Martin Scorsese leaves daughter shocked as she tests him to see if he knows modern day slang terms

The English language has changed a lot since some Anglo-Saxon monk decided it would be a splendid idea to write down the epic poem Beowulf.

But whyle ther note be mony who speke lyk thys nowadays, that's not to say that modern slang can't be just an impenetrable to the uninitiated as the most obscure Middle-English.

And Martin Scorsese's daughter Francesca decided to put the veteran director to the test against some of the widely used bits of slang that appear frequently online.

And, I think I'm using this correctly, he 'low key ate'.

The video was shared to TikTok, and featured her riding out terms to him for him to guess at the meaning of.

There were some which were of more common usage.

First out of the gate was 'tea', as in what would you mean when someone 'spills the tea'.

The answer, of course, is sharing some juicy gossip or something you know about someone, for example, 'Did you hear about Bob?' 'No, spill the tea!'.

Scorsese guessed right on that one, saying it meant to 'tell all you know'.

TikTok / @francescascorsese

The next piece of slang which came up was 'ick', as in someone or something giving you 'the ick'.

Guessing that it meant someone is 'thoroughly repulsed', the director of Taxi Driver in fact guessed correctly.

But the next one was something which was a bit of a curveball, and admittedly, I also didn't know this one.

It was a 'sneaky link', which apparently means a booty call.

Though Scorsese had a good clap-back, quipping: "We didn't have that, we never saw specific people."

Come on Scorsese, spill the tea!

The next word was 'hits different', which he guessed correctly to mean that something is much better on a second or even third viewing, or in a different context.

Gosh, lexicography is hard isn't it?

The next one was 'slept on', another one which is new to me too!

Apparently this one means that you underestimate something or someone, so you 'sleep on' it.

And this one hit a bit too close to home for Scorsese when Francesca used his film King of Comedy as an example.

TikTok / @francescascorsese

“People hated it when it came out,” he said. " “It was the flop of the year. That’s what it was called on ‘Entertainment Tonight.’ On New Year’s Eve ’83-’84.”

Hit a nerve there?

Then we had a succession of easy wins for Scorsese, including 'ate', meaning do very well, and 'cap', meaning a lie.

This was followed by 'ship', as in 'to ship', and not in the sense of what you pay for on Amazon, but rather liking two characters or people together.

Although Scorsese thought it was a literal boat, which is understandable.

We finished the video on 'simp', to lust pathetically after someone, which the director interpreted as someone 'whining all the time, 'throwing shade' meaning to say something mean or confrontational, which he got spot on.

There was finally 'slaps' and 'slays' meaning that something is very good, which he also got dead on.

In the end, Scorsese got 8/12 answers right.

I guess you could say he 'ate' that quiz.