Are You Hip Enough To Understand This Slang From The 70s?
A “Smokey Bear” or “Smokey” referred to a…

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Since the police wore uniforms with similar hats to Smokey the Bear, the youth began to reference them as “Smokey Bears” or “Smokies.” Eventually, it came to mean any officer the law and was popularized in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.
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A “Smokey Bear” or “Smokey” referred to a…
- Pothead
- Old man
- Your boss
- Police officer
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