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.
1970s — 43 terms
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1970🗺️ Regional & Other
burnout
1974🌱 Lifestyle & Wellness
craic
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
airball
1979⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
assholism
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
scally
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
post-punk
1970🎵 Music & Lyrics
animal house
1978🗺️ Regional & Other
FUD
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
awesome
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
after school special
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
irie
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
gnarly
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
America at home
1971🗺️ Regional & Other
cockblock
1972🎮 Gaming
nutmeg
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
brick
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Alford plea
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Harvey Smith sign
1971🗺️ Regional & Other
pootle
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
hail mary
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
whack-a-mole
1977👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
corflute
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Canuck
1975⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
refer someone to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram
1971🗺️ Regional & Other
mobile
1978🎮 Gaming
lamington
1977🗺️ Regional & Other
Malfunction Junction
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
ice kachang
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
paratransit
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
Mareva injunction
1975🗺️ Regional & Other
faith-based
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
what it is
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
naughty step
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
gangsta lean
1974🗺️ Regional & Other
greenie
1973⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
triggered
1970🌐 Internet & Memes
gazonga
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
jobsworth
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
texta
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
bazonga
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
cashpoint
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
patrial
1971🗺️ Regional & Other
schoolies week
1975🗺️ Regional & Other
Chocolate City
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
jive turkey
1970👗 Fashion & Lifestyle
packing for Perth
1977🗺️ Regional & Other
Amtrak
1971💼 Corporate & Work
dirty pillow
1974🗺️ Regional & Other
Section 226
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
cockblocker
1971🗺️ Regional & Other
liftback
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
gork
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
chicken-in-a-basket circuit
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
crackhead
1978⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
double-nickel
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
duck butter
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
Cheggers
1976⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
djent
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
bong hit
1978🗺️ Regional & Other
get one's ya-yas out
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Miller test
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
group of death
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
beresque
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
green ban
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
corporate welfare bum
1972🗺️ Regional & Other
gong show
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
brick house
1977🗺️ Regional & Other
choke and puke
1977🗺️ Regional & Other
dy-no-mite
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Dutch disease
1977🗺️ Regional & Other
cultural Marxism
1973🗺️ Regional & Other
Norwich Pharmacal order
1974⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
meathead
1970⚡ Tech, Dev & AI
shonky
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
Archie Bunker house
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
First Nation
1970🗺️ Regional & Other
drink the Kool-Aid
1978🗺️ Regional & Other
coke whore
1979⚡ 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.