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Things You Never Heard in the 80s

I'll start:

"I can't find my phone."

by Anonymousreply 170December 11, 2024 12:29 PM

Is it plugged in? Have you tried rebooting?

by Anonymousreply 1November 21, 2024 11:36 AM

Has Donald Trump agreed on the outcome of Russia's war with Europe yet?

by Anonymousreply 2November 21, 2024 11:36 AM

Do I need to use condoms?

1983 and in

by Anonymousreply 3November 21, 2024 11:41 AM

“The LGBTQ community”

by Anonymousreply 4November 21, 2024 11:44 AM

I'm installing a charger for my car in the garage.

by Anonymousreply 5November 21, 2024 11:44 AM

"Tik-Tok is exploding..."

by Anonymousreply 6November 21, 2024 11:46 AM

I'm taking a Greyhound to Vermont for an abortion.

by Anonymousreply 7November 21, 2024 11:47 AM

My preferred pronouns are...

by Anonymousreply 8November 21, 2024 11:59 AM

Is this too much hairspray?

by Anonymousreply 9November 21, 2024 12:41 PM

We acknowledge that this school is built on land stolen from the Algonquin.

by Anonymousreply 10November 21, 2024 12:42 PM

Did you never misplace the cordless, OP?

by Anonymousreply 11November 21, 2024 12:44 PM

“afro-latina, transgender wordsmith, historical materialist, educator, and woodworker…”

by Anonymousreply 12November 21, 2024 2:25 PM

Open Borders

by Anonymousreply 13November 21, 2024 2:29 PM

Living in the Washington, DC metro area in the 80s and 90s I never heard anyone refer to it as “The DMV” like they do now.

by Anonymousreply 14November 21, 2024 2:58 PM

Have you read Barbra’s book yet? It’s 1,000 pages.

by Anonymousreply 15November 21, 2024 3:04 PM

R10 Indeed we do, but we ain't giving it back.

No matter what Ella thinks.

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by Anonymousreply 16November 21, 2024 3:08 PM

Let's take a selfie!

by Anonymousreply 17November 21, 2024 3:15 PM

Did you see that guy's butt on tv last night?

by Anonymousreply 18November 21, 2024 3:40 PM

I don't need to record it -- I can just stream it later.

by Anonymousreply 19November 21, 2024 4:38 PM

I'm buying a new hybrid.

by Anonymousreply 20November 21, 2024 4:41 PM

The wi-fi is down.

by Anonymousreply 21November 21, 2024 6:04 PM

GenZ

by Anonymousreply 22November 21, 2024 7:01 PM

It’s literally iconic

by Anonymousreply 23November 21, 2024 7:23 PM

Dual-factor authentication

by Anonymousreply 24November 21, 2024 7:30 PM

Boris

by Anonymousreply 25November 21, 2024 7:32 PM

Her penis

by Anonymousreply 26November 21, 2024 7:34 PM

His vagina

by Anonymousreply 27November 21, 2024 7:38 PM

R25 Moose and Squirrel were always sought out by Bordis and Natasha.

by Anonymousreply 28November 21, 2024 7:42 PM

Photos of Kim Kardashian’s surgically stuffed ass broke the internet!

by Anonymousreply 29November 21, 2024 7:49 PM

Sending thoughts and prayers for the 48th active shooter situation this year...

by Anonymousreply 30November 21, 2024 7:49 PM

"I'm queer"

by Anonymousreply 31November 21, 2024 8:01 PM

1994 was a great year.

by Anonymousreply 32November 21, 2024 8:04 PM

Roseanne seems like a very stable individual.

by Anonymousreply 33November 21, 2024 8:21 PM

"pregnant people"

by Anonymousreply 34November 21, 2024 8:32 PM

She’s an influencer.

by Anonymousreply 35November 21, 2024 8:36 PM

No thanks, I've had enough coke.

by Anonymousreply 36November 21, 2024 8:38 PM

DEI

Diversity

Equity

Inclusion

by Anonymousreply 37November 21, 2024 8:40 PM

It also burst through Marilyn Monroe's iconic Happy Birthday dress, R29.

by Anonymousreply 38November 21, 2024 8:41 PM

I’m on prep.

by Anonymousreply 39November 21, 2024 8:41 PM

“I’m speaking my truth.”

by Anonymousreply 40November 21, 2024 8:41 PM

"I'm an INFLUENCER."

by Anonymousreply 41November 21, 2024 8:42 PM

R41, see R35.

by Anonymousreply 42November 21, 2024 8:44 PM

Owe

Emm

Gee

by Anonymousreply 43November 21, 2024 9:33 PM

My bush is too big; it hides my cock. I need to trim it. Or even shave it entirely!

