wason@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 年前Never change Lemmylemmy.worldimagemessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1970arrow-down120file-text
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minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down2·edit-22 年前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.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 年前“Cowabunga” shouldn’t have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 年前Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 年前Ninja Turtles got it from 60’s surfer slang (since that’s how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.
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.
Twas a tubular time.
“Cowabunga” shouldn’t have been a mystery to them, at least, because it originates from Howdy Doody in 1949.
Wow. I totally thought it was just a Ninja Turtles thing. Thanks for that info.
Ninja Turtles got it from 60’s surfer slang (since that’s how Michelangelo speaks) and gave it new life for a few years.