G33Z3R Slang Files · 1982–1999
Totally
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The Valley's favorite adverb, attached to anything: totally awesome, totally grody, and eventually just totally, as a complete sentence meaning yes. It's the one Valley word that went permanent.
Say it to a Gen X friend and watch them hear the rising inflection. It survived by being useful.
Sources: Wiktionary — Totally
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of Totally.
Valley & surf · 1982–1986
Means: That's disgusting
Valley & surf · 1978–1990
Means: Extreme — either terrible or great, depending on the wave
Valley & surf · 1982–1986
Means: Disgusting; to the max meant extremely
Valley & surf · 1982–1999
Means: Nothing; a pause, a hedge, or a quotative ("I was like…")
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