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- (Katie) Today, we're gonna see how well you know some slang.
- Slang? Oh, I'm good at this.
- YOLO! Man, let's do it.
#Sweet!
- I think I'll be good. - (Katie) From the 1950s.
- Oh, from the '50s. Oh my god. (laughing)
- Oh, I don't got this. I don't got this.
- I don't think I'm gonna do well.
I'm just gonna say it straight up.
I'll probably know maybe one, maybe two.
- I've watched a lot of movies that pretend
to be from the 1950s, so we'll see?
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- (Katie) Do you know this '50s slang? - "Wazoo."
- "Wazoo?"
- I don't know this one.
- That's the thing you say when you're really excited.
- Seems like something someone would say when they're excited.
(excitedly) Wazoo!
- The original version of, like, "Whazzup?!"
So, like, the walk-up to another person and be like, "Wazoo!"
- I've heard people using it.
You know, how they say, like, "She's got cash out the wazoo."
You have a lot of something-- excess?
- I've heard of the saying, like, "Up the wazoo."
It could mean, like, "butt".
- I've heard this before. Like, "Coming out the wazoo."
It means "a lot of something" or it means "ass".
- (Katie) So "wazoo" is actually another word for "butt".
- Oh, that's different.
- I was way off. Nevermind. Wazoo!
- Today, they'd be like, "Damn, that wazoo though!"
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- (Katie) Do you know it? - "Wet rag." What the hell?
- What?
- When you pee yourself in the bed when you're little?
- Alcohol, maybe? Like a really, really drunk guy?
- "Wet rag"... it can't be a good thing.
- I feel like it would be an insult.
- I know "wet blanket," like when someone is being a downer.
- A person who is, like, a Debbie Downer.
- Oh, like, "Stop being such a wet rag."
So it's maybe a downer.
- (Katie) A "wet rag" is someone who is just no fun.
- That's so weird!
- Oh, okay, like a drag.
- That's weird. A wet rag. That doesn't really make any sense to me.
- I felt like I've heard it once before maybe.
- Wet rags are kind of gross and weary and, like... (groans).
So it makes sense.
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- (Katie) How about this one? Do you know it?
- "Backseat bingo?"
- "Backseat bingo."
- Is that like backseat driver?
- A person in the back all the time?
- That would be a little pastime game, kinda like "I spy."
- "Backseat bingo." Is this sex?
- Sex in a car?
- If you're going to a drive-in theatre, go "backseat bingo".
- Sounds like a euphemism that you would use today.
Like, "Hey, bro, how was the date? Did you get some backseat bingo?"
- (Katie) This was a term for getting action in the back of a car.
- Nice. (chuckles)
- That's hilarious. (laughing)
I think that should instantly replace "Netflix and chill".
- It's pretty self-explanatory.
I mean, what else could that really be for?
You're not playing bingo in the backseat.
Like, there's no way you'd fit all the equipment in there.
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- (Katie) All right, so... do you know this one?
- "Hipster."
- "Hipster!"
- I'm gonna guess this isn't how we use it.
- It might be someone who likes everything mainstream
and is super-trendy.
- You're real cool, like, "You're a cool cat."
Like, "You're pretty hip."
- "A hipster," like someone who's not a social norm?
- "Hipster" is used today too.
Usually you wear clothes from, like, a couple decades ago.
Someone who doesn't like popular things.
- A hipster! The cool guy. Am I right?
- (Katie) In the 1950s, "hipster" was a term
for middle-class white youth seeking to emulate the lifestyle
of the Black jazz musicians they followed.
- Oh! Oh, okay.
So this is the equivalent of white guys trying to be gangsters now.
- If you're appropriating Black culture, you're a hipster?
- Now it doesn't mean that.
You use it to reference someone who doesn't like popular music.
- Definitely not as racially associated anymore.
It's kind of more like you shop at Claire's
and get those weird little earrings that you got in the '90s
and you're bringing all that shit back and you're cool.
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- (Katie) So, do you know what this means?
- "Jelly roll." No, I don't know this.
- "Jelly roll." I don't know.
- I feel like I've heard my grandma use this.
For some reason, I just have a feeling this is not something
that is appropriate for my grandma to say.
- "Jelly" is like jealous.
I'm not sure if that has anything to do with that.
- Is this a dance move?
- Is that a dance?
- "Jelly roll." Does that mean a roll of fat on your belly?
- It sounds like an insult for someone who's fat.
- (Katie) A "jelly roll" is a popular men's hairstyle
combed up and forward, then brought together
in the middle, Greaser-style.
