40 words that did not exist 40 years ago

These new words and terms of slang are the products of four decades of cultural change.


It's odd to think, but behind every word, a decision was taken on how a specific chain of letters would refer to some action, object or feeling. And while theEnglish language has alreadynearly one million words In addition, more are added all the time. Some are added to the dictionary, while others simply exist as universally accepted daily bits. How did the nineteenth century lexicographers supposed to know that we finally need words like "blog", "Voicemail" and "WiFi", after all? In this case, we have gathered common words that exist only in the last 40 years.

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Photobouche

Little Girl Photobombing a Nice Photo {Words That Didn't Exist 40 Years Ago}
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From an entrance of 2008 onUrban dictionary, andAdded to Merriam-Webster in 2017"Photobomb" is used to describe the moment when a person intensiously inserts itself in a picture when it is taken. It is usually done like a joke, in the joke and it always ruins the shot.

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Troll

Online trolling {new words}
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Although the word "troll" existed in the English language for some time, it was not used as the Internet slang in 1992, according to theOxford English Dictionary. When used online, this argot term refers to a person who intensly offensive comments in order to shake the controversy.

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Emoji

thinking face emoji {new words}
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Although the word "emoji" can now be an ubiquitous term in America, but itsetymology is actually Japanese. The term wasinvented in the 90s, about the same time as the Japanese artistShidgeaka Kurita released the first set of emoji to the world. The name derives from the Japanese "E," meaning "image" and "moji" means "letter" or "character".

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Boop

Boop dog
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The word appears a lot on pictures of beloved pets because it describes the noise that, well, everyone does when they briefly touch the nose of something adorable. It was not before theassess / r / boop was created in 2009 that it became commonly known, although the first example of it seems to be a 1992Simpsons Episode in which Bart places a stamp on the baby's nose Lisa before posting it:BOOP!

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Booyah

Booyah Capitol Theatre Free Wall
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The first known use of the word "Booyah" -or, less often, "Booya" or "Boo-yah" -was in 1990. And it was at that moment that the end of the SPNSCASTER ESPNStuart Scott popularized the previously unknown exclamation, using it to express its joy on every touch, the race at home or three pointers it has witnessed.

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Foodie

Foodies taking pictures of meal
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Nowadays, the term "Foodie" is everywheresocial media. On Instagram alone, there are more than 140 million positions associated with the hashtag#foodie. But where does the word come from? According to the etymologistBarry Popkik, the word appeared for the first time innew York The return magazine in 1980 and from there, he slowly started gaining traction between food writers until he is part of the cultural lexicon.

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Infomacial

Shamwow Infomercial {New Words}
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The word "infomercial" -a portmanteau of "information" and "commercial" -DID does not show up in the English language untilIn the early 1980s. It was then that theFCC has eliminated some restrictive regulations This has made the broadcast of long all but impossible ads.

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Blog

Woman Blogging on a Computer {New Words}
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Short for "Weblog", the word "blog" began to be used in the late 1990s of how it is used now: describe a website homewriter a writing collection. TheCreation of the word "Weblog" is most often attributed to "Weblogger"Jorn Bargerand the shortening of the term in "blog" is assigned to the programmerPeter Merolz.

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Voicemail

Person Using a Phone to Leave a Voicemail {New Words}
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Originally, the word "voicemail" wasTrademark in 1981 By Televoice International to describe its machines specifically, but today it is used to designate automated voicemail systems.

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Wannabe

10MAY97: The SPICE GIRLS at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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Unlike popular belief, the word "Wannabe" was not really invented by theSpice girls. RatherOnline etymology dictionary reports that the sentence surfer slake "wanting to be" was used for the first time in 1981 and popularized a few years later whenMadonna Fans started to be called "MadonnaBes".

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Lap

Email Inbox {New Words}
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"Spam" has become an integralpart of the Internet culture in 1993 When software developerRichard DepewAccidentally the same message Some 200 times, mainly "spamming" the discussion board. The word as a way to describe unwanted mail has been added to theOxford English Dictionary in 1998.

