The editors of the Oxford English Dictionary gave us their own alternative key words for the past two decades:
1978 BMX, Teletext 1979 Space Invaders 1980 Reaganomics 1981 Walkman 1982 Exocet 1983 Star Wars 1984 Aids 1985 Yuppie 1986 Perestroika 1987 Freemarket, Black Monday 1988 Lager lout 1989 Poll tax 1990 Global warming 1991 Citizen’s charter 1992 Grunge, annus horibilis 1993 Whitewater, Bobbitt 1994 World Wide Web 1995 Britpop 1996 Ecowarrior, scratchcard 1997 New labour