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On the date

Thursday, August 23, 1984

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flashbulbs catch a blur of neon spandex and thick leg warmers as a group of girls moves in an athletic, layered silhouette down 42nd Street. They look incredibly fly under the marquee for *Tightrope*, their oversized sweatshirts catching the harsh glow of a nearby Apple Macintosh display. I duck into the corner bodega, grumbling as I fork over **$0.50** for a single loaf of bread that seems to get smaller every time these suits shuffle the deck at the banks. Outside, the summer heat vibrates to the synth beat of "Ghostbusters" while a kid on the curb aggressively snaps a plastic Transformer into a jet.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

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

15,261 days ago

(41 years, 296 days)