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College Slang Research Project
The
1997 Top 20
Slang Terms
from Da Bomb
(Most popular slang terms in order of popularity by number of reports: Winter, 1997)
  • 20. Crash:  (verb)To rest or sleep.
  • 19. All that:  (adjective)1. Great; the best.  2. Superior to others; conceited.
  • 18. Grub:  1.(verb) To eat.  2.(noun) Food, meal.
  • 17. Dude:  1.(noun) Person, especially male.  2.(interjection) A greeting or salutation. 
    3.(interjection)An indication of surprise.
  • 16. Hottie:  (noun) An attractive person.
  • 15. Bad:  1.(adjective) Good.  2.(noun) Fault.
  • 14. What's up?:  (greeting) Hi; what is new or happening?
  • 13. Jack up:  1.(verb) To mess up or ruin.  2.(adjective) Mean, cruel.
  • 12. Hoochie:  (noun)1. A person that is sexually promiscuous.  2. A sexy woman.  3. A female who dresses provacatively.
  • 11. Homey:  (noun) A friend or buddy, pal.
  • 10. Dis':  (verb) 1. To disrespect, make fun of, tease, harass.  2. To ignore, treat badly, brush off.
  • 9. Cool:  (adjective) 1. Calm.  2. Fine, acceptable.  3. Neat; exciting; interesting; very good.
  • 8. Phat:  (adjective) 1. Cool; very good.  2. Attractive or nice.  3. Large; huge.  4. Big; high, especially used as a term by skateboarders, rollerbladers or snowboarders to describe a jump.   5. Someone who is respected, looked up to.
  • 7. My bad:  (noun) My fault.
  • 6. Stoked:  (adjective) 1. Excited; very happy; psyched.  2. Surprised or bewildered.
  • 5. Kick it:  (verb) 1. To relax.  2. Command to pay attention.
  • 4. Trip/trip out/trippin':  1.(noun) An unusual or strange thing or event.  2.(verb)To act out of character.  3.(verb) To not make sense.  4.(verb) To be overwhelmed.  5.(verb) To overreact.  6.(verb)To disagree.  7.(verb) To get upset; to rage.  8.(verb) To act crazy or surprised. 9.(verb)To act as though one is high on drugs.
  • 3. Chill:  (verb) To relax; calm down.
  • 2. Dope:  (adjective) Something that's fun, addicting, awesome, out of this world, cool, hip and/or attractive.

And the most popular term:

  • 1. Da/the bomb: (adjective) Great; awesome; extremely cool.

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