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Unknown

Facebook friend request
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When Facebook took the internet storm in the early 2000s, it brought a new new series of words that are now part of the vernacular in America - including "inconvenience" or the action to remove someone from A list of connections on a social networking site.

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Shooter

President Obama, race
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At the beginning ofBarack ObamaThe Presidency, the debate on whether or not it was born in the United States was the subject of countless titles - both, in fact, that the term "shooter"was given to the people who believed it. At the time, the surveys indicated about a quarter of Americans doubted that he was born in the country. After relaxing his long-form" birth certificate " (certified) in April 2011,Gallup Survey From May of this year found that only 13% of the Americans doubted his birth.

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Wireless

Phone with a WiFi Signal {New Words}
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The abbreviation is sometimes interpreted incorrectly as a shortening of "wireless fidelity", but according toOxford dictionariesIt means "wireless + a second seemingly arbitrary element".

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Emo

Emo Singer {New Words}
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Short for "emotional", this word of the 1980s is used mainly in the music scene toDefine a subset of punk music characterized by introspective or personal words. In other cases, "EMO" is also used as an adjective to describe people who listen to this type of music, which are usually defined by alternative clothing and hairstyles.

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Bin

Netflix, bad bosses, Everyday Energy Killers
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Currently, everyone knows what "binable" means. (If you do not do it, you should probably get better familiar with yourNetflix account, As soon as possible) surprisingly, the word has not been added toMerriam Webster Until 2018. This means "having several episodes or parts that can be monitored in rapid succession".

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Puma

Attractive woman with a cigar and a drink
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Yes, "Cougar" has been a real word for centuries. After all, the cougars-like in the cat jungle have been around for centuries. But it has only been used to describe an older woman who loves younger men in recent years. According toThe star"Cougar" appeared for the first time in 1999 on a Canadian dating site now deceased called cougarsdate.com.

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Adult

Unhappy Couple doing taxes {New Words}
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If you are a young person who has trouble getting trouble understanding the ways of the world - how to deposit your taxes, how to pay your credit card bill, how to know what to do with your 401 (k) -in, you have problems. "Adult." Popular with Millennials, this word has been named asCandidate for the Word of the Year in 2016 by dictionaries of Oxford.

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Stan

signing autograph
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Eminem Fans already know exactly where this word comes. But in case you have not been unknown with the references of the Detroit rapper, here is a small story: in 2000, Eminem posted a song called "Stan" about an excessant fan and since then, the name of The song has beenused to refer to Fanatics obsessed with a certain celebrity. You may see that people use the word like a verb ("I Stan this celebrity") or as a name ("it is a hugeTaylor Swift Stan "). Anyway, meaning is essentially the same thing.

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Jorts

Man wearing jeans shorts standing in the sea water, legs closeup
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Largely considered one of the utmost inventions of all time, "jorts" -Popular icons of the 80s-The jean shorts are mainly carried by "NASCAR AFFICIANADOS [sicand men over 40, "according toUrban dictionary.

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Pespaarian

Fish dinner
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According toMerriam Webster, the portmanteau of "pesce" and "vegetarian" was created in 1991 to refer to vegetarians who have also eaten fish-since, technically, they are not vegetarian.

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Selfie

Couple Taking a Selfie {New Words}
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No,Paris Hilton did not bite the word "selfie". According toThe GuardianAn unidentified Australian drunk man who tries to describe his face was the first person to use the 2002 mandate. In 2013. In 2013, she was called Oxford dictionaries of the year's international word.

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Podcast

Podcast microphone
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Stemming of what wasKnown in the 1980s as "audio blogging", the term "Podcast"Describes an episodic series of digital audio files available online. As a general rule, the content is non-fiction and analytical in content. The updated version of the word has been made first popular in 2004 byBen Hammersley inThe Guardian.

