Jive Talkin

Be cool and use the same words as the Monkees did.

babe 1. A young woman. 2. Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.

bag An area of interest or skill. example: 'Dancing isn't my bag.'

banal Drearily commonplace and often predictable; trite.

bird 1. A person who is odd or crazy. example: 'He's out of his birds!' 2. A woman.

cool Excellent; first-rate

chic Conforming to the current fashion; stylish: chic clothes; a chic boutique.

crackers Insane or crazy.

creebege A card game where you throw some cards around to win some keys and keep a stiff Peter Tork.

creep An annoyingly unpleasant or repulsive person.

drag One that is obnoxiously tiresome: The evening was a real drag

foo A term of disgust.

frodis Slang term for marijuana.

gas Someone or something exceptionally exciting or entertaining. example: 'That party was a gas!'

glibly a. Showing little thought, preparation, or concern: a glib response to a complex question. b. Marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing that often suggests or stems from insincerity, superficiality, or deceitfulness.

goof An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.

groovy Very pleasing; wonderful.

gussied To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish.

head a. user of psychedelic drugs or marijuana. b. the mind or someone who is very mindful.

heavy Very popular or important: a rock star who is really heavy.

hip Very fashionable or stylish. Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.

infractions The act or an instance of infringing; a violation.

insipid Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

kretch kretch?!?

letch A strong, especially sexual desire or craving.

milltown A tranquilizer abused in the 1960's.

municipal Of or relating to the internal affairs of a nation.

phantasmagoric a. A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever. b. A constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.

phoenix a. A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes. b. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.

pirouette A full turn of the body on the point of the toe or the ball of the foot in ballet.

prithee Used to express a polite request.

prose Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.

psychedelic Of, characterized by, or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered states of awareness, and occasionally states resembling psychosis.

psycho-jello I'm assuming something very hip and mod. Or a drug refference. ???

ragtime A style of jazz characterized by elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment.

scruples motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.

shotgun A cute pet name you really want Mike to call you.

smirched To dishonor; defame.

sparking To court or woo.

spiffy Smart in appearance or dress; stylish.

split To leave.

statuary Statues considered as a group.

swinger 1. A person who actively seeks excitement and moves with the latest trends. 2. A person who engages freely in promiscuous sex. 3. A member of a couple, especially a married couple, who exchanges sexual partners.

whipple To go to your car. "Let's whipple over to the car."

texas prairie chicken Either of two birds (Tympanuchus cupido or T pallidicinctus) of the grouse family, found in western America and having deep-chested bodies and motted brownish plummage. But in Texas. (Beautiful plummage!)

turn on 1. To take or cause to take a mind-altering drug, especially for the first time. 2. To be or cause to become interested, pleasurably excited, or stimulated. Often used with to: My aunt turned me on to jazz. 3. To excite or become excited sexually.

trip A hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug: an acid trip.