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Live words that the long gone wouldn't recognize?

viral in the sense of the internet - my long dead grandmother would struggle with this one

by Anonymousreply 21May 22, 2025 3:42 PM

Insouciance

by Anonymousreply 1May 22, 2025 2:46 AM

insouciance the long dead would recognize

by Anonymousreply 2May 22, 2025 2:55 AM

Thanks, OP, for picking up my cudgel.

by Anonymousreply 3May 22, 2025 2:57 AM

Meme.

by Anonymousreply 4May 22, 2025 2:57 AM

Stablecoin

by Anonymousreply 5May 22, 2025 3:58 AM

Intersectional

by Anonymousreply 6May 22, 2025 3:59 AM

cyber,

smart phone,

bitcoin,

spam (not canned meat),

incel

by Anonymousreply 7May 22, 2025 4:10 AM

Multitask

by Anonymousreply 8May 22, 2025 4:13 AM

smartphone

by Anonymousreply 9May 22, 2025 4:13 AM

Google: to look something up.

by Anonymousreply 10May 22, 2025 4:13 AM

non-binary

by Anonymousreply 11May 22, 2025 6:45 AM

Terabyte

by Anonymousreply 12May 22, 2025 6:47 AM

the term "live words"

by Anonymousreply 13May 22, 2025 7:08 AM

Texted. Texting. It just sounds so wrong as a verb.

by Anonymousreply 14May 22, 2025 7:13 AM

Plug in hybrid

by Anonymousreply 15May 22, 2025 7:15 AM

Reductive

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 16May 22, 2025 7:51 AM

Cis.

by Anonymousreply 17May 22, 2025 12:10 PM

“Cisalpina gallia in tres partes divisa est “

by Anonymousreply 18May 22, 2025 12:28 PM

Omnia Gallia!

by Anonymousreply 19May 22, 2025 1:00 PM

Elon

by Anonymousreply 20May 22, 2025 2:13 PM

The various generational terms other than "Baby Boomer."

by Anonymousreply 21May 22, 2025 3:42 PM
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