I ran across it a couple of months ago, and loved it. Hope you love it, too.
I will introduce using the words from Poets and Writers magazine, which provided the inspiration:
"Alt-rock, barista, codependent, designated driver, e-mail, G-spot, home theater, multitasker, spoiler alert, wordie. What do all these terms have in common? They are all listed as "first known use" year of 1982 according to Merriam-Webster's online Time Traveler tool, which allows users to see what words first appeared in written or printed use in each year from the Old English period to 2020.
Prompt: Choose a year that has particular resonance to you, perhaps one that marks a turning point or a significant event in your life, and browse through the words that are listed as first recorded that year using the Time Traveler Tool
Let the words inspire a piece of writing suitable for the "language of the time."
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| Who heard this term before 2020? |
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