-S-
- scurvy
- adjective; ugly, weird, not having a neat
appearance. �That girl in
the sloppy sweater sure is scurvy.� (Wiped out)
- set
- noun; in surfing slang a series of good size
waves. �I rode a big set in
all the way.�
- shades
- noun; sunglasses. �Did you buy some new
shades?�
- show me your coins
- lend me money. �I�m broke! Can
you show me
your coins?�
- skinner
- noun. Policeman. �The skinner took us to
the police station.�
(Cop, fuzz)
- slick
- adjective; good, great, best. �Isn�t that GTO>
slick?� (Boss, mint,
cherry)
- smokes
- noun; cigarettes. �Do you have some smokes?�
(Weeds)
- smoking dope
- telling a lie or a fantastic story.
�Man, you�re smoking
dope, because it just didn�t happen.�
- something else
- adjective; very special, really great.
�That new dance is
something else!: (swingin�, boss)
- split
- verb; to leave, go away. �Let�s split. This
is getting dull.� (Make it,
make tracks)
- stoked
- adjective; likes someone or something very
much. �Boy, he�s
really stoked on that girl.�
- stoned
- adjective; drunk, intoxicated. �Three guys at
the party were
stoned.� (Loaded, crocked, plastered)
- swingin�
- adjective; really good. �That song was
really swingin.�
(Rockin� out, rip-city)
- swingin�
- adjective; crummy, opposite of neat. �Oh,
swingin�. Do we
have to do it?�
-T-
- thick
- adjective; naive, dense, dumb. �He�s as thick
as they come.�
- threads
- noun; clothes. These threads fit perfectly.�
- throw blows
- verb; to fight. �Those two guys are
about to throw blows.�
(Hassle)
- tight head
- noun; drunken or intoxicated state. �After
the party he sure
had a tight head.�
- tuff
- adjective; good, great, best. �That�s a real
tuff house. I�d like to live
there.� (Boss, cherry, bitchen�)
- turn on
- verb; show off, do well. �Go out in the surf
and turn on for
everyone.�
-W-
- weeds
- noun. Cigarettes. �Do you have any weeds I can
have?� (Smokes)
- weirdo
- noun; a nonconformist, an odd, strange, or
peculiar person. �That
new boy is a kind of weirdo.� (Kook)
- went out
- verb; is no longer in existence, is no
longer popular to say, do,
etc. �That word went out a long time ago.�
- what a bum trip
- such a wasted effort or waste of
time. �What a bum trip
that project was.�
- what-say
- an expression of greeting. �What-say, man?
Long time, no
see.�
- what�s with you
- What�s bothering you? �Hey, what�s
with you, man.
You�re really bent.�
- wheels
- noun; car. �I can�t take my girlfriend out
tonight because I don�t
have any wheels.�
- winner
- noun; a person the speaker dislikes, an
unattractive, clumsy
person. �That dumb kid sure is a winner.� (Clod, clyde, melvin)
- wipe-out
- verb; fall off your surfboard. �He
wiped-out on the last wave.�
- wiped-out
- adjective; ruined, terrible, in bad
condition. �That car is really
wiped out now that it�s been in an accident.� (Scurvy, crummy)
-Y-
- yeah
- interjection; yes, a positive answer. �Yeah,
I�m going to the football
game.�
- you can�t believe
- a clause that intensifies an
adjective. �The color is so
boss you just can�t believe.�
- you know
- commonly used in speech instead of a
pause, denotes a
comma or a period. �Then he ran out, you know, and then....�
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