Groovy or Goofy? How Well Do You Know Your ’60s Slang?

The 1960s weren’t just about flower power, moon landings, and rock ‘n’ roll, they were a linguistic revolution! The decade that gave us Woodstock, The Beatles, and social upheaval also produced some of the most colorful and creative slang ever to grace the English language.

From the groovy talk of hippies to the hip expressions of mods, from the revolutionary rhetoric of activists to the cosmic vocabulary of the space age, ’60s slang was as diverse and dynamic as the decade itself. Some terms were borrowed from jazz musicians and beatniks of the ’50s, while others bubbled up from the psychedelic scene or were popularized through television shows like Laugh-In and The Mod Squad.

Whether you lived through the era or just wish you had, this quiz will test your knowledge of the decade’s most iconic expressions. Can you tell your “bread” from your “threads”? Do you know what it means to “split” versus “crash”? Are you hip to the difference between “uptight” and “outta sight”?

Time to find out if you’re truly tuned in to the language of the ’60s or if you’re just a square who needs to get with it. Don’t flip your wig if you don’t know all the answers, just keep on truckin’ and see how many of these far-out phrases you can identify!

Can you dig it? Let’s boogie!