Can you dig all this Sixties surfer slang from Gidget?
Shoot the curl and have a gas, this quiz is the whaling ultimate!
The classic Sally Field sitcom Gidget is the perfect summer show. It is a one-season wonder that has stood the test of time. Instead of trying to tell general stories about family life and high school ups and downs, the show focuses almost entirely on the mid-Sixties surfer culture of southern California, and its specificity is its strength.
Along with the many beach scenes and wave-riding adventures comes the lingo used by teens at the time, or at least teens on TV at the time.
Here are 10 groovy words and phrases from the show. Can you dig them all?
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"Boss chow" refers to what?
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"To paraphrase Aristotle: life is a gas," meaning...
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"I always thought parallel parking was a snap," meaning it was...
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What does "shooting the curl" mean?
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"This could be hairy"
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"The whaling ultimate"
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Flaky
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"He’s got a real case on me"
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"Look at all these wiggy birds around here"
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"Moondoggie" is...