Tuesday, April 26, 2005


re Monday's Hotel Point entry, a list of some words (or usages)that had their first OED appearance in 1958, the year I was born--

American Express
Armalite
audiotape
autocue
bluesy
chromatograph
doner kebab
film noir
klepto
lo-fi
Lycra
melatonin
meritocracy
microminiature
mujahadin
NASA
Nixonian
non-stick
nutter
pen-light
petrol bomb
pscilocybin
punch-up
rhubarb (v.)
roof light
shite-hawk
situationist
soft landing
stereophonics
Thalidomide
train-spotter
up-converter

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