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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Thank god for that website, I can't imagine being an aging millennial in 1980 with all the kids talking about "radical" this and "cowabunga" that and not have anything to look up.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twas a tubular time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Cowabunga" shouldn't have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Ninja Turtles got it from 60's surfer slang (since that's how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.