Only 1 in 50 People Know the Meaning of These Old-Timey Words

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    · 8mo ago

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    · 9mo ago

    12/15 80% Not bad, some words knew well, parents used them. Others never heard but quite easy to guess, except of couse for the 3 that were wrong.Where is the duplicate comment not amongst the 5 below, can’t remember whether done this before or not done so many. Becoming a pain having to check comments before I start any of the quizzes as only want ones that score points that have not done before!!

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    · 9mo ago

    12/15 80% Not bad, some words knew well, parents used them. Others never heard but quite easy to guess, except of couse for the 3 that were wrong.

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    · 9mo ago

    I got 9 out of 15!
    Looks like you’re one of the special ones who know most of these words! Are you a time traveler?

  5. Kira Callaghan
    · 9mo ago

    15/15
    Looks like you’re one of the special ones who know most of these words! Are you a time traveler?

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    · 1y ago

    86 % (13 out of 15)

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About This Quiz

If you watch older movies or hang around your older friends and elderly relatives, you probably have heard some words that you may not be familiar with. Just like today's "bae" and "lit", people in previous eras had their own set of slang words.

For example, if you brabble about something, what are you doing? Well, in the the 1530s, it meant you were arguing about something insignificant. In the 1580s, a guy who's full of himself was known as a "scrub". The word eventually found popularity in modern times through a 1999 TLC song. What about the word "monsterful"? Despite sounding like an adjective for something scary, the word was actually used to describe something wonderful or extraordinary in the 1810s. One slang word that remains in use today is "puke", which was uttered in a Shakespearean play in the 1600s.

Test your knowledge of some old-fashioned slang in this quick quiz. Some of these words are so fun-sounding, you may want to introduce them into your vocabulary!

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