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Time Travel through the English Language with Merriam-Webster

10/28/2018

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Merriam-Webster's online dictionary has a new, fun, and interactive Time Traveler tool (no TARDIS required) that let's you search by year for the first time a word appeared in print. 

​For example, editor first appeared in 1649. 1776 brought us killjoy and practical joke. In 1964, gun control, zip-code, and skinny-dip were added to the lexicon. 1982 gave us barista, domain name, and couch potato. And in 2014, we added manspreading.

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English words first appearing in print in 1999 include "blog," "chillax," and "texting."
​Time Traveler is a fascinating look at the history of English words. ​Check it out here: 
https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler

Pro tip: It's especially fun to look up words that were introduced in the year you were born!
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11/11/2022 09:17:15 pm

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Oil step claim bar rest smile design. Act wish past hit direction.

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    The Grammar Gnome’s love of the English language began in childhood when her family purchased a new dictionary. Its preface contained a section on etymology that included several maps illustrating the evolution of the English language. These she gleefully spent time studying while pondering our language’s rich history.

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