What’s up home skillets?!.

The 90s gave us some pretty special things.  Personal faves include parachute pants, Danny Tanner and Dolly the cloned sheep.

In addition to these gems, it was a decade that provided us with some ridiculous slang.  The kind of phrases that not only make you sound like an illiterate idiot - but — like all good slang, completely encapsulate an era.

So if words like “cha-ching“, “wacked” or “yada yada yada” bring you “back in the day“, then take a trip down memory lane with the Top 10 Buzz Hype Phrases That Will Leave You Trippin’.

The Fly List:

10. “Crib”

I find you really have to be part of the Hip Hop community to refer to your home as your “crib” without looking like a poser.  See any episode of MTV’s show featuring someone like Jesse McCarteney or LeeAnn Rimes for proof.

9. “Down”

As in, “I’m down wit that.”  The same group who should not use the word “crib” to refer to their home, should also skip this one.

8. “Flawsen”

This was a new one for me.  Evidently it means making out with someone.  So, I guess, “We were flawsen at my door” would be an appropriate usage. Is it supposed to be a take-off of flossing?  Gross.

7. “Gettin’ Jiggy”

I mean, it’s catchy. Not exactly “street”, but catchy nonetheless.

6. “Hella”

This is one of my favorites. It’s a great way to add that extra punch to an otherwise ordinary statement - “She was mad he showed up late.” VERSUS “She was hella mad he showed up late.”  Feel the power.

5. “Mad”

This is one of those words that makes it particularly difficult for foreigners to learn our language. The meaning here is not anger. It is, instead, an adjective (or is it an adverb?) that adds a verbal exclamation point to an everyday sentiment. For example,  “That shirt from Units is mad hot.” I’m fairly confident you have to be from Laguna Beach or a stoner to use this one without looking like a fool.

4. “Not”

For example, “The Nelson Brothers are so talented…Not.” Thanks to the idiots from “Wayes World’, we are now able to use a single word to express an entire idea.  Gotta love simplicity.

3. “Pigeon”

Another new one that I’ve decided to incorporate into a sentence at least once a week.  Evidently it’s a way to describe a woman more commonly known as a “gold digger”.  I think it’s safe to say that Kanye made a good choice when he went with “gold digger” over “pigeon”.  “I ain’t sayin’ you a pigeon, but you ain’t messin’ with no broke-broke” just doesn’t have the same punch.

2. “Scrub”

The male version of “pigeons”.  Essentially guys who think they’re “all that” when in all reality, they’re not.  The ladies from TLC made this one part of our vernacular (RIP Left Eye).

1. “Talk to the hand”

I remember thinking I was really making a statement when I tossed this one out.  So lame.

Peace out.

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