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Folo

girl thinking about missing out new words
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An acronym that means "fear of disappearing", "Fomo" was used for the first time by the marketing strategistDan Herman In 2000, according toBoston magazine.

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Mop

a magical wand
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Yes, "Mugu", a term invented byJK ROWLING Describe a person who does not have magical capabilities, is a real word. He first shown in 1997, inHarry Potter at Sorcerers Schooland it took only five years,According to the BBC, for the English Oxford dictionary to judge him official.

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Shopaholic

girl walking from store with a lot of shopping bags with back turned to camera
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Thanks toMall Culture Boom andMegamalls development In the 80s, we won a strong use of the word "Shopaholic" and it is still used often today. But the origin of this word goes back to 1984, an article in theWashington Post. According toReviews Cardella in his bookSpent, the article was trying to defendprincess diana, which was "rumor for having had an excessive shopping habit", otherwise known as aShopaholic.

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Flexity

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According to an article in 2004 in theThe New York Times, "Flexituists" are those who eat a regular vegetable diet but include other sources of protein, such as meat, with moderation.

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Raw

young people enjoying a party
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First invented by the musical scene of hip hop in the south in the 1990s, "Crunk" is a kind characterized by "Repetitive songs and fast dance rhythms. "Decades later, it is picked up a double meaning: to be crazy and drunk simultaneously.

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Candle

stylish man new words
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A modern outlet on "bourgeois", the word "candle" means "marked by a concern for wealth, goods and respectability", according toMerriam Webster when theyadded it to the dictionary In 2018.

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Accessories

elderly worker and young assistant new words
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Since the 1990s, "accessories" have significantly marked the same as "respect" - it is used as a plural name. One is not only given accessories. You have to win them. And no, we can not get a single accessory. It's not a thing - at least in this use of the term.

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Enlightened

lit party group of friends at the club
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Using the word "lit" as argot term for "drunk", has been one thingFor more than 100 yearsFrom 2004, the word took a new meaning to describe something that is fun or exciting.

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Upcycling

woman upcycling a sweater
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Reuse deleted items to create new, or "upcycling", has become incredibly popular in recent decades. ThisMarie Kondo-The appreciable recycling form wasfirst invented throughWilliam McDonough andMichael Braungart In their 2002 bookCrib with cradle: the way we do things.

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Showmance

a couple watching television
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If you are a fan of television, it is likely that you have attracted at least one "showmance"Relationship between two distribution members on a television series, a film or play.

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Yas

work birthday party selfie photo
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Has emphasized by the number of "a" that you insert on it, the word "yas" is used as astrong expression of excitement or approval. "Yas" is a slight approval. "Yaaaas" is an intense approval. "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" is good, honestly, probably Superkill.

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Turned

couple partying new words
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First winning mass attention on Twitter in 2008, be "turnt"means being extremely excited, wild and, uh, drunk. It can refer to a singular person, a group of people, or even a particular environment, such as a party or bar.

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To stimulate

suspicious person new words
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Derived from his word root "suspect", "above" is a term generally used to describe something "shady or debatable. "" Does it only excite you after midnight? It isto stimulate. "

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Trill

two confident men shaking hands new words
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Coming from the combination of the words "true" and "real", "trill" isused to describe someone which is considered "authentic" or "authentic".

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Drug

new words
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Back in the nineteenth century, "Dope" was used as a name for someone who could be - to polite it-a little slowly on absorption. Such use is quickly dead. But in 1981, according to theMerriam WebsterHe was revived as an adjective, destined to describe something positively excellent.

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Malware

Virus on computer new words
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Malicious software have been pretty much many since computers have been invented,However, it was not before 1990 That the term "malware" was invented to describe various types of computer code threatening.

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Mailbox

email
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The word "inbox" came to be in the 1950s With reference to a tray or a basket used to host physical pieces of mail, but it was not before the internet age it was also used to designate electronic records that host virtual mail.


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Tags: Language / Slang / Trivia
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