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QUIZ: Slang through the ages

By US Desk
11 April, 2025

Essential to the 1980s Valley girl lexicon, grody is synonymous with what word or phrase?

QUIZ: Slang through the ages

1. Which of these animal names is slang for pretending to be a different person online?

A. Butterfly

B. Skunk

C. Chameleon

D. Catfish

2. During which activity would someone most likely yell “YOLO”?

A. Playing a board game

B. Ordering fast food

C. Skydiving

D. Being audited

3. Which of these people would most likely be described as a wisenheimer?

A. A baby

B. A smart aleck

C. A bully

D. A bank clerk

4. Essential to the 1980s Valley girl lexicon, grody is synonymous with what word or phrase?

A. Delicious

B. Tight-fitting

C. High in calories

D. Disgusting

5. If you are giving someone the side-eye, what are you doing?

A. Looking at them scornfully

B. Flirting

C. Sneaking a peek at them

D. Checking out their valuables

6. What sort of person would be described as the bee’s knees?

A. Extremely thin

B. Highly admired

C. A compulsive liar

D. Overly judgmental

7. Which of these flavourful words is synonymous with angry and bitter?

A. Sugary

B. Salty

C. Savoury

D. Spicy

8. Inspired by how the actor Humphrey Bogart smoked cigarettes, to bogart something means what?

A. To consume quickly

B. To not share

C. To pretend to enjoy

D. To use only a little

9. Taken from a French term for “middle class,” which of these is a mildly mocking term for being concerned about wealth and respectability?

A. Finsta

B. Bougie

C. Cheugy

D. Goat

10. Usually more graceful than something with hooves, a hoofer is what type of professional?

A. Dancer

B. Reporter

C. Doctor

D. Butcher

11. Since the 1840s, which of these have been known as ankle biters?

A. Poison ivy leaves

B. Mob enforcers

C. Snakes

D. Young children

12. A person in the 1830s going to see the sawbones was going where?

A. To a theatrical performance

B. To a surgeon

C. To a trainer

D. To the butcher

Answers on page 15