I know they always used to say it on The Brady Bunch, but did people really use that type of slang in real life?
2007-07-01 08:16:42 · 21 answers · asked by Hmmm... 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
some people still say thing like that.
on the freeway.... isn`t the pavement groovie
when boating..... were far out, the beach is out a sight
2007-07-01 08:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by RUSSELLL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still use Groovy because I refuse to give in to the man! Yeah people used to say it. Well I'm gonna go watch me a far out movie. Have an outta sight day! :)
2007-07-01 08:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by six3x 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say it, but yeah, they did. They even said things like 'that was a big tickle!' meaning it was funny or 'I'm cranked!' meaning they were excited. Even things like 'That's a fat city!' meaning it was a great thing or place, or that they were happy.
And anyway, it wasn't that long ago either.
The slang words there were from the 50s!
Imagine us saying those now. LOL
I can't.
Slang now are words like 'cool' or 'awesome' or 'ain't'. Things have changed a whole lot since then, haven't they?
2007-07-01 08:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by Laura C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's "out of sight" and no hyphen in far out.
They did indeed used to say that stuff back then but nowhere near as frequently as TV shows and movies made it out to be. Kids and young adults were much more likely to say "cool" than any of those other phrases combined.
Additional: Oh yeah, they also used to say "Man" a lot. And "yo".
2007-07-01 08:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We said that, I am ashamed to admit. Ever watch an "Austin Powers" movie? Groovy, baby!
Uptight and out of sight!
2007-07-01 08:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by desperatehw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, during the 60s just like today cool
2007-07-01 08:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by lennie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we used to say maybe far out and thats hip, for great, we used to say thats hip, and dynomite, not so much groovy anymore though, but the words were ther, some day we will rap together, lets wrap
2007-07-01 08:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by trudycaulfield 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was out-of-sight, though pronouced out-o'-sight.
Yes, indeed, we used to say all that stuff, at least the cool people did -- the freaks, as opposed to the straights (which meant something different in those days).
Your question reminds me of a joke of the time.
A guy TRYING to seem cool and with-it kept saying "farm out!" and "out of state!"
Finally, the person he was talking to corrected him, to which he replied, "Bumper!"
In my family, we've used "bumper" for "bummer" ever since. (Bummer started as drug slang for a "bum trip" on acid.)
When my sister was a child and teen, the biggies were "wicked" and, my favorite "bitchin!" (both meaning good things).
We good, we bad, we hot, we cool! (That one's mine, and mine alone; if you use it, you have to pay me.)
;-)
righteous
fer sure
2007-07-01 08:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, those words were very popular in the late 60's and into the 70's.
2007-07-01 08:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes they did...however, when they depict the 60's in movies today, they give you the impression that everyone had long hair, and were hippies....that is not true....by the time the Brady Bunch was saying it .... the hippies were not....and by the way the hippies sold out.....became yuppies.....and republicans
2007-07-01 08:19:52 · answer #10 · answered by mamakong 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