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

I never was big on geography.
So Iraq was a new word to me.


HPV vaccine. Guardisal. Is another.


"phat" is another one.

Umm.

Atkins diet.

Another one

Is all the reality TV shows.

Too many to name
 
Bluetooth
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
Hemi (car engine)
Viagra (and oodles of other medicines and diseases)
"down-low"
Yuppie (really the mid-80s), and its related Guppies and DINKs
Gangsta rap
 
Videophone
LED
Flat Screen monitor
DVD/Blue Ray

Not sure what else lol!

I can't remember about coreless phone was out...was it in late 80's or early 90's?
 
1. ALL of internet terms/slangs such as OMG, LOL, STFU
2. "at the time of our choosing"
3. "google it!"
4. "wassup!" or "wazza!"
5. "Don't taze me, bro!"
6. ABC YA!

uuummm.....
 
DVR

flex-cuff

snowboard

sudoku

Bollywood

(these are from a Merriam-Webster list of new words)
 
LakeTahoe said:
Videophone
LED
Flat Screen monitor
DVD/Blue Ray

Not sure what else lol!

I can't remember about coreless phone was out...was it in late 80's or early 90's?
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cordless phones have been around since the mid 80s. i know because i used to own one.
 
DeafDoc1 said:
Bluetooth
Hemi (car engine)
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hemi engines have been around for decades but have caught on in popularity cause of dodge/chrysler pushing their "Hemi"

something that wasnt around then? how about... Dude?!!? wheres my car!?

:cool2:
 
LEDs were common in the 70s. in fact, that's when the first LED watch was developed and marketed to the public.

...unless i'm confusing LEDs with LCDs? hmmm. someone please correct me if i'm wrong because i can't remembe what either of them look like.
 
iraq was created by the british in 1920. the modern state of iraq was created out of the three ottoman provinces of basra, mosul and baghdad.
 
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