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Merriam-Webster has, over the years, tried to keep an accurate date of first use of each word in the dictionary. Their explanation for how it works:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/help/ex ... dict-dates

Given that, they have publised a list, by year, of words first used in that year. If you want, post some surprising words from there. I'll start with mine:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-b ... -date/1973

There's a lot of sciency and computer-related stuff in mine, which is not at all surprising.

I completely got the wrong definition for deep throat - I keep on forgetting that's the year that Watergate happened in too, and I normally see that one in caps.

Surprises:
  • pro choice
  • puppy mill
  • s/he (haven't seen this one in a while)
  • speciesm
  • televangelist
  • triathlon (!)
  • trauma centre
  • urgent care
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I assume you mean birth year? https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-b ... -date/1992

Mine are mostly related to technology, chemistry, and psychiatry.

> 3-D printing
> autism spectrum disorder
> auto-complete
> cyber
> digerati
> frankenfood
> in silico
> photoshop
> polyamory

Although there are also a few unexpected ones:

> arm candy
> buzzkill
> man cave
> meh
> woo-woo
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-b ... -date/1993

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Good god...

1995: Genderqueer, anti-globalization...
One could almost call it prophetic. :P
And apparently, "date rape drug" was also used for the first time in that year. *Awkward cough*

But there are some cool ones, as well: E-collar, and e-tail! For all the e-furries in the e-fandom.
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boomerang child (as in tamtam?)
emo. (yes i am)
f-bom (typical)
heteroglossia (dafuq is that!? a sex organ in the mouth that falls off when you do something gay?)
himbo (naturally)
mosh pit (hells yea!)
brick-and-mortar (holy fuck! i predate the cast concrete age!?)

I wonder if it’s possible to convince people that this can tell your future. <w< could totes get rich off that.
Duck face? i thought they were all just making fart noises when posing for pictures...
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Post by Raven Song »

1989 saw a lot of words :P

air quotes application service provider bcc beat down beneficials bioplastic
caffeinate calcipotriol chromium picolinate clopidogrel cybernaut cyberporn - yep... they knew I was coming :P
cybersecurity eco-friendly extremophile finaste ride four-peat franco
functional magnetic resonance imaging gangsta rap Generation X green washing
helicopter parent hominin hot link hypertext markup language intersectionality
latte microsatellite minidisc multiculti new jack swing puggle rightsize
scrunchie sumatriptan tracking stock trip-hopurogynecology Vietnamese cinnamon
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Post by Asbjorn-phoenix »

My words have already been used, Valerion and I were born in the same year.
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Emo gangsta F-bomb! :lol:
But wait a second... If I've got the same words as Animew, then that must mean I'm... *Gasp!* I'm actually 101 years old!? Nooooo!! :o
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Post by Rakuen Growlithe »

Now I know who is the same age as me on the forum.
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