police officers were referred to as “Smokey Bears” or, as it was quickly shortened to, “Smokies”,a “smokey” or “Bear(s)”. As time went on the term naturally got picked up and applied to any mobile law officer or any officer in general. The movies were quick to pick up on this slang and popularized it in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.

Beat The Drag

driving up and down the ‘loop’ or the designated driving area as defined by the cool kids with cars!!!

Bitch’n

awsome

Black Saber

you’re finished

Blazin

like on fire (totally) hip or hot.

Blood

Used for like a greeting to a friend used for ex: What’sgoing on BLOOD.

Blow Off/blew Off

to skip, avoid or ignore someone or something. “I blew off that class.” or “He was such a jerk, I just blew him off.”

Bogart

To hog something. Like, “Hey man, don’t Bogart that smoke. Pass it down!”

Bogue

Bad, like “That food was really bogue tonight.

Bogus!

Dang it! To be annoyed with something. Also means fake.

Bomb

adj. to be hip, cool. ex. That guy has a bomb Chevelle.

Bomb Dude

that’s sweet. Awesome, something very cool.

Boob Tube

Television, TV

Boogie

to get your groove on; to dance.

Book

To leave or move in a hurry. “I’ve gotta book. I’ll catch you later”

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