How Well Do You Know Midwestern Lingo And Slang?

People who live in the Midwest have a whole other way of living life. From taking their time to do the job right the first time to working hard every day, Midwesterners have shown they are tough and dedicated. They also have a whole other way of speaking. Do you know the meanings behind common Midewestern sayings? Take our quiz, and see if you would fit in with the warm and welcoming people from America’s heartland!

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Question 1/20

In the Midwest, cornhole is used to refer to:

A person's mouth, typically when they need to shut it
A party game that literally everyone plays
A famer's tool for harvesting corn

Question 2/20

When you are from the Midwest and you are thirsty, you might reach for a:

Soda
Pop
Soft drink

Question 3/20

If someone from the Midwest asks where the washroom is, they really mean which of the following?

Kitchen
Locker room
Restroom

Question 4/20

If someone from the Midwest offers you puppy chow at a party, they are really doing what?

Telling you that you are no better than a dog
Asking if you would like to meet their pets
Offering you a delicious snack made with cereal, chocolate, and peanut butter

Question 5/20

Which of the following might you hear in a conversation with someone you haven't spoken to in a while?

Howdy do?
How's by you?
How doing?

Question 6/20

If you ask a Midwesterner where the nearest water fountain is, they might understand what you are saying, but what do they normally call water fountains?

Town taps
Bubblers
Water whistlers

Question 7/20

While you might call them casseroles, people from the Midwest refer to these baked concoctions as what?

Hot dish
Stew
Soup

Question 8/20

If someone says, "jeet" to you, what are they really saying?

Watch your feet
How about this heat
Did you eat?

Question 9/20

What is a more Midwestern way of saying someone is drunk?

They are plaster-faced
They are three sheets to the wind
They are schnookered

Question 10/20

New Orleans might have King Cake for Mardi Gras, but what delicious delicacy do Midwesterners enjoy right before Lent starts?

Baklava
Pierogi
Paczki

Question 11/20

While you may use a vacuum to clean your carpets and floors, Midwesterners call their vacuums what?

Suckers
Sweepers
Dusters

Question 12/20

Which of the following is another name for traffic lights in the Midwest?

Stop signal
Red light
Stop and go light

Question 13/20

You may think of pasties as something you might see in a strip club, but pasties are also what to some Midwesterners?

Fruit-filled pastries
Savory meat pies
People who need a tan

Question 14/20

If you're from Minnesota, you've probably played this game in school:

Duck, duck, goose
Duck, duck, gray duck
Cluck, cluck, chicken

Question 15/20

We may attribute this phrase to a certain former Alaska governor, but it's a Midwestern saying, through and through.

You betcha
Ohh yeah
Lipstick on a pig

Question 16/20

If you're from Northern Illinois/Chicago/Indiana, you don't have a living room, you have a what?

Family room
Front room
Parlor room

Question 17/20

If you're a Midwesterner and you see a car with a headlight out, what is the first thing you say?

Padiddle!
Popcorn!
Party lights!

Question 18/20

What should be knee-high by the Fourth of July?

Grass
Corn
Growing babies

Question 19/20

If you win a meat raffle, you've actually won:

Enough meat to feed your family for quite some time
The Pork Queen crown
A small herd of cows or pigs

Question 20/20

Midwesterners love to end sentences with prepositions. Which of the following might you hear if you are being invited to go somewhere?

Come with?
Going to?
Travel at?

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How Well Do You Know Midwestern Lingo And Slang?