Slang Files · 🤙 Approval & awesome
G33Z3R Slang Files · 1980–1992
Rad
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The most durable word on this list. Skaters clipped radical to rad, the Turtles said it on TV every afternoon, and by 1986 it meant good everywhere from Anaheim to Ohio.
It's the '80s word people use today when they want to sound like they're kidding, and the one older Gen X still says without irony about a guitar solo.
Sources: Wiktionary — Rad
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Rad.
Approval & awesome · 1984–1992
Means: Impressive, bold, or, about a person, attractive
Approval & awesome · 1980–1999
Means: Very (wicked good, wicked cold); also excellent on its own
Approval & awesome · 1975–1990
Means: Excellent, tough, impressive
Approval & awesome · 1987–1993
Means: An exclamation of joy, usually before a jump
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