Slang time machine
Every English slang term has a moment it first showed up in print or on someone's lips. We've tagged 4,786 terms with a first attested decade — from 18th-century thieves’ cant through to 2020s internet vocabulary. Pick a decade below.
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1960s — 133 terms
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innit
1960bluesky
🔊API
1968🔊
synergy
1965bluesky
🔊low-hanging fruit
1968bluesky
🔊Darren
1960bluesky
🔊MAC
1960twitter
🔊enoch
1968bluesky
🔊ADA
1969🔊
cuz
1960tiktok
🔊no worries
1960🔊
alley-oop
1960🔊
kati roll
1960🔊
tinnie
1960🔊
di di mau
1965🔊
Rachmanism
1963🔊
quadplex
1960🔊
Pakis
1965bluesky
🔊ace boon coon
1960🔊
bogart
1960🔊
ELO hell
1960discord
🔊geg in
1960🔊
CESG
1965🔊
CAPCOM
1961bluesky
🔊Chinese fire drill
1960🔊
andy
1968youtube
🔊natural wastage
1960🔊
regional
1961🔊
kitset
1960🔊
boomshakalaka
1969🔊
it's a joke, Joyce
1960🔊
dwile flonking
1966🔊
American
1969reddit
🔊acidhead
1965🔊
hodad
1960🔊
cans
1960bluesky
🔊lean
1960bluesky
🔊fitrep
1960🔊
CFII
1960🔊
Paki
1960bluesky
🔊APL
1962🔊
octothorpe
1960🔊
junior higher
1960🔊
bra burner
1960🔊
800 number
1967🔊
change parade
1960🔊
straight ahead
1960bluesky
🔊tradie
1960bluesky
🔊national serviceman
1967🔊
J-cloth
1960🔊
goth
1967bluesky
🔊Blue Cheer
1960🔊
magnificent seven
1960🔊
AC Plonk
1960🔊
Miranda warning
1966🔊
dockie
1960🔊
knee-deep in the Big Muddy
1967🔊
boogaloo
1966bluesky
🔊quango
1967🔊
Asian
1968bluesky
🔊Latino
1960bluesky
🔊get off of someone's cloud
1960🔊
dingo's breakfast
1965🔊
accident blackspot
1960🔊
Mr Freeze
1966🔊
fuck 12
1968🔊
aggro
1960bluesky
🔊body count
1962bluesky
🔊sell wolf tickets
1960🔊
ATM
1968🔊
baluba
1961🔊
winnebago
1966bluesky
🔊noonie
1960🔊
maven
1964bluesky
🔊carry on like a pork chop
1960🔊
boonies
1964🔊
rahoonery
1969🔊
alternative minimum tax
1969🔊
charette
1969🔊
ploughman's lunch
1960🔊
mockney
1967🔊
delete
1960bluesky
🔊EXCOMM
1962🔊
arrestable offence
1967🔊
Mary Bell order
1968🔊
balls to the wall
1960bluesky
🔊Red Power
1960🔊
itty bitty titty committee
1967🔊
gunzel
1960🔊
snivel rights
1962🔊
Bremelo
1960🔊
limousine liberal
1969🔊
Joe Schmoe
1960🔊
what it be
1960🔊
Francophonie
1968bluesky
🔊big girl's blouse
1969🔊
gulliver
1962🔊
Greek yogurt
1968bluesky
🔊AstroTurf
1966bluesky
🔊Strine
1965🔊
clusterfuck
1965bluesky
🔊diaper bank
1962🔊
Dunning-Krugerrand
1967twitter
🔊Duo-Tang
1962🔊
people mover
1960🔊
chap lau chu
1960🔊
baby-killer
1968🔊
bottle episode
1966🔊
kicks and giggles
1963🔊
Robbins principle
1963🔊
fag hag
1965🔊
Jesus freak
1960🔊
comfort food
1962bluesky
🔊blues and twos
1960🔊
bad trip
1966🔊
panda car
1967🔊
combined school
1967🔊
dickhead
1960bluesky
🔊five-o
1968🔊
download
1962🔊
blue-and-white
1960🔊
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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.