'Joe Bob's America' part 3

Consider just a few of these hippie inventions that we still use in everyday speech: get a grip, get a handle, ain't no great shakes, airhead, all-out, all she wrote, get a load off, do a number, go ape, are you for real?, back at ya', back off, get out of my face, beats the hell out of me, bombed, give me a break, bring me down, burned out, busted, I don't buy it, head case, check it out, chug it, clean up your act, baggage, come off it, out of the closet, cop out, crank it up, can't cut it, cut some slack, dead meat, do a number, don't sweat it, down the tubes, it's a drag, drop out, ego trip, crash, flake out, flip off, freak out, get off my case, give a damn, give me five, what's going down?, hack it, gut reaction, hang out, hang-up, a shrink, heavy, get high, taking a hit, I hear ya, did a job on me, kick back, knee-jerk, guilt trip, tell it like it is, lose your cool, try to maintain, mind games, the munchies, do a number, obsessing, off the wall, on the brain, party (as a verb), pick up on, psyched out, sensory overload, sold out, stoked, stoned, turn me on, turn me off, what's happening?, zone out, in the zone, and head case.

But thank God there are OTHER hippie terms that didn't survive the seventies. It would be uncool today, for example, to say, "That's just not my bag, man." And although some are still used by the terminally dorky, we can all safely assume they'll be gone soon. "Bummer," for example, or "Chill out," as opposed to the simple "chill."

Nor do I see much long-term stock value--except in Austin Powers movies--for crash pad, get down, far out, feed your head, feeling groovy, gimme some skin, go with the flow, get your groove on, lay it on me, let's get it on, let it all hang out, blow my mind, no problemo, outta sight, party down, pig (for a cop), get with the program, radical, rat fink, right on, say wa'!, make the scene, way out, wild!, what it is!, what's going down?, and where it's at.