Life in the 80’s was bright and colorful and happy. Everything was neon and pastel. The fashion was weird, music was over-digitized and commercialism consumed everyone.In this time period people all got to divine in their own way and party alot of the time. Slang words from the 80’s are still used now. Most of the slang that are used in the 80’s are still commonly still used today on a daily basis. Like the slang the lifestyle in the 80’s was just as similar to the lifestyle in the 20th century today. This is because the 80s was one of the decades that was full of catastraphies and dramatic language that teenagers used. Some of the slang that was popular in the 1980’s were... Gnarly, which means a sufer reference that was used as a way to show that something was cool and instyle, …show more content…
Replying ‘no duh’ to a statement made my another showed that you were way ahead of them when it came to putting things together. For example indiviuals used to say “Sheena Easton is wicked hot.” “No duh, man.” Eat My Shorts loveable bad boy Bart Simpson in the TV show The Simpsons (1989 TV series). Bart Simpson's most famous catchphrases didn't originate with "The Simpsons" writers, but with the voice of Bart herself. Nancy Cartwright says Bart's "Eat my shorts!" outburst "was an ad-lib" at a table read early in the life of the series.” Bad Michael Jackson appropriated this term for the title of his 1987 album, but in reality it had been in use since the 1960’s when James Brown proclaimed himself to be “superbad.” The word stayed largely within the African American community throughout the 70’s until the 80’s saw everyone adopt it as their term for describing someone or something that was cooler than the word cool could adequately convey. “That is one bad locker door,
Smokey and the Bandit is a film from 1977. It’s an American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, and Mike Henry. This film was followed up by two sequels. Because of the Hollywood effect Burt Reynolds had on television during the 1970’s. “He was declared Cosmopolitan magazine's "Perfect Man" in 1972, and within a few years became the top grossing male film star in the world” (Smith 2005). After watching the film for an assignment in Introduction to Film Studies, and remembering this film was one of my childhood favorites, with some of the derogatory language, I’m not sure as a child, what enticed me to be attractive to this film. Since I was
Western movies have always been attempted and have strived for perfection. There has been a few that really captured the motion picture, history, and of course the actual story itself; but of course only one can take the cake. The movie, Tombstone is an action-filled film that is sure to entertain no matter what audience. Based on true events, the movie does an excellent job of portraying the correct history about the events that went on in Tombstone, Arizona. Everything from wardrobe, slang, props, and much more that was displayed in this outstanding movie couldn’t have hit the nail on the head any better. Just in case you may not have seen Tombstone, I believe it’s beneficial to know the plot, important details, history and information about
Rapper Trina’s March 2000 single “Da baddest b*tch”, proclaimed her as the Queen of Hip hop. “Da baddest b*tch” was a controversial song that made way for many criticisms. The rapper’s song endorsed the idea of women referring to themselves as “bad b*tches”, promoted promiscuous behavior and encouraged females both young and old to use men for money.
The "Roaring Twenties" were a turbulent time in American history. The United States had just returned from the carnage of World War I and was ready to revolutionize their ideas, morals, and most importantly, their presidents. The presidential election of 1920 was a particularly integral election due to the introduction of the right of women to vote and America's social & political unrest. Warren G. Harding, a Republican, defeated Democrat James M. Cox, on a platform that urged Americans to "return to normalcy". Normalcy was a play on words of normality by Harding, which meant to conform to the norm. But the question that stood on many historians was: Why did Americans actually vote to "return to normalcy"? The simple answer was that the nation was ready to recover from their wartime anxiety and wanted a country without financial or political stress and Harding was the president that promised that to them.
The Yuppie Handbook, produced by Marissa Piesman and Marilee Hartley, is a literal “how to become an ‘80s Yuppie” handbook full of rhetorical devices like phrasing, humor, and imagery to develop a light-hearted taste for an easy read. Phrasing is exercised to pull off a simple voice so anyone can truly comprehend the information contained in the novel. This can be seen throughout the quotation with the utilization of short sentences packed with little snippets of details and facts about Yuppie life. Among the informal structure and phrasing, humorous tones are placed all around to remove the robotically harsh spirit. The authors poke fun at the ego of the ‘80s era when they judge how some cocky Yuppies of the generation believed they had an
There could be a lot more to say about the 80’s when it comes to drugs, but if you really do your research, cocaine is what defined this decade. The 80’s is glorified because of its crazy clothing and awesome inventions. The 80’s had its highs and lows, but for the most part you could say it was the decade that changed everything and everyone for the worse or the better. People took pride in their fashions, fads, and inventions in the 80’s; as a matter of fact, everyone took pride in these three things.
