AMERICAN SLANG QUIZ

READ THE SENTENCES AND TRY TO GUESS WHAT THE SLANG WORD
OR PHRASE (IN BOLD) MIGHT MEAN.
 GOOGLED
“Nobody knew what the word meant, so
we googled it.”
a) look at it for a long time
b) look it up on the internet
c) post something in your blog online

correct answer:
b) look it up on
the internet
 JUST KIDDING
“I was just kidding when I said my teacher is a monster.
She´s strict, but she´s actually a very nice person.” Just
kidding means:
a) you have children
b) you´re talking about children
c) what you said is not actually true. It is a joke.

correct answer:
c) what you said is not
actually true. It is a joke.
 FLICK
“Have you seen the new Brad Pitt flick?
Flick is another word for…
a) a song
b) a movie or film
c) a picture

correct answer:
b) a movie or film
 TO GET HITCHED
“I´m so excited that David and Jill are getting
hitched this summer!”
a) to get married
b) to get attached to someone
c) to move houses

correct answer:
a) to get married
 TO CATCH SOME ZS
“I need to catch some zs before I go to work.”
a) to get some money
b) to get a street map
c) to get some sleep

correct answer:
c) to get some sleep
 ANTSY
“The kids are so antsy today because they are
ready for summer vacation.” Antsy means…
a) restless
b) tired
c) patient

correct answer:
a) restless
 TO HAVE A BLAST
“I don´t want vacation to end. I´m having a
blast!”
a) to be bored
b) to shoot off fireworks
c) to have a good time

correct answer:
c) to have a good time
 FLAKE
“I hate being friends with flaky people.”
a) a reliable person
b) an unreliable person
c) a mean person

correct answer:
b) an unreliable person
 HOOPS
“Want to play hoops after school?”
a) hula hoops
b) basketball
c) american football

correct answer:
b) basketball
 B.O.
“You really need to do something about your B.O.,
gross!”
a) boss
b) basic organization
c) body odor

correct answer:
c) body odor