Can You Speak Boomer? Take The Quiz!

By Karen and Erica

We Boomers have a language all our own. Only we know what we are talking about. Like—it’s snowing down south. Remember what that means?

Here are 15 more good ones! Answers below.

1. Got some new threads.

2. That was a gas.

3. You sound like a broken record.

4. Bringing home the bacon.

5. Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.

6. I’m feeling fat and sassy.

7. He’s a cool cat.

8. OK Boomer,

9. She’s got the whole kit and caboodle.

10. Take a long walk off a short pier.

11. Feelin’ groovy.

12. She’s madder than a wet hen.

13. Be there or be square.

14. I’ll forgive him when hell freezes over.

15. Give me the real skinny.

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1. Got some new clothes.

2. That was a lot of fun.

3. You are repeating yourself. (To get this, you need to know what a record is, and how a record player works.)

4. Making money. We’re not sure bacon retains its relevance.

5. Don’t assume everything will be OK. (Kind of negative for characteristically optimistic Boomers.)

6. I’m feeling great.

7. He’s a groovy guy. (Not sure women ever qualified as cool cats.)

8. This one, a dismissive term for the greatest generation ever, is a ringer, created by mean Gen-Xers.

9. She’s cornered the market for whatever she needs.

10. What Putin might have said to Prigozhin.

11. Feeling’ cool.

12. She’s really mad. (Apparently, hens get really mad when you dump water on them. We cannot confirm.)

13. Show up to my party or be called a dork.

14. I’ll never forgive him. Never. Ever.

15. Tell me the real story. I need to know.

16. Snowing down south means your slip is showing. (Remember what a slip is?)

What phrases would you add?