--- title: Slang and how it changes with every generation — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Slang and how it changes with every ge… # Slang and how it changes with every generation The 15 questions of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t1/) — Your mate goes "old people's slang is cringe, ours is the best, no cap." What's the fair view? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t2/) — Your grandad, a proper boomer, says "Bussin'? Sounds like a bus." Your sister explains. What does she say? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t3/) — What would happen if no new slang were ever made? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t4/) — A Kiwi uncle texts "sweet as, the barbie's on this arvo" ("barbie" means barbecue). Your Gen Alpha cousin replies "bussin'". Do they understand each other? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t5/) — Grandma uses "nice" for everything. A friend says "nice has always meant pleasant." What's true? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t6/) — In a cartoon, a cowboy says "Don't have a cow!" and a real cow walks off. Why is that a joke? — wrong ✗ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t7/) — Your teacher says "skibidi" can't be a real word "cos it means nothing." What's interesting about that? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t8/) — Your dad says "That trick was sick!" Isaac says "Dad, nobody says sick anymore." Why did Isaac groan? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t9/) — A Canadian kid says "Grab your toque, eh, it's freezing." What should you grab? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t10/) — Your brother says "highkey this lesson is bare long." ("Bare" means very.) What does he mean? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/t11/) — A 1920s film says a dancer is "the cat's pyjamas". What would a kid say today? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon of slang? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which slang terms are frequently abandoned by younger speakers. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the word "rizz". — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/17-slang-and-how-it-changes-with-every-generation/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the word "nice" in Middle English. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [16. 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