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On the date

Monday, June 4, 1984

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I’m hunched over the counter in my oversized sweatshirt, eyes stinging from the neon glare of the mall as Cyndi Lauper’s voice drifts through the humid air. I just spent my last few bucks on this Soundwave figure, and watching him click from a microcassette recorder into a robot is seriously fresh. The headlines on the crumpled paper nearby are shouting about tankers in the Gulf, but honestly, I’m just trying to keep my leg warmers from slipping. I need to get home before my dad sees the price tag on these Transformers; he’ll flip if he realizes I blew my gas money on plastic.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper

The must-have

Transformers

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

awesomebodaciouscheesychill

Valley Girl

as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally

Hip Hop

baddefdopeflyfreshword

Yuppie

greed is goodpower lunchnetworking

Catchphrases of 1984

  • Where's the beef?
  • I'll be back
  • Who you gonna call?

Tech Check

Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.

Style of 1984

Silhouette: Athletic and layered

Material: Spandex and sweat

  • Leg warmers
  • Headbands
  • Oversized sweatshirts

Cost of Living (1980)

Loaf of Bread

$0.50

Gallon of Gas

$1.19

Average Home

$47,200

New Car

$7,200

Time Elapsed

15,341 days ago

(42 years, 11 days)