80s Slang: From Tubular to Totally Outdated

0:00It's March 23rd, entertainment and celebrity news today starts now, AI powered in Spotlight Ready. I'm Cory with the story. Slang from the 1980s had a huge moment, thanks to Valley Girls, Surfer Crouts and Teen Movies. Words like tubular, rad, and gnarly ruled as the ultimate way to say something was awesome or intense. They popped up everywhere from skate parks to MTV, but most faded fast as tastes changed. In terms came straight from surf and skate things, like gnarly for something wild or extreme, while others were pure Valley Girl inventions such as Grody for Super Gross. Movies like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Bill and Ted's excellent adventure pushed them into the mainstream, making them feel fresh back then. Today, dropping these words unironically clears a room or gets laughs for all the wrong reasons. People only use them now in jokes or throwback costumes, turning what was once cool and to instant cringe.

1:00Survivors like awesome and chill stuck around, but these 10 are mostly retired. Frazes like gag me with a spoon or take a chill pill, feel even more dated, tie to that over-the-top teen film vibe, totally as a catch all yes, lost its punch too, replaced by fresher slang like dope or sick that carries on the tradition. Which keeps evolving, leaving these 80s gems as fun relics of a wild era in pop culture.