How Well Do You Know Your '70s Slang?

When you burn someone, you seriously make fun of someone. Oh, man, that was a serious burn.

When you tell someone to buzz off, you're telling them to get lost. Man, buzz off and leave me alone.

When you say, "Can you dig it?" you're asking someone if they're OK with something. Is that OK, man?

When something is caposhi, it's really cool. Girl, that dress is so caposhi!

Catch my drift? This means, do you get it? I'm hankering for a burger, catch my drift?

Hey man, I'll catch you up later. This means that you'll be seeing someone later.

Man, that is one choice car that you got there. Choice meant that something was really cool.

You wanna get a burger at the choke n' puke? That is one slimy diner you're going to.

If you're a closet disco queen, you do a lot of dancing at home, but you don't go to the disco. Of course, you dance at home to your 8-track.

Deuce is a great word to add to anything. You can even say that it's hotter than a deuce.

This is a fancy way of saying damn it. It came from Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy of Star Trek fame.

Deadheads still exist today, They're the fans of the Grateful Dead. Technically, "toker" might also be a correct answer ...

Man, that concert was seriously decent! it's a way of saying that you're excited about something.

You dig it? This is a way of asking if you understand or like something.

Disco was used as both a noun and an adjective. You could say, "That Disco was totally disco!"

Man, did you score last night? That's another way of saying, "Did you do it?"

Man, can you do me a solid? This is a way of asking if someone will do you a favor.

When someone fakes you out, they deceive you or trick you. Don't fake me out like that!

When something is famoo, it's very appealing. Gosh, that dress that you're wearing is so famoo.

A flat leaver is disloyal. They'll leave one group of people in order to hang out with a cooler set of people.

Someone who is a fruit is totally nerdy. This is not to be confused with the modern use of the word fruit.

Funky had a lot of meanings in the '70s. Something could be funky cool, or funky weird.

The police were known as the fuzz. You didn't want to get into any trouble with the fuzz on a Saturday night.

Gearheads were seriously interested in cars. Gearheads could be into motorcycles, as well.

Oh man, get real. That meant that you wanted someone to get out of sight, or to get a life.

This word is still used today to refer to a job. I just got a new gig as a plumber.

Gnarly was actually used for positive things. It could mean cool, awesome or very good.

A goon was excessively nerdy. Remember the Goonies? They were amazing nerds.

Something that was gravy was very cool, indeed. It was also sweet or excellent.

Hippie lettuce was slang for weed. You could score some hippie lettuce if you dared.

Man, I can dig it. Dig was a way of saying that you understood or felt something clearly.

Whenever something was great, you could say, I like cheese! You could also say sexellent!

IYD meant 'in your dreams.' You don't hear IYD a whole lot these days.

Whenever you want to say that things are OK, you say it's casual. Don't worry about it, it's casual.

Man, you don't know Jack Squat. You can also say that you don't know Diddley Squat.