Who could forget Trapper Keepers? Let’s face it, in 1992 elementary schools, kids weren’t cool unless they had a Trapper Keeper. And since it was the early 90’s, it had to be a REAL name brand Trapper Keeper, sorry poor kids!
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Who could forget Hammer Pants, these were everything in hip-hop fashion in the early 90’s, and yes, ‘Hammer Pants’ is a proper noun. Back in the late 80’s / early 90’s, ‘more’ really was ‘more’, so the more fabric in your pants the cooler you were. It was simple mathematics.
These people like Hammer Pants too much
And this idiot thinks Hammer Pants are back in style
Miss you so bad P. Swayze. Namaste Bodhi, I hope you’re catching waves up in heaven bra.
1. “Back off warchild” from Point Break (1991)
2. ‘Pain don’t hurt’ – from Roadhouse (1989)
3. ‘She’s Like the Wind’ music video performed by P. Swayze (1987)
4. Fight from Roadhouse (1989)
5. Bodhi learns more Spanish than “Vaya con dios”
6. Bodhi learns how to say “Vaya con dios” in Italian
7. Obligatory Dirty Dancing Scene (1987)
10. Big bar fight in Roadhouse (1989)
How could you forget “phat”, it seems like everyone was saying this in the 90’s: yuppy record executives, kids from the hood, even my parents.
There was also that clothing label Phat Farm which apparently still exists. I see a lot of collared shirts on their website, so I guess they wound up closer to their true demographic: snotty rich kids who want to look tough. (I was one of these 
)
Here’s someone who is even more into early 90’s slang than me (not work safe)
Remember LA Law? I have distinct memories of LA Law being regarded as progressive for having a mentally handicapped (aka retarded) character on the show. But I think the actor was of normal intelligence, so it wasn’t authentico like Corky.
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The Power Glove was so super awesome in the late 80’s/early 90’s. (I mean just look at this guy)
But my friend actually got a Power Glove and it was a big let down. It didn’t really work that well and all you could play was one boring game where you bounced a ball around.
Check out a power glove commercial
Slap bracelets were so cool when I was a kid. That is until schools banned them for killing people. It had something to do with the super-awesome slap action, which could cut kids’ wrists (sissies).
I took apart one of my slap bracelets once, and it was just a tape measure in a cloth casing. If kids can’t handle that, I’d chock it up to simple Darwinism.
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