Did you know that ‘Nowheresville’ entered the dictionary way back in 1954? What about ‘chill pill’ in 1981? Of course you didn’t, but now you do.
Unbeknownst to us before 10am this morning, The Oxford English Dictionary have got a birthday word generator which tells you what word entered the dictionary in specific years.
My year of birth? That was the year of ’Nu skool’, obviously. There are some right crackers in there, so here's 1980 through to 2004...
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 - Poptastic
1993 - Geeksville
1994 - Deadlock
1995 - Scratchiti
1996 - Gastropub
1997 - Muggle
1998 - Hacktivism
1999 - Bling
2000 - Fauxhawk
2001 - Bromance
2002 - Parkour
2003 - Flash mob
2004 - Podcast
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.