by Anonymousreply 44November 21, 2024 9:47 PM

Doggos Kiddos Littles Showrunner

by Anonymousreply 45November 21, 2024 10:21 PM

Op is a fail. I had a cordless landline phone that I would occasionally and temporarily misplace. I had a phone in my bedroom and that was something I would have said aloud.

by Anonymousreply 46November 21, 2024 10:32 PM

Virtue signalling.

by Anonymousreply 47November 21, 2024 11:10 PM

“These are my children: Dakota, Madison , Cheyenne, and Sage.”

by Anonymousreply 48November 22, 2024 12:04 AM

R44- That is ESPECIALLY something no one said/contemplated in the 1970's.

by Anonymousreply 49November 22, 2024 4:29 AM

Bicycle Lanes ( In Europe yes but not in the USA)

by Anonymousreply 50November 22, 2024 4:31 AM

California had bicycle lanes in the '60s.

by Anonymousreply 51November 22, 2024 4:35 AM

r45, the term "kiddos" is really old. older than me

by Anonymousreply 52November 22, 2024 4:37 AM

We've been using future things, but this also works for past things.

"I just put a down payment on a new Stanley Steamer."

"Lillian's son just got drafted!"

"Steak for dinner? I don't think I have enough rationing coupons."

by Anonymousreply 53November 22, 2024 5:05 AM

Get woke, go broke

by Anonymousreply 54November 22, 2024 5:08 AM

Vocal fry.

by Anonymousreply 55November 22, 2024 5:35 AM

Ozempic face

Redpilled

"Can you move out of the way so we can film this TikTok dance"?

by Anonymousreply 56November 22, 2024 10:56 AM

People talking about a gay male outbreak of monkeypox that is being transmitted thru sexual exposure. And hardly anyone being surprised once again.

by Anonymousreply 57November 22, 2024 11:06 AM

"A Vente Skinny Pumpkin Spice Latte with extra whip, please"

by Anonymousreply 58November 22, 2024 11:18 AM

Is his OnlyFans worth subscribing to ?

by Anonymousreply 59November 22, 2024 1:07 PM

Taylor Swift is yet again dominating the charts with her 596th album

by Anonymousreply 60November 22, 2024 1:45 PM

"Put on your mask. COVID is getting bad again."

by Anonymousreply 61November 22, 2024 1:47 PM

Multiple genders

by Anonymousreply 62November 22, 2024 1:50 PM

Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, and George Michael were icons who are all greatly missed.

by Anonymousreply 63November 22, 2024 2:10 PM

The name Elon Musk

by Anonymousreply 64November 22, 2024 2:18 PM

"This famous social media influencer has made millions off TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. and has gotten endorsements."

by Anonymousreply 65November 22, 2024 2:30 PM

LOL

by Anonymousreply 66November 22, 2024 2:33 PM

He got a better NIL at OSU so he entered the portal. He will be a 9th year senior next season.

by Anonymousreply 67November 22, 2024 2:34 PM

"Hawk tuah."

"Reality television"

"A.I."

by Anonymousreply 68November 22, 2024 2:38 PM

"Order one off Amazon"

by Anonymousreply 69November 22, 2024 2:55 PM

Pot is legal!

by Anonymousreply 70November 22, 2024 3:13 PM

Never heard "cis," other than as the first syllable of "sister" or (especially) "sissy."

by Anonymousreply 71November 22, 2024 3:31 PM

Asking Siri to answer a question.

Asking Alexa to do anything

Climate Change (it was Global Warning for years)

by Anonymousreply 72November 22, 2024 3:34 PM

Netflix, Max, Hulu, Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi, Paramount+, etc.

Streaming/Binge watching

Podcast

Spotify

Apple Music

Apple vs. Android

by Anonymousreply 73November 22, 2024 3:45 PM

Buy THC products over the internet

by Anonymousreply 74November 22, 2024 3:56 PM

“You had to get your poppers from FRANCE?”

by Anonymousreply 75November 22, 2024 4:04 PM

"Do you know who would make a great president? A former TV host who is a racist bigot, a sexual predator, was convicted of 34 felonies, wants to fuck his own daughter, hates the disabled, and is a wannabe dictator."

by Anonymousreply 76November 22, 2024 4:41 PM

The twink went to a chem sex weekend and after came down with sexually transmitted monkey pox, syphilis of the eye, and sexually transmitted ring worm.

by Anonymousreply 77November 22, 2024 4:53 PM

You're a white valedictorian at a middle class public high school? Kiss the Ivy League dream goodbye.

