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PJMcK

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4. I'll play

Reply to MerryHolidays (Original post)

Wed Apr 14, 2021, 08:18 PM

Apr 2021

Oddly, these words have somehow influenced my life!

Alternative Minimum Tax
Beatnik
Denuclearize
Game Show
Lou Gehrig's Disease
Nanosecond
Noncoital
Nuke
Q Rating
Sex Kitten (Not me, I'm a man)
Smart-ass (I love the dash!)
Tailgate Party
Tandoori

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What words first came into use the year you were born? - Merriam Webster [View all] MerryHolidays Apr 2021 OP

that was fun...and enlightening.... bahboo Apr 2021 #1

Not buying it... Thunderbeast Apr 2021 #2

It's hard to believe some of them Leith Apr 2021 #3

It's the year they entered the dictionary. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #18

Even that's not accurate...it's the first time the word was used in PRINT MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #20

It's not first known date for the word itself. It's the date for a specific usage. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #24

Feel free to challenge the verbatim text from MW's help link on this MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #26

I'll play PJMcK Apr 2021 #4

It's weird that there aren't any listed for 2019. nt Gore1FL Apr 2021 #5

No 'antifa'? keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #6

My fellow old farts will find lots of words for their birth year. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #8

An interesting list: niyad Apr 2021 #7

I cannot imagine a world without BLT! nt MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #11

I know. Surely it was on diner menus?? niyad Apr 2021 #27

;-( A-bomb (I'm a senior; 1945) elleng Apr 2021 #9

Anime and Nintendo. Sounds about right for me. n/t Akoto Apr 2021 #10

My favs of the lot: happybird Apr 2021 #12

Wrong question.... MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #13

Nothing but cutting edge 70's men's fashion! Lol! happybird Apr 2021 #14

A polyester fashion nightmare. niyad Apr 2021 #28

Oh, my. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #15

1968 was a hell of year d_r Apr 2021 #16

To be slightly more accurate, it was the year they entered the dictionary. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #17

Not entirely....please see post 20 MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #21

No, that's not quite right, either. TwilightZone Apr 2021 #23

I'm saying what the eds of Merriam-Webster are saying MerryHolidays Apr 2021 #25

Reverse Polish Notation ? StClone Apr 2021 #19

1955 - artificial intelligence Quemado Apr 2021 #22

don't touch! Marthe48 Apr 2021 #29

Interesting... Talitha Apr 2021 #30