Ever wondered when the words we use all the time first appeared?
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New words are ‘born’ every year – and by ‘born’ we mean added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
With so many acronyms and abbreviated words floating around, and new phrases coined every day (hello 'Netflix and chill'), it's hard to imagine a time when 'TV' or 'Internet' didn't exist.
Some words are surprisingly recent with 'Bromance' added to the OED in 2001 and 'Bling' in 1999. And 'Frenemy', was surely coined in the 21st Century? Turns out we've been smiling through clenched teeth a lot longer as the word was added in 1953.
Click through the gallery below for more origins of your favourite words.
'Birth Years' of modern words.
The full list, which you can find here, allows you to click on the year you were born to discover which words originated from that year. But if you were born between 1950 and 1998, you're in luck. We've got your birthday word here for you.
1950 - Big bang.
1951- Blast-off.
1952- Noshery.
1953- Frenemy.
1954- Nowheresville.
1955-Artificial intelligence.
1956- Nitpick.
1957- Oenophilic.
1958- Photocall.
1959- Beat poetry.
1960- Bouffy.
1961- Chocoholic.
1962-Blag.
1963- Cyberculture.
1964- Beatlesque.
1965- Bada-bing.
1966- Computernik.
1967- Mockney.
1968- Gasp.
1969- Megstar.
1970- Laugh-out-loud.
1971- Reboot.
1972- Guilt-trip.
1973- Recyclist.
1974- Internet.
1975- Brainiac.
1976- Punkster.
1977- Nip and tuck.
1978- Gazillion.
1979- Bagsy.
1980- Foodie.
1981- Chill pill.
1982- Downloadable.
1983- Air guitar.
1984- Shopaholic.
1985- Gobsmacked.
1986- Channel surf.
1987- Bazillionaire.
1988- Beatbox.
1989- Crowd-surfing.
1990- Emoticon.
1991- Nu skool.
1992- Popstatic.
1993- Geeksville.
1994- Dadrock.
1995- Scratchiti.
1996- Gastropub.
1997- Muggle.
Did you find any of the words on this list surprising? Let us know in the comments...
