Can You Pass This Difficult ’70s Slang Test?

When you were young, chances are you spent pretty much all of your time hanging out in your crib. In slang terms, a "crib" is someone's house or apartment, where they spend all their time.

The slang word, "spaz," is a take on "spastic." Since spastic means to lose physical or emotional control, you know that if you're acting like a so-called spaz, it isn't a good thing. Today, this word is considered an ableist slur, a discrimination against people with disabilities​.

If you "dig" something, it means you're getting into it, digging away so to speak. So if someone asks you if you can dig something, they just want to know if you get it or understand it.

When someone is "the man," they're always someone is some type of authority. It's the type of thing where you might feel you were trying to get ahead in life, but "the man" is always holding you down.

Some say this slang term comes from people studying hard and hitting the books, others suggest it comes from the '70s slang term, "boogie." Either way, it means someone doing something fast.

"Bangin' has a couple of meanings and both of them are good. It could refer to someone's body, saying that it's attractive, or it could also mean that something, like a party, is really exciting.

Some of these phrases are more confusing than others. Doing something to "the max" just means that you're giving it your maximum effort. The slang term is just a cooler version of "the best."

If you are having some mental issues, you might go to a psychologist, which is the point of this slang term. If someone says "psych" to you, they're getting into your mind, or at least trying to.

If someone says you're an "airhead," what is being implied is that your head is full of air. As you might imagine, this wasn't considered a compliment when it came to slang in the '70s.

​An ace is the very best card in the deck that one can get in a variety of games. This expression means the same thing. Something that is "ace" is really good or the very best there is.

People were really into their cars in the '70s. An Audi 5000 was thought of as a really fast car so, what was being said when someone was "Audi 5000" was that they were leaving fast.

The act of blowing something off means to ignore it, not pay it any attention, or not attend something. You might have had a date with someone but if you didn't go, "you blew off" the date.

This is the kind of slang expression that confuses some people. Just like something "bad" can be really good, something that is "sick" can be really awesome. If you're confused it's OK.

When someone asks you what the "skinny" is, they're asking you to get right to the point. Skinny is the opposite of fat, which means that you're going to cut the fat and get right to it.

While the word "bomb" isn't always one that is cool, in '70s slang it is. The word first became known in this manner in U.K. theater in the '50s when a play that was "the bomb" did very well.

It might be hard to imagine, but in the '70s, there was no Internet and no smartphones so, television was incredibly popular. Watching the "Boob Tube" was slang for watching ​television.

Back in the old days, life was pretty simple and one needed actual bread to survive. In the '70s, as well as today, "bread" became a term that was used for money, which you also need to survive.

The slang words, "far out," have been said since the days of jazz, but hippies in the '60s said it a lot too. By the '70s, the phrase was being used not just by hippies, but by all sorts of cultural groups.

Whether you like your boss or whether you don't, there is no doubt that he or she has power. If something was "boss," it was outstanding.

When you say "In your face" to someone, you're definitely taunting them and being aggressive. Think of a game of basketball when someone is guarding you closely, but you score anyway.

There were a lot of popular movies back then, like "Convoy" or "Smokey and the Bandit," that used a lot of trucker slang that became common. In trucker slang, "Smokey" is a police officer.

If you want your car to look newer and cleaner, or you want your floors to shine, you might choose to buff them. The word "buff," in slang, means something that looks good. It can also refer to someone who has well-defined muscles.

The term "brick house" refers to someone who is built really well. This comes from when the Big Bad Wolf tried to blow down the house that one of the three little pigs made with brick. He couldn't.

This slang term was another that began with jazz musicians when they started calling people they liked "cool cats." This one makes sense because, come on, cats are totally cool!

To be "chill" is to be cool in a way that shows you aren't worked up at all, and we all know what the word "relax" means. This slang term means you're relaxing in a super cool way.

Many people say this term was coined by comedian Steve Martin who came to fame in the '70s. The word means that everything is cool and safe and there's nothing to worry about.

This word was used a lot in the '70s to describe the police. It was especially used by hippies. The origin appears to be from the police in England who wear hats with a bit of a fuzzy look to them.

This is yet another slang term that started with jazz musicians who used the term "gig" as a shortened version of "engagement." It was used often during the '70s for any obligation, such as a job, one had to fulfill.

Some of the slang in the '70s was pretty simple. This phrase "freaky deaky" is just rhyming slang, using one word that means something with another that means nothing but rhymes, just for fun.

If you're having a nice turkey dinner, it's good all on its own, but it's even better if you pour some gravy on it. In slang "terms," gravy is something that is good and also a bit extra special.

Since the 1800s, "Bunk" has been used to mean something is nonsense or doesn't work. But, as far as slang goes, it wasn't until the '70s that this word became popular.

"Gnarly" comes from "gnarl," which means "knotted and rugged." This is a tough one because it can mean something that is really awesome or something that is really bad.

This slang term is named for the actor, Humphrey Bogart. If you were sharing a pizza but kept most of the pieces to yourself, someone might say, "Hey, man, don't Bogart that pizza."

This is a phrase of encouragement meaning that someone should keep doing what they're doing. It originally is a phrase from the 1930s' song, "Trucking My Blues Away" by Blind Boy Fuller.

It's hard to tell exactly where this slang term came from, but one thing is for sure, it isn't positive. If someone is giving you a "hairy eyeball," it means they're glaring at you.