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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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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!
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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
We miss MeTV in Salem Oregon 😠
Local blackout? What happened?
Gen X & got 12/12!
Im 44 went 12/12 suck it boomers. Some of that slang predates boomers
What are you doing here with that attitude? Please, open the cellar door at the top of the stairs and say hello to your mom from us.
12 out of 12. I guess I must be a 30 year old boomer...