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The defining decade 207/3/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the defining linguistic phenomena of the 1980s was Val-speak, a dialect of English spoken by Valley Girls. 1980s Slang Words And Phrases Gag me with a spoon! Let’s look at just a few of the words and phrases that became popular during this decade. It’s mostly used by young people - women and Black people especially - and the 1980s were the heyday of Gen Xers, a generation too often overlooked. Slang can reveal the cultural undercurrents of a time period. ![]() There are countless different angles to take when looking at a period of 10 years, and here we’ll zoom in on just one: 1980s slang. You can’t boil down the AIDS crisis, the Reagan presidency, the Challenger explosion, hair metal bands, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the war on drugs down to a single symbol (though the Rubik’s cube might get us close). Even after 30 years have passed, the 1980s are difficult to distill. It can be hard to really understand a decade until it’s long over. ![]()
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