First up is the 1986 movie Youngblood which starred the late Patrick Swayze and a very young looking Rob Lowe. I missed this movie during the 80s and first saw it in this millennium so it was quite a shock to see Rob Lowe who I had followed religiously on West Wing to look soooo young!
It was a fun, feel good 80s movie and well worth a watch on a wet weekend.
Now let's talk about the eighties use of acronyms including the most well known 80s acronym - Yuppies! Now that I'm older (and with the use of the internet) I know that what yuppies stood for depends on where in the world you lived! In the UK yuppies stood for Young Upwardly-mobile Professional, studying sociology upwardly mobile was a term that was often batted around in my world. In the US though it appears it wasn't as widely used.
Apparently if you were called a yuppie in the US it stood for Young Urban Professional - which begs the question what do you call a young upwardly mobile person who lives in the country in the US???
Why have I mentioned You in my title, well it's to pay homage to those emails that I'm sure we've all received at some point in our lives - You knew you grew up in the 80s if..........you know the words to shot through the heart, you used to finish your sentences with not...........and sometimes still do, you had a mullet and you looked great! If you want more click on the link as I could go on all day :D
