| Get Bent! |
Disparaging remark as in "drop dead" |
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| Get with it |
Understand |
| Gig |
Work, job (Beats) |
| Go ape |
Get very excited |
| Go for pinks |
A drag race where the stakes are the car's pink slip
(hot-rodders) |
| Goof |
Someone who makes mistakes |
| Goopy |
Messy |
| Goose it |
Accelerate the car fully (hot-rodders) |
| Greaser |
A guy with tons of grease in his hair, which later
came to describe an entire group of people. Yes, John Travolta in Grease. |
| Grody |
Sloppy, messy or dirty |
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| Hang |
As in "hang out" which means to do very little |
| Haul ass |
Drive very fast (hot-rodders) |
| Heat |
Police (Beats) |
| Hep |
With it, cool. Someone who knows the situation. |
| Hip |
Someone who is cool, in the know. Very good. |
| Hipster |
Same as above |
| Hopped up |
A car modified for speed (hot-rodders) |
| Horn |
Telephone |
| Hottie |
A very fast car (hot-rodders) |
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| Illuminations |
Good ideas, thoughts |
| In orbit |
In the know |
| Ivy Leaguer |
Pants style. Also any person who attended an Ivy League
college |
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| Jacked Up |
Car with raised rear end. (hot-rodders) |
| Jacketed |
Going steady |
| Jelly Roll |
Men's hair combed up and forward on both sides, brought together
in the middle of the forehead. |
| Jets |
Smarts, brains |
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| Kick |
A fun or good thing; Also, a fad |
| Kill |
To really impress |
| Knuckle sandwich |
A fist in the face |
| Kookie |
Nuts, in the nicest possible way |
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| Later, also later, gator |
Goodbye. See ya later, alligator. Response: after while
crocodile. |
| Lay a patch |
To accelerate so rapidly that you leave a patch of rubber on the
road. |
| Lay on |
To give (Beats) |
| Lighter |
A crew cut |
| Like crazy; like wow |
Really good, better than cool |
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| Machine |
A car (hot-rodders) |
| Made in the shade |
Success guaranteed |
| Make out |
A kissing session |
| Make the scene |
To attend an event or activity |
| Meanwhile, back at the ranch |
From TV Westerns. Usually used to get a storyteller back on
track. |
| Mirror warmer |
A piece of pastel fabric (often cashmere) tied around the rear
view mirror. A 50s version of the Medieval wearing your lady's colors. |
| Most |
A in "the most" - high praise usually of the opposite sex |
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Rich.
