Lost Words

 

Words I still use from the 1960’s and 70’s.

Groovy: modern, smart, up to date as in fashion or I just like it.

Far Out: impressive, unusual, nonconformist, out of the ordinary.

Bummer: mishap, calamity, disappointment.

Dig It: like, appreciate, and understand.

Cool: used as an agreement, intensely good, admiration and enthusiasm for. Actually, this word has been used since the 1930’s.

Words no longer used from the 1960’s and 70’s

Eight-Track: I actually worked for a short time in a company that manufactured eight tracks. A music cassette format.

Bell bottoms: I had these while fashionable as a youth. In today’s fashion there are a few here and there. Bell bottoms have evolved into a much smaller flair from the knee to ankle.

Typewriter: no longer made and have been replaced with keyboards for computers.

Beehive: a hairstyle utilizing teasing the hair, massively sprayed with hair spray and piled on high on the head to look like a beehive. Thankfully we don’t do this anymore.

Solid: do a favor for, be reliable, good.

Mod: stylish, modern, up to date.

Update:

I can still type on my keyboard just like I did on an ancient typewriter in typing class many years ago. Most days are groovy. Today’s information age is far out. Technology can be a bummer for me. I still dig it when I find new videos to watch. I think it is so cool that eight tracks and bell bottoms are no longer mod. Beehive hairstyles are long gone and do me a solid, let’s keep ourselves evolving in every sense of the word.

Georgia P.