What are examples of some "new words" that we use today but didn't even exsist 25 yrs ago?
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Ipod, eBook
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Muggle
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Umm blueray? The word "meh" was added to the dictionary last year too
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ROFLcopter.
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Economic Stimulus Package... Ooops! Guess that's a phrase.
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Smarmy and uni-brow come to mind. Bio-diesel and soul patch are also fairly new.
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lol omg hiv and aids (didn't know these exsisted yet) mp3 obama (i guess he was still a young boy playing with cars back then)
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Spyware Unibrow Ringtone Emoticon Blog Televangelist Hoodie
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Motherboard SatNav Malware Touchscreen
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Internet Frak!
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coof - the sound a pigeon makes when you kick it. coofer - a person who kicks pigeons. (those are real words from a dictionary)
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Hanging Chad MILF Slumdog Road rage Car jacking
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Gamer, carjacking, ebonics, ginormous, krunk, among others.
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...automagically?
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♦ bahookie (Scottish) ♦ boobage, side-boob ♦ mentee (person who is counseled by a mentor) ♦ mzee (East Africa) an older person; an elder) ♦ ponzu (Japanese cookery - sauce made with soy sauce and citrus juice) ♦ shoulder-surfing (spying on the user of a cash-dispensing machine to obtain personal identification number) ♦ twonk (Brit. - stupid person) ♦ zombie (computer controlled by a hacker without the owner's knowledge) Most are from AskOxford http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/newwords/?view=uk =========================== Edited by the Natch
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Fo' shizzle ma nizzle! (If that's the way you spell it)
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sandwich generation - generation caring for their aging parents and their children at the same time. and how about gastric bypass?
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PSP IPOD XBOX 360 HDTV LCD Blog Answerbag LOL LMAO WTF WTH OMG ROFLMAO play and station were used but not as one word and with a total different meaning. Playstation 1,2and 3 I think there are alot of words that were used 25 years ago that had a different meaning then as to what they mean now. See Video........
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Donkey punch Teabag Woot "War on Terror" Sub-prime lending.
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gues most of the 'four' letter wordz... n the 'combi' wordz... like 'bootilicious'... or 'funtabulous'... peace!!!
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Conversate. That did not used to be a word, but since people keep using it, they have made it a word. Usage note: You can CONVERSE with someone, or have a CONVERSATION.
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Blog. I don't remember hearing that before 1990 or so...
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Grow-op. Presumably a play on the word 'co-op.'
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Google!
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ain't; rad; bling;bros.
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cellphone
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Twonk tri-band upskill therapize retronym obesogenic mentee all from www.askoxford.com
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well there is a lot of gangster slang lol :) such as: bangin' - good off the hook/off the chain - sick or awesome fo sho - for sure, definitely ahaha and "misunderestimated" - George w Bush :)
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metrosexual
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Texting. ?
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My favorite is "Truthiness". (Many thanks, Stephen Colbert!)
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A ride. I dont think it would have been used wayyyyyyyy back then?
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Wiki.
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fly;Lush;ElectroSexual;Dropdead;iheart
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Credit default swap Weather derivatives Quants Hedge fund tranche securitization Gee, wonder why our economy is in the tank?...;-D...
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metro-sexual ? texting
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Crunk, terabyte, and bling.
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Fo sheezee- For Sure off the hizzle- really cool, off the hook chickenhead- a whore from the ghetto biotch-Bitch scrub-a person who dont have a job or anything. a loser shit- methamphetamine/speed get my drink/smoke on- drinking/smoking fean- crave something koolaid-someones personal business the business- whatever it is that you need to give-it could be information, sex, e.t.c.
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Suduko (the game has been around for awhile, but name was coined in 1984) phishing and pharming
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AB
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There are lots of words that may have been in existence 25 years ago but are used in expressions differently today like "surfing" the internet internet iPod
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I will give you the very very latest of words added to the Urban Dictionary just yesterday: . prostiboots Boots that are leather, highheeled, and thigh high just like ones found on a prostitute. "She best take off those prostiboots before someone asks her what she charges!" .
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation You are misguided by your "ghetto thinking" of relying on the Urban dictionary. Those who do have a low IQ. Nobody ever called Michelle Obama, Melanie Trump, Taylor Swift, Kate Moss and many other famous women who wear thigh high boots prostitutes. *Facepalm*
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Covid, smartphones and apps.
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