acid test

Etymology
From ; (“test involving the reaction of an acid with another chemical”) and  (“rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something”) refer to the use of nitric acid to test if a metal is gold; true gold is not affected by the acid.

(“party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD”) is a pun referencing the slang term. The original “acid test” parties were thrown by the group between 1965 and 1966 and advertised by the slogan “Can you pass the acid test?”

Noun

 * 1)  A test involving the reaction of an acid with another chemical.
 * 2)  A rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something.
 * 3)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).
 * 1)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).
 * 1)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).
 * 1)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).
 * 1)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).
 * 1)  In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD (known in slang as ).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 洗禮
 * Mandarin: 決定性考驗,
 * Finnish: happotesti
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: promhadh an aigéid
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: гла́вно испиту́вање, про́верка
 * Romanian: probă de foc
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: prueba de fuego, prueba del algodón
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: happobileet
 * Macedonian: