Every generation has its vocabulary of slang words. Like fashion and all things trendy, slang changes with the times. A word that seems current one year can feel wildly dated as time goes on. The time period you were born in will determine the slang words you best understand. This is perhaps why many people feel they are better able to communicate with people around the same age. It’s most likely the case that each of us has our own unique version of the English language in our heads, complete with slang and several unwritten rules.
We can actually guess which decade you were born in based on your responses to these questions. Every question in this quiz deals with a particular slang word or phrase. Each slang term was used most frequently within a certain time period or has had its meaning changed throughout the various decades.
Tell us what you think each of the slang terms in this quiz mean, and we will determine which decade you were born in.
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Define Slang Terms & I'll Guess Decade You Were Born in Quiz Questions
If someone refers to their friend as "extra" what are they trying to say about that person?
They were not an expected guest at a party
They are physically large in stature
They are dramatic
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If someone describes a place as "lit" what are they trying to describe?
The place is crowded
Unsure
The place is on fire
The place is noisy
What does it mean to be "made in the shade"?
You were conceived on a sunny day
You are doing poorly
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Things are going well for you
You ask someone if they want to come with you to a movie. That person says "cool beans." Is that person coming to the movie with you or not?
I think we're going to get coffee?
No
Unsure
Yes
What is something if it is "gnary"?
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Bad
Old and beaten up
Very good
If somebody says "let's bounce" what does that person want to do?
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Leave wherever they are
Jump up and down
Dance
If somebody says to you "you just got served" what just happened?
You have been given legal papers
Your order at the restaurant arrived
Somebody danced really well in your general vicinity
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If a person refers to you as "woke" what are they trying to say about you?
That I am trendy
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That I am not sleeping
That I am aware of social injustices
If someone "threw shade" on something, what did they do?
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Kept it from getting burned by the sun
Subtly disrespected it
Complimented it
If someone is described as being a "bogart" what is that person likely to do?
Watch old movies
Smoke cigarettes
Keep things for themselves
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If someone says they will "catch you on the flip side" what are they trying to say to you?
They have your back
They will see you later
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They will travel to another dimension with you
If your friend describes a musical group to you as "bad" what is their opinion of them?
They have not yet formed an opinion of the group
They like the group
They do not like the group
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If someone dresses "preppy" how would you describe their fashion sense?
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As someone who is preparing for the world to end
As similar to Zack Morris as can be imagined
High-end designer clothes
What does someone want you to do if they tell you to take a "chill pill"?
Calm down
Take a supplement which needs to be stored in a refrigerator
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Take a pill to lower your body temperature
Someone asks you to "spill the tea." What are they talking about?
Spend money
Unsure
Gossip
They want you to literally spill a cup of tea
5 Comments
You got: 1990s.
Close…80s.
1960s WHAT
I’m 10!!
I got 1990s i’m a gen alpha
I got 1990s wtf I’m 12
Ahhhhhh I got 1990s I was born in 2013