以下是英国牛津词典评选的最有意识的百年年度新单词，你知道每个单词出现的历史背景吗？
Very few words are coined in isolation. Each neologism holds a clue, however faint, of the time in which it was created. The following choice of a single word from each of the last hundred years is inevitably subjective, since hundreds of new words are being created at any one time. Nonetheless, collectively these words give a distinct picture of the shifting preoccupations of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. The dates of CHEESEBURGER or MOBILE PHONE may surprise.
1904hip
1905whizzo
1906teddy bear
1907egghead
1908realpolitik
1909tiddly-om-pom-pom
1910sacred cow
1911gene
1912blues
1913celeb
1914cheerio
1915civvy street
1916U-boat
1917tailspin
1918ceasefire
1919ad-lib
1920demob
1921pop
1922wizard
1923hem-line
1924lumpenproletariat
1925avant garde
1926kitsch
1927sudden death
1928Big Apple
1929sex
1930drive-in
1931Mickey Mouse
1932bagel
1933dumb down
1934pesticide
1935racism
1936spliff |
1937dunk
1938cheeseburger
1939Blitzkrieg
1940Molotov cocktail
1941snafu
1942buzz
1943pissed off
1944DNA
1945mobile phone
1946megabucks
1947Wonderbra
1948cool
1949Big Brother
1950brainwashing
1951fast food
1952Generation X
1953hippy
1954non-U
1955boogie
1956sexy
1957psychedelic
1958beatnik
1959cruise missile
1960cyborg
1961awesome
1962bossa nova
1963peacenik
1964byte
1965miniskirt
1966acid
1967love-in
1968It-girl
1969microchip
1970hypermarket |
1971green
1972Watergate
1973F-word
1974punk
1975detox
1976Trekkie
1977naff all
1978trainers
1979karaoke
1980power dressing
1981toy-boy
1982hip-hop
1983beatbox
1984double-click
1985OK yah
1986mobile
1987virtual reality
1988gangsta
1989latte
1990applet
1991hot-desking
1992URL
1993have it large
1994Botox
1995kitten heels
1996ghetto fabulous
1997dot-commer
1998text message
1999google
2000bling bling
20019/11
2002axis of evil
2003sex up
2004chav |
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