以下是英国牛津词典评选的最有意识的百年年度新单词，你知道每个单词出现的历史背景吗？

　　Very few words are coined in isolation. Each neologism holds a clue, however faint, of the time in which it was created. The following choice of a single word from each of the last hundred years is inevitably subjective, since hundreds of new words are being created at any one time. Nonetheless, collectively these words give a distinct picture of the shifting preoccupations of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. The dates of cheeseburger or mobile phone may surprise.

 

1904  hip

1905  whizzo

1906  teddy bear

1907  egghead

1908  realpolitik

1909  tiddly-om-pom-pom

1910  sacred cow

1911  gene

1912  blues

1913  celeb

1914  cheerio

1915  civvy street

1916  U-boat

1917  tailspin

1918  ceasefire

1919  ad-lib

1920  demob

1921  pop

1922  wizard

1923  hem-line

1924  lumpenproletariat

1925  avant garde

1926  kitsch

1927  sudden death

1928  Big Apple

1929  sex

1930  drive-in

1931  Mickey Mouse

1932  bagel

1933  dumb down

1934  pesticide

1935  racism

1936  spliff

1937  dunk

1938  cheeseburger

1939  Blitzkrieg

1940  Molotov cocktail

1941  snafu

1942  buzz

1943  pissed off

1944  DNA

1945  mobile phone

1946  megabucks

1947  Wonderbra

1948  cool

1949  Big Brother

1950  brainwashing

1951  fast food

1952  Generation X

1953  hippy

1954  non-U

1955  boogie

1956  sexy

1957  psychedelic

1958  beatnik

1959  cruise missile

1960  cyborg

1961  awesome

1962  bossa nova

1963  peacenik

1964  byte

1965  miniskirt

1966  acid

1967  love-in

1968  It-girl

1969  microchip

1970  hypermarket

 1971  green

1972  Watergate

1973  F-word

1974  punk

1975  detox

1976  Trekkie

1977  naff all

1978  trainers

1979  karaoke

1980  power dressing

1981  toy-boy

1982  hip-hop

1983  beatbox

1984  double-click

1985  OK yah

1986  mobile

1987  virtual reality

1988  gangsta

1989  latte

1990  applet

1991  hot-desking

1992  URL

1993  have it large

1994  Botox

1995  kitten heels

1996  ghetto fabulous

1997  dot-commer

1998  text message

1999  google

2000  bling bling

2001  9/11

2002  axis of evil

2003  sex up

2004  chav