by Anonymousreply 78November 22, 2024 5:05 PM

Sex is a spectrum. I’m not a man or a woman. I’m nonbinary.

by Anonymousreply 79November 22, 2024 5:23 PM

Princess TnT? What a hag!

by Anonymousreply 80November 22, 2024 5:27 PM

"Just download it"

"Send it to my Google account"

"Zoom meeting"

"Can we just cuddle rather that Fuck"

by Anonymousreply 81November 22, 2024 5:30 PM

"send me the link"

by Anonymousreply 82November 22, 2024 5:47 PM

“My mom just got a new tattoo!”

by Anonymousreply 83November 22, 2024 7:59 PM

(Tangential to R83, although my friends daughter did make this argument, but didn't do it) "But mom, you had snakebites, and dad has 00 gauges! I should be able to split my tongue!"

by Anonymousreply 84November 22, 2024 9:54 PM

Emmy Winner Susan Lucci!

by Anonymousreply 85November 22, 2024 10:03 PM

"Can you believe the First Lady showed off her tits and pussy in those soft core lesbian porn photos she posed for a few years ago ?"

by Anonymousreply 86November 22, 2024 11:27 PM

What’s a wine cooler?

by Anonymousreply 87November 23, 2024 12:27 AM

Duck lips

by Anonymousreply 88November 23, 2024 12:29 AM

I’m working remote this week.

by Anonymousreply 89November 23, 2024 12:34 AM

“Sorry, no cash accepted.”

by Anonymousreply 90November 23, 2024 3:04 AM

About a treatment for AIDS

by Anonymousreply 91November 23, 2024 3:31 AM

I've got a dick and balls but I am a real woman and if you don't agree and don't allow me in women's bathrooms and locker rooms I'll beat the shit out of you and people will cheer me for standing up for trans rights.

by Anonymousreply 92November 23, 2024 3:43 AM

Auto-Tune.

by Anonymousreply 93November 23, 2024 3:58 AM

School shooter

by Anonymousreply 94November 23, 2024 4:23 AM

"I miss when gas was only $2.89 a gallon."

by Anonymousreply 95November 23, 2024 4:55 AM

Can we have less shoulder padding?

by Anonymousreply 96November 23, 2024 5:38 AM

Trigger alert

by Anonymousreply 97November 23, 2024 5:40 AM

And the Oscar goes to Glenn Close

by Anonymousreply 98November 23, 2024 7:07 AM

[Quote] Things You Never Heard in the 80s

[Quote] I'll start:

[Quote] "I can't find my phone."

Wanna bet?

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by Anonymousreply 99November 23, 2024 7:28 AM

Fran Lebowitz explains how the good gay guys all died and the dregs were left. Dataloung is a perfect example.

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by Anonymousreply 100November 23, 2024 7:31 AM

“Hey, Good Lookin’! We’ll be back to pick you up later!”

They never came back and I was never good lookin’

by Anonymousreply 101November 23, 2024 7:32 AM

She of course thinks that her success was due to that dead generation R100. But I think she was one of the second tier who rose to the top. And politically, the conoisseurship generation were useless, and Roy Cohn was right to make fun of them.

by Anonymousreply 102November 23, 2024 7:59 AM

"WOW! What a beautiful hard cock on the President's son. So glad someone leaked his nude selfies. And the President's brother is sexy as fuck in his nude selfies, too. What a beautiful boner on an older guy. I'd do the both of these men. "

by Anonymousreply 103November 23, 2024 1:58 PM

“I don’t watch the Bill Cosby Show. He’s a BAD man!”

by Anonymousreply 104November 23, 2024 3:42 PM

I love neutral colours.

by Anonymousreply 105November 23, 2024 3:55 PM

Proceed to the route how? This fucking GPS bitch

by Anonymousreply 106November 23, 2024 4:18 PM

Bruce Jenner is now a woman named Caitlyn.

by Anonymousreply 107November 23, 2024 7:15 PM

Paper or plastic?

by Anonymousreply 108November 23, 2024 7:17 PM

My dog is a rescue.

by Anonymousreply 109November 23, 2024 7:27 PM

R107 I briefly worked for a guy who was tangential to the 'scene' in LA back in the 80s (his wife would namedrop shamelessly, Debbie (Harry) was SO claustrophobic, I could barely get her to go into this club I owned", "I sold my LA house to Stevie Nicks", etc.) But apparently Bruce Jenner was toying with his sexuality, taking hormones, cross dressing. This would've been later 80s, but I was actually surprised to learn that.

by Anonymousreply 110November 23, 2024 7:40 PM

To actually add to the thread:

My LabraDoodle and NewfyPoo are going to have puppies! DM me for details, if interested in a puppy they're only 2000.00!

by Anonymousreply 111November 23, 2024 7:44 PM

"Did you go to the LGBTQ+ meeting on campus last night ?"

by Anonymousreply 112November 23, 2024 7:45 PM

WOW!! At Northwestern University (in the 80's), we had a Gay& Lesbian alliance.

