/ 14 November 1997

A word in your ear

From Collins Dictionaries:

1896 Radioactivity 1897 Aspirin 1898 Krypton 1899 gamine 1900 Labour Party 1901 Fingerprint 1902 Teddy bear 1903 Tarmac 1904 Fifa 1905 Sinn Fein 1906 Suffragette 1907 Allergy 1908 Borstal 1909 Jazz 1910 Girl Guide 1911 Air raid 1912 Schizophrenia 1913 Isotope 1914 Vorticism 1915 tank 1916 Dada 1917 Cheka 1918 Bolshie/Bolshy 1919 Fascism 1920 Robot 1921 Chaplinesque 1922 Gigolo 1923 Spoonerism 1924 Surrealism 1925 British Summer Time 1926 Television 1927 Talkie 1928 Penicillin 1930 Maginot Line 1931 Pluto 1932 Neutron 1933 Gestapo 1934 Belisha 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous 1936 Mickey Mouse 1937 Surreal 1938 Nylon 1939 Walter Mitty 1940 Jeep 1941 Radar 1942 Robotics 1943 Dam Busters 1944 Doodlebug 1945 Tupperware 1946 Bikini 1947 Flying saucer 1948 Scrabble 1949 Big Brother 1950 Nato 1951 Discotheque 1952 Stoned 1953 Rock’n’Roll 1954 Teddy boy 1956 Angry young man 1957 Psychedelic 1958 Silicon chip 1959 Hovercraft 1960 Laser 1961 Catch-22 1962 Montezuma’s revenge 1963 Rachmanism 1964 Moog synthesiser 1965 Miniskirt 1966 Cultural Revolution 1967 Pulsar 1968 Fosbury flop 1969 Moon buggy 1970 Butterfly effect 1971 Workaholic 1972 Watergate 1973 VAT 1974 Ceefax 1975 Fractal 1976 Punk rock 1977 ERM 1978 Test-tube baby 1979 Rubik cube 1980 Solidarity 1981 SDP 1982 CD 1983 Aids 1984 Yuppie 1985 Glasnost 1986 Mexican wave 1987 PEP 1988 Acid house 1989 Velvet Revolution 1990 Crop circle 1991 Ethnic cleansing 1992 Clone 1993 Information superhighway 1994 National lottery 1995 Road rage 1996 Alcopop 1997 Blairite