Slang Files · 🤙 Approval & awesome
G33Z3R Slang Files · 1984–1992
Bodacious
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An old American word, a blend of bold and audacious, that surf kids found and Bill and Ted made famous. It was usually said about a wave, a guitar or a girl.
It's a period word now, but it was a period word in 1989 too; part of the joke was that it sounded like something your grandfather said.
Sources: Wiktionary — Bodacious
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Bodacious.
Approval & awesome · 1989–1993
Means: Great, said with the guitar riff
Approval & awesome · 1980–1992
Means: Excellent; short for radical
Approval & awesome · 1980–1999
Means: Very (wicked good, wicked cold); also excellent on its own
Approval & awesome · 1975–1990
Means: Excellent, tough, impressive
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