What's a tranny! God, drags queens were sooo funny.

by Anonymousreply 113November 23, 2024 7:51 PM

Ok. As usual, let's begin our meeting with a land acknowledgement!

by Anonymousreply 114November 23, 2024 8:04 PM

safe space

by Anonymousreply 115November 23, 2024 9:08 PM

metrosexual

by Anonymousreply 116November 23, 2024 9:09 PM

"paper or plastic" was a thing in the 80s in my bobo world.

by Anonymousreply 117November 23, 2024 9:13 PM

[quote]Bruce Jenner was toying with his sexuality, taking hormones, cross dressing. This would've been later 80s, but I was actually surprised to learn that.

A lot of people figured something was up earlier in 1980 when he starred in “Can’t Stop the Music”

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by Anonymousreply 118November 23, 2024 9:35 PM

Do you think Steve Guttenburg and Bruce Jenner fucked?

by Anonymousreply 119November 23, 2024 10:30 PM

I was chatting online this morning and someone pissed me off !

by Anonymousreply 120November 24, 2024 12:28 AM

R31, people said queer back then. Remember Queer Nation?

by Anonymousreply 121November 24, 2024 12:36 AM

R92 probably beats up trans people

by Anonymousreply 122November 24, 2024 12:37 AM

Got one of those new Commodore 64 computers. It can do a spreadsheet!

by Anonymousreply 123November 24, 2024 12:43 AM

Sex positive.

Sex worker.

by Anonymousreply 124November 24, 2024 12:48 AM

cancel culture

by Anonymousreply 125November 24, 2024 12:53 AM

Another mall is closing! There's only one left nearby and aside from Verizon, Apple Store and AT&T, no other stores are open.

by Anonymousreply 126November 24, 2024 4:27 AM

Something bad is happening to someone? Let's record a video so we can go viral instead of helping them.

by Anonymousreply 127November 24, 2024 4:34 AM

OMG!

LOL!

WTF?

JFC!

by Anonymousreply 128November 24, 2024 4:50 AM

"I need to put beard oil in my beard so I look pretty"

by Anonymousreply 129November 24, 2024 6:53 AM

"Very demure, very mindful, very cutesy"

by Anonymousreply 130November 24, 2024 7:42 AM

"Some ladies I know are selling pictures of their tits and asses on OnlyFans to make a little extra money."

by Anonymousreply 131November 24, 2024 12:41 PM

“Go fuck yourself you nazi asshole”

Often said today and a lot on the DL. But back before anonymous on the Internet if you said that in real time to someone they just might knock you on your ass.

The Internet has made many a lot braver and more mouthy than they are in real life

by Anonymousreply 132November 24, 2024 12:51 PM

R132- Keyboard Warriors

by Anonymousreply 133November 24, 2024 1:41 PM

Calling an actress an ACTOR

by Anonymousreply 134November 24, 2024 1:42 PM

R108- Actually paper or plastic was something you DID start to hear at supermarkets by the late 1980’s.

by Anonymousreply 135November 24, 2024 1:48 PM

Words like "Impactful"

by Anonymousreply 136November 24, 2024 1:49 PM

R14- Also they never referred to Macaroni and Cheese as MAC and Cheese.

by Anonymousreply 137November 24, 2024 1:50 PM

"Why is there only 1 cashier in the whole store? I don't want to use self-checkout! Are they going to pay me an employee salary if I have to scan my own groceries?"

by Anonymousreply 138November 24, 2024 2:05 PM

R138, your first sentence was definitely heard often in the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 139November 24, 2024 2:35 PM

Non-binary, outside of a math class.

by Anonymousreply 140November 24, 2024 2:55 PM

[quote]Calling an actress an ACTOR

I remember a couple of years ago, I and my coworker at the time were discussing a movie, and I said the person starring was a 'great actress'. My coworker, a militant lesbian in her 60s, shot me a look and said, 'The correct word is actor. We don't say 'actress' any more. That's a sexist remark.' in front of a few others.

I turned back to her, and I said, 'When liberal Hollywood and liberal Broadway stop categorizing women into 'Best Actress', 'Lead Actress', and 'Best Supporting Actress' at their annual Awards show, I will stop referring to women as actresses. Until then, I won't. Those women gladly accept their awards and being called an actress, and don't see it as sexist.'

