What does scrap mean in 1960s slang? In 1960s slang, scrap primarily meant a fight, quarrel, or physical altercation, similar to its use today but popularized in that era. To get into a scrap meant to get into a fight, and a scrapper was someone who liked to fight or was a tough fighter, often used in boxing circles. For example, he's a real scrapper meant he was feisty and willing to fight. In some 1960s youth culture, scrap could also mean a small piece or leftover, as in give me a scrap of paper, which is standard English, not specific to 1960s. Another 1960s usage, to scrap something meant to throw it away, as in scrap that old car. The phrase scrap iron referred to discarded metal. In automotive and hot rod culture of the 1960s, scraping could refer to a car lowered so much it scraped the pavement. The medical term scrape meaning abrasion was not slang, but standard. So in 1960s slang, the most distinctive meaning of scrap was a fight, which continues in modern slang as you wanna scrap? meaning do you want to fight, a usage that carried over from that era.
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