Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Help with old slang words?

For school I am supposed to find the meaning of some old slang words, but there are a few i need help finding. Thanks!

Before 1960-

Sparking

Bucks (something other then money?)

Hoody

Before 1980-

Tracks

4 Answers

Relevance
  • Bryce
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    "Sparking" could mean boinking. You know, having sexual relations with.

    "Bucks" once was a term for healthy male slaves or even free Black men, but it was a sort of racial term.

    A "hood" was a thug, a gang member, a criminal.

    "Tracks", as in "let's make tracks," means "let's get outta here FAST!"

  • 1 decade ago

    Sparking = Flash or having a great time at a Party,

    Bucks = young Bucks Young men with Flair and a bit wilder than the norm in usually a middle class or higher way

    Hoody = a jacket with a Hood worn up to hide their faces the jacket and their wearers we refer to as Hoodies Both banned from Malls and shopping Centers.

    Tracks + as slang I cannot think as an expression" I'll be making tracks" = I will be leaving

  • 1 decade ago

    'to spark' : To woo, court

    (Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, 1967)

    'buck' :

    - (US, dated, derogatory) A black or Native American man.

    - (US, slang) One hundred.

    'bucks' : (always plural) Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.

    'hoody' (adjective) : maybe short form of "hoodlumish" (adjective) : like a violent criminal, like a young ruffian

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sparking, fondly groping each others genitals while kissing

    Bucks, young men

    hoody?

    Tracks-- hypodermic needle marks from using introvenous drug delivery.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.