What words are common use now that were not used 20 years ago?

Jiro said:
:laugh2: I wouldn't know. Can anybody from that time confirm it for us? Reba? :laugh2:
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Haha, Well I believe Jillio and others would ring in to confirm that. :lol:

Hear Again said:
i was a child back in the 70s and i remember hearing people say the word "like" in the way you describe, jolie.

that being said, i think the expression became more popularized in the 80s when people started talking like valley girls.
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That is what I thought. I also remember reading the "Babysitter's Club" books. It also had that expression in it too.
 
Reba said:
I don't remember when it came into widespread use but I'm pretty sure it was before 1989. I think it started with the beatniks, which would be the 1950s. It seems to fit the lexicon of Maynard G. Krebs. :P
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the expression "like" goes that far back? wow!
 
Jiro said:
ah-ha.... I will remember to post a direct link next time I post a video for others. Below is a direct link (tell me if it still doesn't work) -

Code: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY
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the link isn't working...
 
Reba said:
I don't remember when it came into widespread use but I'm pretty sure it was before 1989. I think it started with the beatniks, which would be the 1950s. It seems to fit the lexicon of Maynard G. Krebs. :P
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Ah, It went that far back? I didn't even realize. I had thought it may originated in the 60's or 70's.
 
let me try the link and see if it works:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olm7xC-gBMY]YouTube - boom headshot[/ame]

Edit = aahh now I see.. sorry I wasn't much help.
 
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Nika said:
My brother uses "zap" to mean "microwave something."
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we used that expression back in the 80s. i know because my parents used to own a microwave and my sister and i used to say that all the time. <giggle>

we also used to say, "nuke it."
 
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
Hemi (car engine)

These has been around for a long time. WYSIWYG has been around since around in the 80's and HEMI has been around since the '50's.
 
light rail (the term appeared in around late 70's to 80's)
BBW (appeared in late 70's or so, I think)
LED, it may be a new term but it has been around since the 60's to 70's with red color orginally.
flash memory
gigabyte of storage or RAM
airbags (orginally appeared in luxury cars in the late 80's)
anti-lock brakes (appeared in luxury cars around the similar time as airbags did)
biodiesel
Mac OS X (good invention with a mix of UNIX and a friendly GUI)
 
I think it's more fun if we stick with lingo that wasn't used 20 years ago... not word/name for technology stuff.
 
Jolie77 said:
Ah, It went that far back? I didn't even realize. I had thought it may originated in the 60's or 70's.
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You got me to thinking about it, so I did a little research. Here's what I found:
...[Maynard G. Krebs'] speech was full of colorful catch phrases such as "You rang?" and "Like, I'm getting all misty." But Maynard G. Krebs will always be best remembered for his involuntary response whenever anyone mentioned the subject of work. He would instantaneously shudder and recoil and let out an anxiety-ridden wail of WORK!?!! Just before the Dobie show ended its run in 1962, Maynard recorded his legendary "Like, What?" album. But when the show was cancelled, the record's release was scrapped. Only a few hundred promotional copies were ever manufactured. "Like, What?" is now a highly sought after collector's item fetching thousands of dollars in mint condition. A smoky mixture of cool scat, jazz and beat poetry with a truly bent perspective, the lp is deadpan hilarious. The listener is never quite sure if its a put-on or not. An instant classic, the album's influence far exceeded its limited distribution. When Rolling Stone magazine asked Bob Dylan where he got the inspiration for "If Dogs Run Free", he said "I wanted to get that Krebs sound, you know, with the girls in the back, 'Like What?' "
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The Maynard G. Krebs Page
 
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