Intergenerational Slang
Gen Z might say this word to mean something is great or exciting, while to older generations it had negative connotations of illness or danger
What is "sick"?
This generation is the first to grow up entirely in the digital age
What is Generation Z?
This Disney character has appealed to multiple generations since first appearing in "Steamboat Willie" in 1928
Who is Mickey Mouse?
This social media platform launched in 2004 was initially popular with Millennials but now has more users from older generations
What is Facebook?
IN 1906, this company sent railroad cars full of medical supplies to San Fracisco after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake killed more than 3,000 people and left 200,000 homeless.
Who is Johnson & Johnson?
This board game, first conceived of by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, was created as a critique of the America's Gilded Age and magnates such as John D Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie.
What is Monopoly?
This sandbox, survival game is the largely considered the best-selling video game of all time, with over 350 million copies sold.
What is Minecraft?
A devotee of heavy metal music may be known as this.
What is a headbanger?
Members of this generation were named for the spike in birth rates following World War II
What are Baby Boomers?
This book series by J.K. Rowling about a young wizard captivated readers across generations beginning in 1997
What is Harry Potter?
This storage format popular in the 1980s-90s was the first widely adopted home video format but is now obsolete to younger generations.
What is VHS?
In 1987, US President Ronald Regan asked Soviet leader, Mihail Gorbachev, to tear down this structure, signaling an end to the cold war.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This toy, "walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a clinkity sound"
What is a slinky?
In 2014 three large companies conspired on an April Fool's Day collaboration, which resulted in this hugely popular mobile game of 2016.
What is Pokemon Go?
This Gen Z slang term indicates extreme embarrassment or awkwardness and comes from the sound of silence when no one laughs at a joke
What is "crickets"?
This generation came of age during the early internet era and the turn of the millennium
What are Millennials?
This long-running animated TV show about a dysfunctional family in Springfield has aired since 1989, spanning multiple generations of viewers
What is The Simpsons?
This digital music format popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s was how many millennials first accessed music digitally
What is MP3?
During this mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This doll's physical appearance was modeled on the German Bild Lilli cartoon character, featured in the West German newspaper Bild Zeitung.
What is a Barbie doll?
This popular multiplayer video game is space themed and has crew members running for their lives as one of them tries to kill the rest.
What is Among Us?
This term which originally meant, "extremely impressive or daunting" in the 1590's was popularized in the 1980's by actors such as Sean Pean.
What is "awesome"?
This generation grew up during the Great Depression and World War II
What is the Silent Generation?
This science fiction franchise created by George Lucas in 1977 continues to attract new generations of fans with its expanding universe.
What is Star Wars?
Before music streaming services, Millenials used to use this software to download music and videos to their iPods.
What is "Limewire"?
On October 30, 1938, wide spread panic ensued when a dramatization of this story was aired on the radio.
What is, "The War of the Worlds"?
This toy was the first virtual pet marketed to children. It hatched from an egg, needed to be fed and cared for and even died, leaving many kids heartbroken.
What is a Tamagotchi?
In what franchise-launching 1985 educational video game was a user required to have a warrant for each arrest while "traveling" to locales as widespread as Oslo, Kathmandu, Cairo, and Lima?
What is, "Where in the World Is Carmen San Diego?"
This slang term, popularized from black American slang of the 1930's and used in the 1960's and 70's, originally referred to music that was well liked and alludes to a characteristic of 78 rpm records.
What is groovy? - As in the groove of a record.
This emerging generation is sometimes called "digital natives 2.0" and grew up with smartphones and tablets
What is Generation Alpha?
The TV show, Jeopardy, was parodied by this artist in 1984.
Who is Weird Al Yankovic?, writer of "I lost on Jeopardy"
In 1999 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) removed this from the list of recognized maritime distress signals.
What is Morse Code?
This video became the first You Tube video to reach one billion views.
What is, "Gangnam Style"?
In the movie, "A Christmas Story", Ralphie was warned that he would shoot his eye out", if he asked for this toy from Santa Claus.
What is a Red Rider BB Gun?
This is widely considered to be the first video game, created in 1958 and popularized in the 1970's?
What is Pong? Originally "Tennis for Two"?, played on an oscilloscope.