Quiz: Do You Remember All 7 Of These Slang Words From the 2000s?

Head back to the ‘00s, and think about the way you used to phrase your statements. Slang is everywhere, but how well can you remember the phrasing of the past? We’ve got a quiz that is going to put your memory to the test:

Are you “da bomb” at trivia? If you got all of the slang words right, that’s “awesome sauce,” and we definitely think you should share the quiz with your friends to see how they did! It’s time to compare the slang you all grew up with.

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Forgotten Slang Terms of the Past

As Gen Z and Gen Alpha bring in their own slang, that of the Gen Xers and millennials is disappearing. However, there are still likely some phrases that you use regularly, because they’re too “kewl” to get rid of.

Of course, there are some phrases that have disappeared. They’re no longer “da bomb,” and when you see someone else using them, you start to feel a little ancient—or you are happy because you’ve found your people.

One that you may have completely forgotten about is “let’s roll out out.” This one tended to depend on where you came from, but it became popular for those who wanted to find a way to say they were leaving. However, “let’s bounce” tended to be the more preferred phrase, which is why “roll out” is often forgotten.

Do you remember saying “Nah mean” or “Nam sayin’?” These were phrases that came up thanks to pop culture on TV. You might think of popular shows like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when saying those phrases. However, they have started to disappear from our vocabulary.

Then there’s saying “epic fail” when something spectacularly went wrong. To be honest, did anything have to go spectacularly wrong for us to say it was an “epic fail?” Really, didn’t it just have to be something that made us laugh hard because of how wrong it went?

Finally, we have to touch on a word that I have not heard since leaving high school: “Smexy.” This was a combination of the words smart and sexy, a way to describe someone who had both virtues. What better way to say that someone had the beauty and the brains?

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