Oxford English Dictionary: OED birthday word generator: which words originated in your birth year?

Posted by Eudaimonia 12 years, 4 months ago to Entertainment
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Here's mine - 1965: bada-bing

1965
Your OED birthday word is:
bada-bing, int.
Meaning: Suggesting something happening suddenly, emphatically, or easily and predictably; ‘Just like that!’, ‘Presto!’

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  • Posted by Stormi 12 years, 4 months ago
    Makes me think of the Rat Pack. Life was positive and "cool" meant good things.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 12 years, 4 months ago
    Bouffy. BOUFFY? Sounds like it should go with Biffy and Boucy and Bloopy... Bleah! (OK, I remember Farah Fawcett hair, beehives, and wings... but still...) Too bad it's not the Vampire Slayer.

    Now... our Ops manager... is ALSO a Bada-Bing... thinking about it, that *does* explain an awful lot! ;-)
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  • Posted by Flootus5 12 years, 4 months ago
    Interesting - mine is Artificial Intelligence. AI, - 1955.
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 12 years, 4 months ago
    1967
    Your OED birthday word is:
    mockney, n.
    Meaning: An accent and form of speech affected (esp. by a middle-class speaker) in imitation of cockney or of the speech of Londoners; (generally) mockney accent.

    Oi!
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