It was rebellious look against the short hair standard.
Here's a pic. - I've never seen that before.
- That looks so weird.
- He looks like a depressed unicorn.
- It doesn't really seem like something that would be brought back.
- That's like the opposite of a mullet.
It's like chill in back, party in the front,
but it's not a party I'd want to go to.
- I'm trying to connect it all to nowadays
'cause man buns, it's like, guys are supposed to have short hair.
It's like, "Nah, we're gonna have long hair.
And guess what? We're gonna put it in a bun."
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- (Katie) So how about this one?
Do you know it? - "Nosebleed."
- At a concert, if you have the nosebleed seats
it's like you're really high up.
Altitude would make your nose bleed.
- In Japan, if you get a nosebleed, that means you're sexually aroused,
so maybe that means, like, if you have a nosebleed you're into it.
- There's the whole nosebleed thing in anime.
I never really understood where that came from,
so maybe it's a term for an erection.
- "The nosebleed."
The person who always gets hurt a lot.
- When someone would get in a fight and then they lost.
- Maybe when someone's being annoying.
"Oh, he's giving me a real nosebleed."
- Someone who kills your vibe.
- Squares, like, "Ugh, boring."
So maybe "nosebleed" could also be like, "Oh, this isn't fun."
- (Katie) A "nosebleed" is a disparaging term for someone
who is a nerd or geek. It's not a compliment.
- Okay, yeah, nerds and geeks kill your vibe.
- The bullies would beat them up and give them nosebleeds or something?
Is that why? Oh, that's so sad!
- Oh, because they used to bully nerds and give them nosebleeds.
That's mean because now those nerds
are running multi-millionaire companies.
- The word "nerd" isn't mean any more. People take that as a compliment.
So if you call someone a nosebleed in an endearing way, it'd be fine.
Like, "Ah, you're King of the Nosebleeds."
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- (Katie) Do you know it? - "The ankle biter."
Uh, what the heck?
- "Ankle biter." Okay. I've heard this term before,
but I have no idea what it means.
- Pants that kinda just like are really tight on your ankles.
- "Ankle biter." Like something annoying and pesky?
- Is this like a guy who won't leave a girl alone?
- It's like a friend of yours, but they're just always with you.
Like, you can't be by yourself ever.
- Someone who hangs out with another person who's cooler
and they want to be just like them.
- This could either mean someone who's really annoying
and they're always on your heels,
or it could mean the equivalent of being a kiss ass.
- "Ankle biter." Oh, those are little kids!
Yeah, we say that. I hear my mom say that.
- "Ankle biter." Does that mean a child, 'cause they're biting your ankles
and they're tiny-- tiny tots?
- (Katie) "Ankle biter" is a term for a child,
especially if they are young and needy.
- Oh, I kinda see it 'cause they're always tugging at you.
- Kids are always grabbing on their parents' legs and stuff like that.
That makes sense.
- I feel like I've heard it in Rugrats before.
I feel like they referred to the children as ankle biters.
- This was probably made by parents
because they were so annoyed with their children,
and this is why I don't want children.
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- (Katie) How about this one? Do you know it?
- "Razz my berries?"
- "Razz my berries."
That sounds a little scandalous again.
- It sounds nasty.
Kinda like a sexual joke. "You razz my berries."
- This makes me think of that quote that's like, "Make my day."
"Razz my berries!" (laughing)
- I think it just means messing with your emotions.
I don't whether it'd be happy or bad.
- I assume that it means, "Hoo, I'm getting angry.
Man, that really razzes my berries."
- It means, like, "tickle the funny bone."
Like, "You sure razz my berries with that joke."
- "Razz my berries" could be like "get me pumped".
- When you're excited.
Like, "Oh, that really razzes my berries."
You know what I mean?
Like, I'm really excited about that or I like that.
"Razz my berries." Love it already. Getting a tattoo.
- (Katie) "Razz my berries" means to be impressed or excited.
- (laughing) That's weird.
Like, why don't you just call it cool or awesome?
- You know, it would be so fun if people started saying this stuff
instead of the dumb shit people say instead.
Like, "Oh, it's lit."
No, shut the [bleep] up with "it's lit".
- (giggling) It sounds very sexual.
- It just sounds sexual!
You say that at a supermarket, all the moms are gonna turn around
and look at you and be like, "My children's ears!"
- All of these things sound mildly sexual,
and I'm pretty sure the 1950s was just an era
of repressed sexuality.
The Elders are gonna hate me watching this video.
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- Bye, guys, I'm off to go get myself a jelly roll.
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