60s SoCal surfer slang popularized by artist Matt Goening's animated skateboarding cartoon character Bart Simpson, son of Homer "Doh!" Simpson, on the still running ― 20+ years ― "The Simpsons" TV show.
Of course, surfers picked word up ― as Vermont Ferret wrote ― from Chief Thinderthud's greeting and his peanut gallery's response on the old time (1950s) children's TV show "Howdy Dowdy," an eponym for its cowboy manikin. Back then, on old corny Westerns, an Amerindian's greeting was stereotypically, "How!" to be rejoined with a "How!" So How morphed into Cow and an "abunga" was added for silly kid ― or those with Peter Pan syndrome ― fun.
Of course, surfers picked word up ― as Vermont Ferret wrote ― from Chief Thinderthud's greeting and his peanut gallery's response on the old time (1950s) children's TV show "Howdy Dowdy," an eponym for its cowboy manikin. Back then, on old corny Westerns, an Amerindian's greeting was stereotypically, "How!" to be rejoined with a "How!" So How morphed into Cow and an "abunga" was added for silly kid ― or those with Peter Pan syndrome ― fun.
Cowabunga, dude!
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Weebs: Cowabunga it is.
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mostly used by headbangers, metalheads, skaters, surfers, and ninja turtles.
mostly used by headbangers, metalheads, skaters, surfers, and ninja turtles.
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While masturbating, you must first find a dirty space such as a concrete bunker or mall parking garage. You strip naked and then blindfold yourself, and turn yourself upside down. While you jerk off, spin in a circle while referring to yourself as the opposite sex in the 3 rd person. With your other hand, use a sharp piece of metal conduit and stick it up your ass.
While masturbating, you must first find a dirty space such as a concrete bunker or mall parking garage. You strip naked and then blindfold yourself, and turn yourself upside down. While you jerk off, spin in a circle while referring to yourself as the opposite sex in the 3 rd person. With your other hand, use a sharp piece of metal conduit and stick it up your ass.
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