Slang Files · 📟 '90s & hip-hop

G33Z3R Slang Files · 19841992

What did "fresh" mean in the '80s?

Fresh

Means
New, stylish, excellent
Came from
Hip-hop, early '80s; the Fresh Prince took the name in 1986
Peak
1985–1990
Still around?
Cycles back every few years

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Fresh was the hip-hop word for new and good in the early '80s, applied to sneakers, beats and the Fresh Prince himself. It was clean in the way cool was in the '50s.

It's the rare slang word that keeps coming back, because clothes are always new.

Sources: Wiktionary — Fresh

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