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 Words by Decade 1951- 1960  
| This decade marked the beginning of the consumer boom in both the U.S.A. and Great Britain.In the background lurked the dangers of the Cold War. However, the new words kept on arriving in the dictionary. |
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Average
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10Q |
3417 plays |
Nov 18 03 |
Philian
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Words by Decade 1961-1970
| Words that came into the language during "The Swinging Sixties" should be well known to us. Check them out in this multi-choice quiz. |
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Average
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10Q |
4494 plays |
Nov 25 03 |
Philian
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Sayings in 1970
| A chemistry professor at my university claimed we were the generation "that says, 'Ya know' and doesn't." Of course, we were just misunderstood. Do you know the meanings and/or derivations of these idioms current in 1970? |
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Average
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10Q |
4053 plays |
Dec 09 03 |
uglybird
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Words by Decade 1941-1950
| Some people regard the 1940s as the pivotal decade of the century. World War II and the prospect of nuclear explosions continued to keep the new vocabulary flowing. |
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Tough
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10Q |
1596 plays |
Nov 16 03 |
Philian
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Words by Decade 1931-1940
| This is a decade that begins with the Depression and ends with the Second World War. Check out the only thing not in short supply and that is new words entering English and American English dictionaries. |
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Tough
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10Q |
1851 plays |
Nov 07 03 |
Philian
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Words by Decade 1911-1920
| In this decade dominated by World War I new words or new meanings for old words continued to pour into the dictionary. Test your knowledge of the newcomers with this multi-choice quiz. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
705 plays |
Jul 16 03 |
Philian
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Fun 80's Slang.
| Do you remember these gnarly 80's slang words/phrases? Tubular! |
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Very Easy
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20Q |
4290 plays |
Jun 17 02 |
joopie
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