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1、英语百年新词汇 A Word a Year: 1904-2004以下是英国牛津词典评选的最有意识的百年年度新单词，你知道每个单词出现的历史背景吗？请在论坛中发表高见！Very few words are coined in isolation. Each neologism holds a clue, however faint, of the time in which it was created. The following choice of a single word from each of the last hundred years is inevitably subjecti
2、ve, since hundreds of new words are being created at any one time. Nonetheless, collectively these words give a distinct picture of the shifting preoccupations of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. The dates of CHEESEBURGER or MOBILE PHONE may surprise. 1904hip1905whizzo1906teddy bear
3、1907egghead1908realpolitik1909tiddly-om-pom-pom1910sacred cow1911gene1912blues1913celeb1914cheerio1915civvy street1916U-boat1917tailspin1918ceasefire1919ad-lib1920demob1921pop1922wizard1923hem-line1924lumpenproletariat1925avant garde1926kitsch1927sudden death1928Big Apple1929sex1930drive-in1931Micke
4、y Mouse1932bagel1933dumb down1934pesticide1935racism1936spliff1937dunk1938cheeseburger1939Blitzkrieg1940Molotov cocktail1941snafu1942buzz1943pissed off1944DNA1945mobile phone1946megabucks1947Wonderbra1948cool1949Big Brother1950brainwashing1951fast food1952Generation X1953hippy1954non-U1955boogie1956
5、sexy1957psychedelic1958beatnik1959cruise missile1960cyborg1961awesome1962bossa nova1963peacenik1964byte1965miniskirt1966acid1967love-in1968It-girl1969microchip1970hypermarket1971green1972Watergate1973F-word1974punk1975detox1976Trekkie1977naff all1978trainers1979karaoke1980power dressing1981toy-boy1982hip-hop1983beatbox1984double-click1985OK yah1986mobile1987virtual reality1988gangsta1989latte1990applet1991hot-desking1992URL1993have it large1994Botox1995kitten heels1996ghetto fabulous1997dot-commer1998text message1999google2000bling bling20019/112002axis of evil2003sex up2004chav
