PRETTY COOL
The good news: This Merriam-Webster site shows you the words and phrases that became popular the year you were born.
The bad news: For me, one of the words was "the."
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October 26, 2018
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On the cool side: "accretion disk", "punctuated equilibrium", "garage band", and "rubber-chicken".
On the "my birth year has some things to answer for": "mani-pedi", "alternative medicine", "winningest", and "Kirlian photography".
Posted by: Mike Marsh | October 26, 2018 at 04:49 PM
Demystify, Dot matrix, Oxycodone, Snarf
ZIP Code .. really? Before the plus-4.
humph - if anyone needs me, I'll just return to the geezer bus, sobbing quietly.
Posted by: MOTW | October 26, 2018 at 05:35 PM
cock.
Posted by: manual tomato | October 26, 2018 at 06:02 PM
Cool!
Arancini (aka rice balls). Dim Sum. Fusilli (are we seeing a pattern yet?). Linguine. Marinara.
Also some GNFARB candidates:
Clerical Collar
Missionary Position
Mongolian Gerbil
Social Promotion
Soul Kiss
Tubal Ligation
God, I'm old.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 26, 2018 at 06:24 PM
I got "Zip Gun" and "Switchblade", so I'm glad I renewed my membership in the Jets.
Posted by: Alkali Bill | October 26, 2018 at 06:33 PM
A few of mine were, big foot, beatnik, smart-ass, split-brain, and sex kitten. I'm fine with those.
Posted by: nursecindy | October 26, 2018 at 06:46 PM
And for me it is "big beat", "happy camper" and "magic mushroom". There is a trend here as well.
Posted by: Qaz | October 26, 2018 at 08:18 PM
Proudly proclaim:
arcade game
COBOL
discotheque
lab coat
Peace Corps
theme park
wide receiver
Apologize for:
brain drain
cruise control
doofus
golden handshake
junk food
rap sheet
wait-list
Posted by: klezmerphan | October 26, 2018 at 08:33 PM
Good chapter titles for a bestseller:
Baby back ribs
Junk mail
Plugola
Pasties
Rock and Roll
Rocket sled
Sleaze
Sci-Fi
Time warp
Posted by: Loudmouth | October 26, 2018 at 09:01 PM
If one phrase you find is " To the Bastille ! ", does that mean you're old ? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Clankie | October 26, 2018 at 10:39 PM
Qaz, we also share "bitchin'", "dollar-cost averaging" and "scumbag". I will try to use those words in my next quarterly financial report to the board, preferably all in one sentence.
Posted by: dorkfish | October 26, 2018 at 11:10 PM
Really older than dirt (WWII era) so lots of military terms but surprised to find:
artisnal
ceviche
chèvre
and animal of the year, golden hamster.
Posted by: C. Stannard | October 27, 2018 at 12:01 AM
Why do so many of the words end in -eth?
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | October 27, 2018 at 07:18 AM
We knoweth not.
Posted by: YFNRW (your friendly neighborhood reference wench) | October 27, 2018 at 09:20 AM
A Haiku:
Off-the-shelf stock boy,
Shopping mall hot potato,
Funny farm flameout.
Posted by: Burt Macklin, FBI | October 27, 2018 at 09:53 AM
I can claim "nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide" AND "nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phospahte!" Oh, and "thunder lizard."
Man, that was a great year to be born!
Posted by: C. Robbin | October 27, 2018 at 10:24 AM
It is kind of different but geez what words. The ones that resonant to me were clip art, orthotics, happy camper,computerize. Most of the rest weren't any that I would of ever used.
Posted by: Theresa | October 27, 2018 at 10:38 AM
"Carbon dating."
Oh the irony!
Posted by: Cheesewiz | October 27, 2018 at 11:40 AM
Mine was "thou shalt not..."
Posted by: Mikey123 | October 27, 2018 at 11:53 AM
nursecindy has Bigfoot and bialy.
Bigfoot Bialy WBAGNFARB. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 27, 2018 at 11:53 AM
Clankie
Mine was" Is it starting to rain?"
Posted by: Mikey123 | October 27, 2018 at 11:55 AM
They know me too well:
tubal ligation
tubifex worm
two-way street
under-the-table
undubbed
unretire
up-tempo
vitamin B12
vodka martini
Waf
wind sprint
Posted by: ImNotDave | October 27, 2018 at 12:06 PM
*welcomes ImNotDave to the geezer bus*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | October 27, 2018 at 01:10 PM
snork @ Cheezwhiz
Posted by: MOTW | October 27, 2018 at 01:29 PM
nursecindy and I have the same list...
bigfoot
blaze orange
frozen yogurt
launchpad
nanosecond
solar wind
third world
uptime
Posted by: fractalist the really bad rapper | October 27, 2018 at 01:36 PM
Bigfoot Bialy. Is that like a NY Jewish bearclaw?
Posted by: Loudmouth | October 27, 2018 at 02:33 PM
I can dig it.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | October 27, 2018 at 10:45 PM
Those rat-fink ninjas with their worst-case toe loops and triple loops really sucker-punched us into pre-cooking fentanyl. (1964)
Posted by: Guin | October 28, 2018 at 07:51 AM
And "wheel." There, I think I posted it in the right place that time.
Posted by: MAC | October 28, 2018 at 09:06 PM
"Zorn's lemma": a lemma in set theory: if a set S is partially ordered and if each subset for which every pair of elements is related by exactly one of the relationships "less than," "equal to," or "greater than" has an upper bound in S, then S contains at least one element for which there is no greater element in S
Okay, if you say so.
Posted by: OldPhil | October 28, 2018 at 10:39 PM
Boobird
Posted by: maryqos | October 29, 2018 at 12:52 PM
Tae kwon do. That can't be right.
Posted by: Rudolph | October 29, 2018 at 04:27 PM
"Boobird"? Maryq might be the winner.
Posted by: Guin | October 29, 2018 at 08:40 PM
We got "Hippie" and "Go-GO"!
Posted by: L8terg8r | October 30, 2018 at 02:47 PM