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Can you decipher the secret social codes in this slang through the decades quiz?

English Slang

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

20

Volts

3/q

Stop being a wet blanket and prove you know your apples and pears from your dog and bone. We are tracking the evolution of talk from Victorian smiles to 2000s portmanteaus. It is time to see if you can handle the shift from 1920s scramming to 1950s passion pits without stalling.