That shut her up.

by Anonymousreply 141November 24, 2024 5:53 PM

Tony Danza is so talented.

by Anonymousreply 142November 24, 2024 6:02 PM

To R141, great fucking answer-I agree with that!!

by Anonymousreply 143November 24, 2024 9:19 PM

R143 Thank you. After that, she turned and walked away holding her rainbow coffee mug, and didn't come near me for weeks. Meanwhile, one of my coworkers who was standing across from me winked and gave me the thumbs up - he got it. Actually, they all did (there were about five of us).

I have to say, she was a smart woman and I enjoyed her company in small doses. But she thought she was appointed in the department to 'teach everyone' and bring them up to speed to what is correct and incorrect to say in the 2020s, especially when it came to women and LGBTQ+. Most people kind of backed away from her, not wanting to engage when they were 'corrected' (as far as I'm concerned, most times no correction was necessary). I knew my day was coming - it just so happened to be THAT conversation on that day, and I was ready. She wasn't expecting a rebuttal.

by Anonymousreply 144November 24, 2024 9:56 PM

Delusional.

Deluded.

The most over-used, most incorrectly used words in today's DL forum.

by Anonymousreply 145November 25, 2024 2:23 AM

The increasingly widely used "delulu" is the worst

by Anonymousreply 146November 25, 2024 2:57 AM

"Bring some of that girl boss energy"

by Anonymousreply 147November 25, 2024 3:39 AM

“Trolling…” unless you were a fisherman.

by Anonymousreply 148November 25, 2024 3:43 AM

[quote]"I can't find my phone."

False. Everyone had cordless phones in the 80s, and they were frequently misplaced.

by Anonymousreply 149November 25, 2024 3:51 AM

math is racist

by Anonymousreply 150November 25, 2024 8:08 AM

R143 - I was working a post-performance Q&A about 25 years ago when Judith Ivey chided an audience member for using the word actress. With a mildly condescending tone, she informed everyone that "We" don't use that term anymore. Otherwise, Ivey was likeable.

by Anonymousreply 151November 25, 2024 12:41 PM

R151 Thanks for sharing. Thankfully, Hollywood and Broadway never paid attention to her.

by Anonymousreply 152November 25, 2024 12:48 PM

Hollywood and Broadway also don’t really take true competition into account either, R152, otherwise actors would be competing for best by being judged on performing the same roles.

by Anonymousreply 153November 25, 2024 2:15 PM

I am a sadsack

by Anonymousreply 154November 25, 2024 10:12 PM

"I follow a rescue panther and her Rottweiler best friend in deepest Siberia and a scone and interior decoration expert in Edinburgh named Nicolas Fairford"

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by Anonymousreply 155November 25, 2024 10:24 PM

[quote]False. Everyone had cordless phones in the 80s, and they were frequently misplaced

Yes, inside the house or yard, maybe. However, “I left my phone at the restaurant” was never heard in the 80s.

by Anonymousreply 156November 25, 2024 11:36 PM

"You can't smoke in here."

by Anonymousreply 157November 25, 2024 11:39 PM

R156 - I've had a cellphone since 1983 or 1984. Those were the days. $600 a month phone bill, and that was in 1980's money.

by Anonymousreply 158November 25, 2024 11:48 PM

R158:

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by Anonymousreply 159November 26, 2024 12:14 AM

They're gonna love this on Datalounge!

by Anonymousreply 160November 26, 2024 12:31 AM

"What is the Internet?"

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by Anonymousreply 161November 26, 2024 2:36 PM

The election was stolen

by Anonymousreply 162November 26, 2024 2:56 PM

You might have been able to rent a VHS of the movie Gaslight (1944) but it wasn't something you'd accuse people of doing.

by Anonymousreply 163November 26, 2024 3:59 PM

I have sufficient.

by Anonymousreply 164December 11, 2024 4:55 AM

Stans

by Anonymousreply 165December 11, 2024 4:57 AM

I’m going to the wedding of my friend Paul who is marrying his boyfriend, Barry.

by Anonymousreply 166December 11, 2024 5:02 AM

Baby mama

by Anonymousreply 167December 11, 2024 5:03 AM

R167, I heard baby mama used quite a bit in the 1980s.

by Anonymousreply 168December 11, 2024 5:04 AM

Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis

by Anonymousreply 169December 11, 2024 5:11 AM

After Grandview USA you heard that a lot R169

by Anonymousreply 170December 11, 2024 12:29 PM
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