BBC News lists 101 words that came into common use in the last 101 years:
A study of when new words became common during the past century has had some surprising findings, such as the word “celebs” being used in 1913, the word “sex” meaning sexual intercourse being first used in 1929, and “mobile phone” dating from 1945.
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