Square (slang)

Square in slang originally refered to someone who isn't around being used in such sentences as "He's square." Thanks to the film industry of the 1950s the 1960s saw the meaning change to 'someone who for moral reasons isn't around when deviace behavior is being conducted'. By the 1970s the sentence "He's a square." refered to someone who was too much in line with society's parameters to 'roll' with the crowd. To roll refering to going along with what the group's involved in. By the 1980s Square was being used in the sentence "You're such a Square.". By the 2000s Square came to refer to someone who just wasn't fun to hang out with- a wall upon whom suggested activity was deflected.