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 — 52 terms
Showing top 52 by viewsELO hell
1960🎮 Gaming
alley-oop
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
andy
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
straight ahead
1960🎵 Music & Lyrics
baby-killer
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
lean
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
dweeb
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bad trip
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
Mary Bell order
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
tradie
1960💼 Corporate & Work
delete
1960🎮 Gaming
aggro
1960🎮 Gaming
Red Power
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
sell wolf tickets
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
maven
1964🗺️ Regional & Other
Mr Freeze
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
naff
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Baker Act
1963🗺️ Regional & Other
off like a bride's nightie
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
rahoonery
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
boonies
1964🗺️ Regional & Other
yonks
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
magnificent seven
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
APL
1962⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
panda car
1967⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
baluba
1961🗺️ Regional & Other
Latino
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
fag hag
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
boogaloo
1966🎵 Music & Lyrics
Jesus freak
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
octothorpe
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
balls to the wall
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
get off of someone's cloud
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Darren
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
Asian
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
kicks and giggles
1963🗺️ Regional & Other
Bremelo
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
arrestable offence
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
stack
1969🎮 Gaming
Robbins principle
1963⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
bobbasheely
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
charette
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
combined school
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
bottle episode
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
diaper bank
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
blues and twos
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
goth
1967🎵 Music & Lyrics
knee-deep in the Big Muddy
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
bra burner
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
Duo-Tang
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
go equipped
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
gulliver
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
AstroTurf
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
limousine liberal
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
people mover
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
ploughman's lunch
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
hodad
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
dickhead
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
mockney
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
blue meanie
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
snivel rights
1962🌐 Internet & Memes
gunzel
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
itty bitty titty committee
1967🗺️ Regional & Other
pussy power
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
dwile flonking
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
body count
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
chicken 65
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
comfort food
1962🗺️ Regional & Other
Miranda warning
1966⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
it's a joke, Joyce
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
Strine
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
noonie
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
fuck 12
1968⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
freak out
1966🗺️ Regional & Other
Francophonie
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
big girl's blouse
1969🗺️ Regional & Other
clusterfuck
1965⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
five-o
1968🗺️ Regional & Other
chap lau chu
1960🗺️ Regional & Other
bogart
1960⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
dingo's breakfast
1965🗺️ Regional & Other
boomshakalaka
1969⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
Greek yogurt
1968⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
download
1962⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
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.