What are words that are no longer used?

50 Outdated Words That Instantly Age You

• “Mobile phone”
• “Dungarees”
• “Rolodex”
• “Card”
• “Stewardess”
• “Lousy”
• “Pictures”
• “Groovy”

What word did not exist 100 years ago?

50 words that didn’t exist 100 years ago

• Twerking.
• Googling.
• Miniskirt.
• Greenwashing.
• Hater.
• Networking.
• Microfibre.
• IVF.

What are the 21st century words?

ultramodern

• advanced.
• ahead of its time.
• avant-garde.
• contemporary.
• current.
• cutting-edge.
• fresh.
• futuristic.

Is whippersnapper a bad word?

The word whippersnapper describes a specific kind of bratty, know-it-all kid, and it’s only used by an older person who is talking about a younger person. Around the same time, the word “whipperginnie” was a derogatory term for a woman.

How much is a 1000 years?

millennium, a period of 1,000 years.

How is 40 spelled?

Forty is the proper spelling of the number in all English variants despite the fact that four contains a u. Often people will believe that fourty is a British variant like colour but this is also false. That’s right: the word for the number 4 is four, but ten times that is 40, which is spelled forty.

What word was invented in 2000?

2000. It’s hard to imagine that there was a time when no one in the world used the word Google.

What is the word of the year 2020?

Lockdown
Collins English Dictionary

Year	Word of the Year	Definition
2020	Lockdown	If there is a lockdown, people must stay at home unless they need to go out for certain reasons, such as going to work, buying food or taking exercise.

What was life like 10 years ago?

Life moves fast, all right. Here are 10 things that weren’t even around just a decade ago. Sure, 10 years ago, it was easy enough to find a ride to, say, the airport. It was called getting a taxi. But in 2008, you couldn’t hail a cab with a few taps on your smartphone.

What hadn’t been invented or launched 10 years ago?

Here are 13 things that hadn’t been invented or launched 10 years ago. Tesla’s first car was released in 2008. Even though Tesla was founded in 2003, the electric car manufacturer didn’t release their first vehicle until 2008, when they released a completely electric Roadster.

What were some things we didn’t know before 2009?

Before 2009, we didn’t have Uber to hail rides from our phones or Venmo to send money to friends. Major parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and monster mash-ups with classic novels such as “Pride and Prejudice” didn’t really exist before 2008.

When did the word ‘weblog’ become the word of the year?

This is the year that Peter Merholz shortened ‘weblog’ as a joke. The website, Jargon Spout picked up on it and spread the word’s usage from there. In 2004, the word blog became Merriam Webster’s Word of the Year. Hardly a day will go by amongst computer users, during which the word ‘Google’ will not be used – either as a noun or a verb.