Slang time machine
Every English slang term has a moment it first showed up in print or on someone's lips. We've tagged 1,000 terms with a first attested decade — from 18th-century thieves’ cant through to 2020s internet vocabulary. Pick a decade below.
1960s — 47 terms
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innit
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊API
1968⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊synergy
1965💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊low-hanging fruit
1968💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊cuz
1960🔥 Gen Z & TikTok
tiktok
🔊no worries
1960🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
🔊ELO hell
1960🎮 Gaming
discord
🔊alley-oop
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊di di mau
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊800 number
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Rachmanism
1963🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊kati roll
1960🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊ADA
1969🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊tinnie
1960🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊Pakis
1965🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
bluesky
🔊geg in
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊ace boon coon
1960🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊quadplex
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊CAPCOM
1961🎮 Gaming
bluesky
🔊andy
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
youtube
🔊kitset
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊AC Plonk
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊enoch
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Chinese fire drill
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊acidhead
1965?? Drugs & Substances
🔊natural wastage
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊CESG
1965🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊fitrep
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊junior higher
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Darren
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊change parade
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Joe Schmoe
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊CFII
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊MAC
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
twitter
🔊cans
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Paki
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊J-cloth
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊accident blackspot
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊boogaloo
1966🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊dweeb
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊tradie
1960💼 Corporate & Work
bluesky
🔊octothorpe
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊straight ahead
1960🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊aggro
1960🎮 Gaming
bluesky
🔊dwile flonking
1966🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊chap lau chu
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊lean
1960?? Drugs & Substances
bluesky
🔊baluba
1961🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Latino
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊APL
1962⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊bogart
1960?? Drugs & Substances
🔊balls to the wall
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊dingo's breakfast
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊delete
1960🎮 Gaming
bluesky
🔊Baker Act
1963🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊dickhead
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊naff
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊boomshakalaka
1969⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊charette
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊noonie
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊it's a joke, Joyce
1960🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
🔊baby-killer
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊AstroTurf
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊Mary Bell order
1968🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊limousine liberal
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Jesus freak
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊pussy power
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊knee-deep in the Big Muddy
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Strine
1965🇦🇺 Australian & NZ slang
🔊Red Power
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Robbins principle
1963⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Francophonie
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊yonks
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊boonies
1964🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊freak out
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊bad trip
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊ploughman's lunch
1960🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊go equipped
1968🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊snivel rights
1962🌐 Internet & Memes
🔊combined school
1967🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊big girl's blouse
1969🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊sell wolf tickets
1960🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊get off of someone's cloud
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊clusterfuck
1965⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊magnificent seven
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊mockney
1967🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊Duo-Tang
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Greek yogurt
1968⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bluesky
🔊fag hag
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊maven
1964🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊rahoonery
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊diaper bank
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊goth
1967🎵 Music & Lyrics
bluesky
🔊stack
1969🎮 Gaming
bluesky
🔊five-o
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊comfort food
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊chicken 65
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊gunzel
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊bra burner
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊body count
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
bluesky
🔊fuck 12
1968⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊bottle episode
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊download
1962⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊gulliver
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Bremelo
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Miranda warning
1966⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊people mover
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊panda car
1967⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊itty bitty titty committee
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊arrestable offence
1967🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊bobbasheely
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊Mr Freeze
1966🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
🔊blue meanie
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊hodad
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
🔊off like a bride's nightie
1960🎤 Black culture & AAVE
🔊blues and twos
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
🔊Asian
1968🇬🇧 British & Irish slang
bluesky
🔊kicks and giggles
1963🗺️ Regional & Other
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Attestation dates come from etymologies originally sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and editorial expansion authored on Slangora. They reflect the earliest documented use we found for each term, not necessarily the moment it was coined.