Fashion & Fads
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the following words first appeared in print in the indicated years. In the case of slang terms, earlier examples are sure to be found, and they were probably in oral use for some time before being written down.,
| Year | Words |
|---|---|
| 1950 | aqualung, Bat Mitzvah, big bang, brainwashing, dianetics, ergonomics, fall-out, kiloton, LSD, maven, microfiche, multimedia, napalm, Orwellian, ponytail, Styrofoam |
| 1951 | blast-off, carbon-dated, Cinerama, Dacron, Day-Glo, fast food, Maalox, manga, motocross, neato, nerd, paralegal, paramedic, Rolodex, Scientology, sexcapade, splitsville, whirlybird |
| 1952 | automated, bafflegab, beat generation, computerized, decal, do-it-yourself, droid, global warming, information technology, Interpol, Mylar, R&D, R&R, scuba, split-level, toke, wok, Xerox |
| 1953 | CinemaScope, countdown, drip-dry, frenemy, hippie, hypo-allergenic, Medicare, paint-by-numbers, post-production, probiotic, synchronicity, U.F.O., videotape, wall-to-wall |
| 1954 | après-ski, asap, black power, cha-cha, cowabunga, deli, discotheque, hotline, market share, off-road, pay TV, stereo |
| 1955 | aerospace, agribusiness, alphanumeric, artificial intelligence, computer game, counter-intuitive, dee-jay, flip-top, hands-free, hyperdrive, inner child, karate, mind-boggling, monkey bars, sci-fi, weirdo |
| 1956 | decaf, F-word, glitterati, hinky, limbo (dance), microcomputer, mogul, origami, particle board, rockabilly, Scotchgard, sonogram, underwhelm |
| 1957 | Frisbee, Lego, Letraset, megabit, NORAD, overkill, Play-Doh, pothead, REM, reverse engineer, smiley face, sputnik, transsexual, Yahtzee |
| 1958 | beatnik, doo-wop, film noir, meritocracy, modem, nanosecond, NASA, nuke, potty-training, prequel, Smell-O-Vision |
| 1959 | Barbie, binge eating, CB, cosmonaut, fantabulous, go-kart, hovercraft, kooky, mini-mart, minivan, Muppet, no-brainer, nutcase, pantyhose |
| 1960 | barf, bionics, body art, breathalyser, dreadlocks, dullsville, feeding frenzy, laser, mix-and-match, mod, New Wave, noodge, sexploit, software, time-shift, Velcro |
| 1961 | A-OK, born-again, bratty, dial-up, docudrama, fab, grok, microwave (as a verb), moon shot, no-win, paparazzo, photorealism, plea bargain, power broker, psyched, reel-to-reel, skyjack |
| 1962 | anti-locking, auteur, bait and switch, bossa nova, comsat (short for communications satellite), cryosurgery, deorbit, droog, expat, filmography, get-go, glitch, Instamatic, kludge, miniskirt, moondoggle, peacenik, porn, skunk works, smart-ass, T-ball, tokenism, Wasp |
| 1963 | ASCII, benchmark, cinéma-vérité, computer graphic, Cosa Nostra, cyberculture, deregulation, dipshit, Expo, jargonaut, machine-washable, microtechnology, mind game, miniseries, nannydom, neuroscience, rent-a-cop, scam, snarf, spacewalk, supercontinent, surfari, telecom, Third World, twink, zip code |
| 1964 |
A-team, bit-bucket, braless, condo, disco, dork, ethnonym, frug, ho, in-joke, kvetch, monokini, nads, ninja, picture phone, pizza face, point-and-shoot, Pop Tart, quark, schlub, Selectric, sitcom, ska, skank, skateboard, underkill, vox pop |
| 1965 | à gogo, at-risk, bachelorette, bada-bing, biohazard, chartbuster, clusterfuck, de-escalation, grody, grunge, hypertext, jet lag, megabyte, moby, Motown, no-host, OD (short for overdose), stagflation, teach-in, zombiefied |
| 1966 | art ceco, Astroturf, autowind, bogart, cherry-pick, cryonics, Dolby, druggie, folkie, Foosball, freak-out, gross-out, innie, Jacuzzi, kegger, kung-fu, medevac, meth, mind-blowing, mind-fuck, mondo, multitasking, narc, nastygram, ralph, studly, teeny-bopper, timeshare, upscale, wheelie, whiteboard, yada yada, zilch, zit |
| 1967 | be-in, bummer, cheapo, doobie, doofus, gomer, love-in, minicomputer, Moog, no-fault, no worries, peer review, Peter Principle, rave-up, RV, scratch and sniff, scumbag, word processing |
| 1968 | aerobics, amped, bippy, blindside, cellulite, do-rag, downplay, firmware, goombah, Hare Krishna, hooptie, Klingon, klutz, LED, male-chauvinism, Nasdaq, noogie, out-of-body, pager, quadraphonic, reggae, rip-off, schmutz, shtup, unisex, workaholic, Yippie |
| 1969 | ageism, blahs, dashiki, hang time, hard-wired, homophobia, Imax, megastar, microchip, moonwalk, pixel, remix, schlong, techie, windsurf, women's lib |
| 1970 | Big Mac, bioethics, biofeedback, counter-culture, detox, funkadelic, herstory, humongous, labradoodle, Nerf, newbie, Popemobile, power trip, primal scream, punk rock, Reaganomics, up-tick, ya-yas |
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Bannister and record player are two that immediately come to mind.
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