So where did "sweet" or "cool" come from?

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

you wanna hear something funny...my aunty used the word "Bonza" At a family BBQ....we all sat in shocked silence!

Then burst out laughing......lol [snip]

A guy I used to work with years ago said that back in the 70's when he was in his late teens he was introduced by the boss at work to a rather important guy from America. He could hardly hold the laughter in when they said "I'd like you to meet Chuck Bonza..."

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by OneOfOne

A guy I used to work with years ago said that back in the 70's when he was in his late teens he was introduced by the boss at work to a rather important guy from America. He could hardly hold the laughter in when they said "I'd like you to meet Chuck Bonza..."

LOL...FAIR DINKUM!?
Thats Hilhairyass!

i remember watching a show at school once, and we had this relief teacher that was indonesian, a real funny lady, and although i cant remember the name of the show but it was all aussie and set in the 50's/60's and through the show they constantly use the word "mate" and "fair dinkum" and even "bonza!" etc...and the teacher complained that no-one she knew talked like that and the movie was a load of rubbish....i turned around and yelled "FAIR GO!".....she burst out laughing too....hit her for six i did!


Speaking of rhyming slang.....we had a customer in at work once, his name was Joe Blake
i also noticed that all around here where i live the townsfolk always refer to someone as "old mate".....
Just yesterday i had someone ask if i could fit a "wireless" to their vehicle!
'11 wires and a coax lead to attach and he called it a wireless' i thought.... ...

Cheers!

[ving (David)]

i used to use "trick" re mountain biking... "that bike is so trick" or "tricked out"

how bout leet or 1337. its a bit 90s' but people use it online alot still.

[Ric]

Hi Ving, you've lost me with "leet" and "1337".
But I'm influenced by the 70's and can still remember it.

Far out, man

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Where I used to work as a Manager of a youth training centre we had access daily to hundreds of Ballarats youth. One of the youthworkers working for me tried the same thing as you Trevor. To invent a new cool word and see if it would catch on.

He replaced the words Dork, idiot, spaz, dropkick, d--- head etc with 'spoon'.

whenever one of the kids would say something stupid, he would call them a 'Spoon'.

Every time he said it to them they said things like 'Geez your an idiot' and 'shut up ya old fart'

Needless to say, after about 6 months of trying, it didn't catch on

[larry brockman]

In Southern California in the 50's and 60's if something was really good, good looking or had a great deal of appeal it was referred to as "*****en"