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[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 48 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

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

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 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.

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