TAKING THE DRIVING TEST
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES
HANGOUTS
POETEENS
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS
200

This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test

parallel parking

200

Double-talk way of saying something or someone is insane or beyond understanding

cray-cray

200

Nowadays, teen gamers hang using voice & text chat on this app with a name meaning strife or lack of harmony

Discord

200

In 2002 15-year-old poet Caroline Bird published her acclaimed debut volume, including "Spilt" this, over which she cries

milk

200

Winning 4-2, France claimed victory in the 2018 men's soccer World Cup final held in this Russian capital

Moscow

400

This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test

the Department of Motor Vehicles

400

2-word term meaning to make an unresponsive program set you free; on a Mac it's command-option-escape

force quit

400

Be it Bondi in Sydney or Redondo in Cali, it's always a fun day at this geographic feature

the beach

400

John Keats, part of this passionate early 19th century movement, wrote his 1st known poem at about 18 & didn't live to see 26

Romanticism

400

The oldest of pro tennis' 4 Grand Slam tournaments is this one held in England since 1877

Wimbledon

600

To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong

insurance

600

A 2018 conference on computational linguistics included 4 papers on detection of this untrue stuff you read & hear

fake news

600

Let's chill at the New York public one; it has 92 locations & more than 55 million items, including DVDs

the library

600

The documentary "Louder Than a Bomb" follows teens competing in one of these violent-sounding poetry events

a poetry slam

600

The IJF is the International Federation for this martial art that gives belts of rank from white to black

judo

800

Mirrors aren't enough–look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes

blind spots

800

It's a less-than-chiseled paternal physique

a dad bod

800

Sometimes it's fun to relax at home with your pals & listen to hits like "Natural" & "Believer" by this beastly band

Imagine Dragons

800

1760s teen Thomas Chatterton wrote of this astronomer's "System", "Our Earth supreme / rolls with the planets round the solar gleam"

Copernicus

800

In 2018 Jessie Diggins & Kikkan Randall dashed across the snow for the 1st Olympic gold by U.S. women in this sport

cross-country skiing

1000

Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure

right of way

1000

Meaning overhyped, this word suggests a grilled meat sandwich without anything inside it

a nothingburger

1000

In the '80s, teen gamers hung in arcades to see ghosts named Blinky, Pinky, Inky & Clyde chase this guy around a maze

Pac-Man

1000

This Welshman was just 18 when he wrote "And Death Shall Have No Dominion"

Dylan Thomas

1000

A tournament in this sport named after a school is held yearly among Argentina, South Africa, Australia & New Zealand

rugby