Slang & Sayings
This slang term refers to someone’s ability to charm or flirt with another person successfully.
Rizz
This 1982 Michael Jackson music video features zombies.
Thriller
This global event that began in 2020 led to widespread school closures, remote learning, and major changes in daily life around the world.
Covid-19
This 1980s video game featured pixelated gorillas and barrels.
Donkey Kong
This social media was first to allow users to post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
Snapchat
This 1980s slang phrase was used to describe something that was impressive, exciting, or really good.
Rad
This Gen Z pop star is known for hits like Bad Guy and Happier Than Ever.
Billie Eilish
The Berlin wall fell in this year.
1989
This viral dance challenge that took over TikTok in 2020.
Renegade
This was the first portable music player introduced by Sony in 1979.
Walkman
"Do it for the ____"
This 1991 album by Nirvana helped define the grunge era.
This YouTuber was the first to reach 100 million subscribers.
Pewdiepie
This was handheld digital pet that became a craze in the late 1990s.
Tamagotchi
This social media platform became massively popular for its seven second videos.
Vine
This word does not relate to the human mind, but instead used to indicate a joke or trick, often after misleading someone.
!Psych!
This Canadian artist rose to global fame in the 2010s with streaming hits like “God’s Plan” and “Hotline Bling,” and is one of the most streamed musicians of all time.
Drake
This 1991 military conflict saw the United States lead a coalition of forces to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait, and it was one of the first major wars heavily covered live on television.
Gulf War
This teen drama starring Zendaya explored topics like identity, addiction, and relationships in modern high school life.
Euphoria
This personal computer was released by Apple in 1984.
Macintosh
This phrase surprisingly does not relate to the historic regime established in 27 BCE, but instead used to describe something that one cannot stop obsessing over.
Roman Empire
This band, fronted by Sting, had major 80s hits like ‘Every Breath You Take’.
The Police
In 2021, a wave of retail investors coordinated on forums like Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets to dramatically drive up the stock price of this failing business.
Game Stop
The name of Patrick Swayze’s character in Dirty Dancing.
Johnny Castle
This social media app randomly prompts users once a day to capture and share an unfiltered photo within a 2-minute window.
BeReal