The Ultimate Old World Lingo Quiz

This classic 50s phrase described someone who was trying to provoke someone or get involved in some trouble. It can be heard in the film "Grease."

This word was used in the 1800s to describe someone who was dumb. Mutton is meat from sheep.

This 50s word applied to shoes. Who wouldn't love a pair of vintage 50s earth pads?

This Victorian slang phrase describes a state of melancholy or sadness. Everyone has felt this from time to time.

This phrase was popular during roughly the first half of the 19th century. People who sold dogs back in the day would try to pass off mutts as purebreds, which is where the saying came from.

Very shy women were often described as "canceled stamps" in the 1920s. They were known for often being alone.

A "dead hoofer" was someone who couldn't dance at all. In the 1950s, the opposite of a "dead hoofer" was a "ducky shincracker."

The word "kitten" was often used to refer to an innocent young girl without a lot of experience. It was popular in the 1950s.

This phrase was used to describe two people who were necking in the back seat of a car. It's about as 50s as it gets.

This phrase was used to describe something unbelievable and ridiculous. This could include badly told lies.

To be "in the ketchup" meant to be in the red. These phrases are usually used to describe businesses that are losing money.

In the 1790s, "swag" was used to refer to stolen money or objects. In the 1960s the word was used to describe the promotional materials companies would send out. Today the word "swag" is usually used to describe a sense of style and confidence

In colonial times there were a number of slang phrases and words for "a group of women." "Delles" and "walking morts" were also used.

This phrase became popular in the 1940s. It meant that someone had died.

A man called this in colonial days was drunk. This phrase was used to describe a man so drunk that he peed under the table all over the shoes of the people drinking with him.

While today, if you are having a "fling" you're having a steamy affair, this word was used differently years ago. "Giving something a fling" meant to give it a try.

This phrase was the ultimate compliment. It was used by Victorian Londoners to describe something untouchably perfect.

Over the centuries, it was common for the elite to have valets and other servants that traveled with them. People called them "fart catchers" to make fun of how closely they walked behind their mistress or master.

"Chalkers" were groups of men in Ireland who were famous for walking around at night slashing random people's faces with knives. Groups like this were also known as "Sweaters" in England.

This is an old term for drinking a glass of absinthe neat. It came from the green color of the famously hallucinogenic spirit.

In the 1630s the word "gimcrack" was a noun to describe cheap-looking trinkets. Today they are more commonly called tchotchkes.

This slang word was popular in the 1920s. It was used to refer to somebody who was prudish or no fun at all.

This Victorian slang was used to refer to sausages. It was often said that no one knew exactly went into a sausage other than whoever made it.

This slang word was used to describe slackers who sat around all day doing nothing. Dewdroppers were known for not having jobs.

According to 1920s slang, "eggs" lead lives that were extravagant to the point of being ridiculous. They were definitely Gatsby types.

Alcohol was a staple of the roaring 20s and so was this slang phrase. Despite Prohibition, Americans still found a way to spend the decade "ossified."

If a person was "square" they conformed to the expectations of society. This 50s phrase stuck around better than many others of the time.

During the Jazz Age, "dope" largely referred to drugs such as cocaine. Over time it also became an insult used to refer to stupid people and slang for a number of other drugs. More recently, it has become another way of saying something is "great" or "cool."

In the 1700s, a man with a wooden leg was referred to as a "timber toe." This was incredibly literal slang.

In the 1700s, a man who was "in twig" was very fashionable and handsome. However, "to twig" meant to look at something.

Popular in the 1740s, this phrase is not widely used anymore. It referred to something that scared people.

This old phrase meant that someone was very confused and the words they said made no sense. It compared talking to them to listening to water bubbling out of a bottle.

This Jazz Era slang phrase means that everything is going great. It quickly fell out of fashion.

This was a slang word for people from Boston. Unfortunately, it didn't stick around.

There were a lot of different slang words used to refer to a group of guys. These included "Fraters," "Whip Jackets" and "Abrams."