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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat words/phrases first appeared in print the year you were born?
For me, that's 1954.
Bruschetta
Hallucinogen
Power strip
TV dinner
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elleng
(130,972 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Which just happens to be the first time 'mind-blowing' was used.
Known for a long time this was an amazing year, culturally ... it really is incredible how much happened in 1966 ... but there is LOT of expressions there I'd have never guessed ... in both temporal directions.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)In one form or another that's always been its name.
Surely it was mentioned in local newspapers, on any maps of area and the Island and it's been a US naval station since 1899
angry young man
all-terrain vehicle
Asian American
Turing test
white flight
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Chai, Internet, String Cheese, GPS, Transgender, Direct Deposit, String Bikini, Body Wrap.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Karadeniz
(22,536 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Just kidding. There were:
Adult onset diabetes
Domestic partner
Downsize
Subwoofer
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)Lots of death :O
Cherynobyl
Mad Cow Disease
Space Shuttle Challenger
Hands Across America
Human Genome Project
Oprah Winfrey Show
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Ptah
(33,032 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,202 posts)Bitchin'
Cognitive Disonance
Doggie Bag
Happy Camper
Magic Mushroom
Pothead
Warts and all
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)chugalug. Very, very interesting!
Harker
(14,024 posts)Several people have told that I have led a Mickey Mouse life... since 1959.