The era of the 1990’s was an explosive time in American history both figuratively and literally. In the 90’s there was an extreme variety of different failures and also advances in technology. We as a nation had new advancements in space travel, our military and the way of life preparing for the turn of the century. As a country we didn’t know what the new millennium had to bring for us, but we were ready. Most significantly changing America though was from our creativeness that took place, the fear we had, and our militaristic ways.
African American Slang has had many other names: Ebonics, Jive, Black English, and more. The Oxford English Dictionary defines slang (in reference to language) in three different ways: 1) the special vocabulary used by any set of persons of a low or disreputable character; language of a low and vulgar type 2) the special vocabulary or phraseology of a particular calling or profession; the cant or jargon of a certain class or period 3) language of a highly colloquial type, considered as below the level of standard educated speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some special sense. Whatever one’s perspective on slang, it is a natural and inevitable part of language. In this paper I will discuss examples of current slang being used that some people may not understand.
...s also the time where hip hop represented the minority culture to the fullest extent. This was the first point in time that hip represented minorities who entire existence was surround by the culture. In the two decades prior people who indulged in the hip hop culture had spent at least a portion of their lives without the culture, therefore it did not have a total effect on their lives. This is why older hip was very sample oriented. The 1990’s still used samples to structure the music, but in a more creative way that utilized many aspects of music rather than jus the break beat in a song. This is also when the culture became the most prominent and had the most influence on mainstream America. Hip Hop allowed minorities in the 1990’s to improve their situation and embrace their inner beauty instead of being stagnated by the oppressive nature of the United States.
So basically, the 1920's or “Roaring Twenties” was a time of major change for America as a nation. Just following the Great War America was on the fast track to new times. There was the model t car, the stock market boom and crash, the banning of alcohol, the radio, jazz music, women seeking independence, Americans seeking higher education, union strikes, the red scare, the death of President Harding and many more. Many people say this was an enjoyable time of constant dancing and entertainment galore, while others would say that the hardships of racism and poverty made this time period one of struggle and hardships. While others only remember the 1920's as the creation of mickey mouse or babe Ruth. This decade truly was “The Roaring Twenties”.
Examples of some quotes from www.the-big-bang-theory.com/quotes/ are I’m not crazy, my mother had me tested (Sheldon Cooper’s role). Another (Sheldon Cooper role) mom smokes in the car. Jesus is okay with it, but we can tell dad. There is an Indian character (Raj) and he says, “but e-excuse me, I have something to say. None of you may realize it, but I was very much looking forward to this weekend. It was going to be like the old days—the four of us hanging out, playing video games, before you guys all got girlfriends. Do you have any idea what it’s l...
The History of Hip Hop, in the 1970’s, when rap music was first going big, it was an underground urban movement known as ‘Hip hop, just began to develop to one of the biggest music genre’s in the South Bronx in New York. The 80’s saw a big impact om rap/Hip-hop music throughout the 80’s that made rap as big as it now. The Hip Hop genre focused on emceeing over house parties and neighbourhood block party events, held outside. The trends in 90’s changed when Hip-Hop/Rap music got popular, the fashion trends for rapper back in the 80’s and 90’s wore cloths all baggy, did not fit them and their pants maybe sagging.
In the early nineties, women were hyper-sexualized and viewed as pawns in a game. MTV showed music videos with scantily clad women which were seen as extremely scandalous at the time. The nineties was also an era of growth, liberalization and sex...
The bad has an obscure early history. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were childhood friends in 1951 at Dartford Maypole County Primary School. Jagger said, “I distinctly remember this conversation I had with Keith. We lived in the same block and I asked Keith what he wanted to do when he grew up. He said he wanted to be like Roy Rogers and play guitar. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the Roy Rogers bit, but the part about the guitar did interest me.” (Schlesinger, 15-16) The two boys were separated in the mid fifties because their families moved. However, Jagger and Richards were reunited in 1960 on a train in October. They shared a passion for R&B. Keith Richards said, “We started talking about Berry and people like that. I only had a few records at the time, but Mick had a fantastic collection, so we decided to get together and listen to them.” (Hayward, 10)
West, Cornel. “The ‘80s. (Cover story).” Newsweek 123, no. 1 (January 3, 1994): 46. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed April 11, 2014).