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60's SLANG

For the surfers, remember the slang.Cody!!

hang five
verb; put five toes over the nose of a surfboard. “What a hotdogger! He always hangs five.”
hangin’
adjective; huge, enormous, good. “Then I saw a big hangin’ wave.”
hang it on me again
repeat, say over. “I didn’t hear you. Hang it on me again.”
hang out
noun; place where a number of teenagers gather. “There were a a mess of kids at that hang out.”
hang ten
verb; put ten toes over the nose of the surfboard. “That guy is always trying to hang ten.”
hang-up
noun; bother or nuisance. “Homework is a hang-up.”
hassle
verb; to fight. “Look at those two guys hassle.” (Throw blows)
haulin’
verb; driving fast, trying hard. “Look at him go. He’s really haulin’” (honkin’ on)
hector
interjection; an expression of disappointment or disgust. “Oh hector! I forgot my report.”
hero
noun; strong man, show off. “That hero tried to lift 200 pounds.”
hodad
noun; a person who is against surfers, anti-surfer. “Those hodads wrecked that surfboard on purpose.”
honkin’ around
doing nothing important. I’m just going to be honkin’ around tonight.”
honkin’ on
verb; driving fast, trying hard. “Look at him run, he’s really honkin’ on” (haulin)
hood
noun; juvenile delinquent. “Those hoods stole our hubcaps.”
hot dogger
noun; surfer with a lot of style and skill, show-off. “That kid is a real hot dogger.”

-I-

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I remember all the records about surfing.
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3 months ago
That was a fun blast from the past.

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3 months ago