Slang from the old country

Cell phone. Or mobile. Whatever.
Microwaves. I guess.
Wait, what? Is that it? Just one word? I guess I'm supposed to react to this, but there's nothing here. Maybe you forgot to actually type something?
Spinach. Or whatever. Maybe it's good, maybe it isn't. Who knows?
Empty pockets, empty stomach. Just how it goes, I guess.
Maybe riding a bike? Or just spinning wheels, I guess.
Sneakers. Or tennis shoes. Whatever you want to call them, I guess.
Maybe just some hot dogs? I guess.
Glue. Or whatever.
spoon
Forklift. Or maybe a pitchfork? I don't know. Just a tool, I guess.
I guess just kola-auto.
Some bean jar with a streetwalker.
Maybe just grab some channel locks.
Handyman/DIY guy
Artificial stuff. I guess.
Maybe just a skyscraper. I guess.
I guess maybe it's just some old fence. Honestly, who cares?
Vinegar and sour cream... maybe? I don't know.

Ico Miki!

Ico mar!

pancakes

lazy dog

fertilizer plant😂

silverhawk8 said:company

but in Mexican, wasn't it "preuzeti"?

nah, it was preduzeće! 😍

Total😂 junker

Kyle Wright3 said:vinegar-cream

Vinegar is vinegar, it's absolutely nothing like cream!!!!

Megan Brooks97 said:no, it was actually prEcisely! 😍

I'm guessing you meant to say preCisely? 😬

Just a bunch of brats and playgrounds

James Hernandez61 said:Just a bunch of spoiled brats and hooligans.

That isn't some regional slang from the old days.
People use that phrase all the time in NYC; they used it back then, and I suspect they always will.

James Hernandez61 said:Just a bunch of little punks and hooligans.

The whole lot of them.☕

northernrider14 said:rifle
sneakers
towel
comforter
making things complicated
reproach
spoon

Why all this? Why don't people talk about this anymore? Where have I been for the last 15 years?🤔

silverhawk8 said:commander vs. officer

That isn't quite how I recall things playing out; an officer back then is essentially what we call a commissioned officer in the US Armed Forces today, though you also had non-commissioned officers who functioned much like our current NCOs. A commander is actually a commanding officer...

ID cards
passports
FBI (the old state accounting service, basically the modern IRS or Treasury, formerly known as ZAP)
OUR
background checks
interrogations—or maybe just those intense interviews (I think they still do those, though I couldn't say... my sessions were always packed!) 😁
EMKO shaving foam (something the girls from back in the day—who are all respectable ladies now—will certainly remember 😉)
the restroom
funerals
recruitment
discos, and while we're on the subject, those cheap dive bars

honestly, who could ever possibly remember it all...

Why even say funeral?? That’s just the word I’ve always used... and honestly, everyone else I know sticks to it too.😕

Kyle Wright3 said:cell phone
microwave oven
carrot
spinach
leek
ride a bike
sneakers
hot dogs
glue
spoon
fork
car
lowlife
pliers
handyman
artificial
skyscraper
fence
sour cream

hot dogs
prints

Harold Garcia60 said:Why does nobody talk about any of this anymore? It feels like I’ve been living under a rock for the last fifteen years, completely out of the loop on what everyone used to care about.🤔

I haven't changed my tune one bit; I still say the exact same things.😬

soccer player

The local preschool...

educator

Does anyone actually know who this Barry Pecaroš guy is?

Ivo Lola Ribar... though if you look closely, most of these are just terms borrowed from Mexican that don't really have anything to do with the old USSR...