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Sorry, Millennials, only Boomers can match all these Sixties nicknames to the right things
New threads, old hoopties, the horn and the tube. Do you know what all these things are?
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Nicknames, slang, what the eggheads might call colloquialisms, change and evolve depending on the time and place. Some terms come from the actual mechanics in an object while others stem from a brand name. Some are just nonsense words that seem to appear out of nowhere!
Here are 12 words used in decades past to refer to everything from household objects to other people. Do you know the meaning of each one?
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The word "tube" refers to what?
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What are "threads"?
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A "pad" is a...
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Taken from the brand, a "hoover" was adopted to generally refer to...
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"Bread" can also mean what?
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A "shutter bug" is someone who...
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The name "John" refers to which room?
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"Cutting a rug" is...
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The word "horn" refers to what?
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Having a "gas" is...
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What is a "hooptie"?
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If someone is a "fink" they are...
Sorry, Millennials, only Boomers can match all these Sixties nicknames to the right things
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I missed # 11
I only missed #11. I've never heard of an old car being referred to as a "hooptie." And I'm a Boomer, born in '58! Maybe it's a regional nickname?
Same here. '64, so last of the Boomers, but a Boomer nonetheless...and I have NEVER heard "hooptie". I clicked on this just to find out what it was.
11 out of 12. i didn't know what a hooptie was. i guessed a person who is out of touch.
I only knew what it meant because they used it on the Daily Show a few years ago. I had assumed it was new slang.
"You got 12 out of 12. Did you dig this quiz?"
I took a squizz at this quiz and bugger me sideways if even Blind Freddy couldn't have
done it without any hard yakka, unless he has 'roos in the top paddock.
Sorry MeTV guys, only fair dinkum blokes could get the above slang without a Strine to
English dictionary.
I took a squizz at this quiz and bugger me sideways if even Blind Freddy couldn't have
done it without any hard yakka, unless he has 'roos in the top paddock.
Sorry MeTV guys, only fair dinkum blokes could get the above slang without a Strine to
English dictionary.
Wow...I actually understood it (USA/New Englander here)! Then again, I was able to read "A Clockwork Orange" without referring to the slang dictionary at the end of the book.
You have a good ear for slang, Amalthea. Good on ya, cobber.
11/12. Although I am the age group I resent the term "boomer". Another false label to divide us. Nobody from the WH or big business asked for my input on any bad decisions. Walloped me too.
11/12 missed no.9 forgot the saying "get them on the horn" for phone.
11/12 missed number 11. Never heard of a hooptie.
11 of 12. Hooptie?
12/12.
12/12 way to easy, and I grew up in the 60's
You got 11 out of 12 - Did you dig this quiz? Same here...hooptie?
11/12.Never heard of a hooptie .
I also scored 11/12 & never heard the word hooptie.
A junker, clunker, rustbucket, jalopy, a lemon--- now those I've heard of!
A junker, clunker, rustbucket, jalopy, a lemon--- now those I've heard of!
Or: A beater, a heap, a wreck -- some others I've heard.
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11/12, never heard of a hooptie
Hooptie? What part of the country is that term from?
12/ 12
Not a boomer, 71
Not a boomer, 71
12/12 born 1964
12/12. Not a boomer, born in '72