Blast from the past reference just popped into my head..."Face!"

Posted by OUBoyWonder@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 53 comments

In High School (early 90's) whenever we dissed someone we would look at that person and yell out "Face!" like "In your face!". Sometimes we would even put the palm of our hand up to the dissed person's face for extra juice while saying it. I forgot ALL about that until like 3 minutes ago, lol. Did other people in different places do that as well is what I'm wondering. I'm in Texas.

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Maverick-Mav@reddit

We definitely had face in the 80s in California.

What about moded?

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lumberjackname@reddit

I thought it was “moted” as in demoted.

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iill_communication@reddit

We said “Face” but the hand to the face was “Talk to the Hand”

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lesh17@reddit

That was one of the three things I can remember we said all the time back then:

1) "Face!"
2) "Psych!"
3) "Thinkfast!" (usually followed by throwing a ball or something at them)

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egret_society@reddit

That happens to me all the time.

Not

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jenorama_CA@reddit

I just read in the NYT this morning about “mog” and I thought, “Oh, that’s just the new version of moded.” As in, “Ooooh, you just got moded.” As in outdone, told off, or given a proper verbal beatdown or insult amongst your social peers.

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PurplePenguinCat@reddit

Northern New Jersey here and we said it.

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Von_Quixote@reddit

Oh, yeeah, I remember that! That’s what the jocks would say when they experienced a sense of dominance.

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truce_m3@reddit

We would sometimes toss in a little "Face you out!" to let'em know they REALLY got got.

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Ms_Anne-Thrope@reddit

We said it mid 80's in Illinois as well.

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Suspicious_Art9118@reddit

Wow, I have never heard of this. Was in college in the Midwest US from 91-95. Must have been a high school thing

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MurkyMitzy@reddit

I was in high school 91-95 in Michigan and this wasn't a thing here

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Suspicious_Art9118@reddit

Hmmmm a conundrum

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Curufindir@reddit

Read the word "Face" and thought this was an A-Team reference...

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Chieftainlew@reddit

Im not flying on no plane!

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Phenomenal_Kat_@reddit

SAME

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Chieftainlew@reddit

I hit the game winning jumper on the dirt court right by the corn field early 80s backwoods of Va. and said …. Face…..deroy didn’t like me calling him out like that so I had to make a quick & decisive, move through the path out of there!

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underscore197@reddit

I totally forgot about that!

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Phenomenal_Kat_@reddit

OMG I did forget about that!!!

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hermexhermex@reddit

Face! was huge, and made no sense, how did we all forget.

From the same era - moded?

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FriendlyConfines23@reddit

Grew up in the Chicago suburbs- yep. We said that.

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Happy-Philosopher188@reddit

I'm just wondering how stuff like that traveled. Yes, we said it, thousands of miles away from you.

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Realistic-Potato-474@reddit

HA! I just said this over the weekend at my granddaughter’s volleyball tourney in Long Beach after I saw some girl take a serve right in the kisser. 😂 My daughter looked at me and just shook her head.

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OUBoyWonder@reddit (OP)

Keeping the tradition alive!!

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JohnSnowsPump@reddit

Yes. Late 80s early 90s, NorCal.

Ooooooooooh, FACE!

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theoctagon06@reddit

Facial disgracial.

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waynehastings@reddit

"Talk to the hand, cuz' the face don't understand." One of the stupidest things I'd ever heard.

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alectos@reddit

Ours was “Talk to the hand cuz my face don’t give a damn”

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WaterwingsDavid@reddit

My one friend's teenaged son would say this back in the 90s. I kinda agree that its stupid.

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ErikaAnneReads@reddit

Omg northern Ontario we did that. Where did it come from????

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SXTY82@reddit

Mid 80s "Face!" hit different. It started with "Facial". You would hear someone behind you shout 'Facial' and next thing you know they were grabbing your head with both hands from behind. Dragging their hands across your face. Their fingers covered in the ink for a ball point pen. That lasted a couple weeks before was shut down. By the end they would just shout "FACE!"

In the end, about half a dozen kids got in school suspension for 3 weeks. They all had to spend the entire day in a class room together where they did the assignments they would have done in class. They were not allowed to talk in that room. No questions. Just do the work you were assigned. There will be new work tomorrow.

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