1960s Slang

Site 1.

Hoffman, Carl. "Do you remeber the 60s slang?." The 60s Official Site. Carl Hoffman, September, 2011. Web. 3 Oct 2011. http://the60sofficialsite.com/Do_You_Remember_The_60s_Slang_.html.

This website is mostly just a long list of 60s slang terms, it is used more for fun than to actually effectively research slang from the 60s. As this quote says, it’s more about nostalgia than education,
‘’Some of these words and phrases are still used by our kids and grandchildren. Do you remember some of these 60s slang?’’

The creator of this website was a teenager in the 60s, showing that he knows about as much about 60s slang as anybody could. This website is pretty nice to look at with fun colours and silly titles, but it is hard to navigate because it is designed as a list, and so you are never quite sure where the page ends.

Site 2.

1960s Slang." HHS 60s Slang. Hawthorne High School, 1965. Web. 3 Oct 2011. http://cougartown.com/slang-dict1.html.

The Cougar Town HHS website contains a slang dictionary that is explained below.

‘’In this small dictionary we have attempted to collect and explain all of the major and minor slang words and phrases used at Hawthorne High School.’’

The credibility of this website is somewhat doubtful because anyone can add a term, but they do have to have attended Hawthorne High School in the 60s, so one would assume that they have some knowledge of the slang terms at that time.

Although this website does not address UK slang directly slang it is still a good starting point for a general idea of 60s slang for their dictionary is quite extensive.

Site 3.

Rich, Michael. "Pop History Slang and Sayings 1960s Slang." 1960s Pop History. Fifties Web, 2010. Web. 3 Oct 2011. http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/slang60-r.htm. 

‘’Want to know how we talked in the Sixties, Read On ......’’

This is a quote from Fifties Web, a website that specializes in all things 50s, 60s and 70s. Like the previous sites, the only credibility this one has to offer is that it was written by someone who lived in these decades.

In some ways this website was easier to use than the others because it divided its slang words into letter groupings, it was much better organized. However the aesthetic quality of the website was not very good; as there were add boxes popping up everywhere, but it did have a helpful little box at the top of the page to tell you exactly where you were in the site.