I looked at my birth year in merriam webster’s time traveler and I’m as old as the terms “thirtysomething,” “ADHD,” “SSRI,” and “emoticon.” This feels a little too on-the-nose.
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Me: autoimmune defibrillator fairness doctrine field-effect transistor gas chromatography HDL human papillomavirus mass market modem necrotizing fasciitis one-upmanship Pap smear pegboard scuba space-faring stoned swing state tax shelter tetracycline underachiever viewership Zika virus all in 1952
sep 1, 2025, 12:46 pm • 0 0 • view
It's an interesting list... (same age)
sep 1, 2025, 2:59 am • 1 0 • view
Looks like a lot of important science was done in 1950. I’m happy to be the same age as epoxy resin and LSD.
sep 1, 2025, 3:51 am • 3 0 • view
I got "auteur", "baggies", "Belgian waffle", "business class", and "carbonara" among others. Come on, Belgian waffles must have existed well before that term was coined.
sep 1, 2025, 5:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Coronavirus! Fanfic!
sep 1, 2025, 8:18 pm • 0 0 • view
It feels weird that "emoticon" is with those other three It feels like it should be younger than those Or maybe "ADHD" feels like it should be older, not sure
sep 1, 2025, 5:59 am • 0 0 • view
Apparently they invented "dumpster diving" the year i was born
sep 1, 2025, 12:02 pm • 0 0 • view
I was gonna do this but then I had to scroll too far. NOPE!
sep 1, 2025, 3:01 am • 0 0 • view
I got “3D, printer, African American Vernacular English, AHA, anti-SLAPP law, Arnold Palmer, asymmetric, digital subscriber , lineatomic layer, deposition, autofill, AVI, BDSM, bestie”
sep 1, 2025, 3:04 am • 0 0 • view
I've got air guitar, ecofeminism, infotainment, memory hole, post traumatic stress disorder, techno-pop
sep 1, 2025, 2:53 am • 4 0 • view
... I've got "chat room", "craft beer", "FYI", and "Crackhead". Fun times.
sep 1, 2025, 2:58 am • 2 0 • view
applet, Asian long-horned beetle, chemtrail, chyron, clap back, cyberculture, kompromat, LARP, microplastic, petaflop, props, queer studies, subnotebook, tighty-whities, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, twentysomething, two-factor authentication, walk-off, World Wide Web
sep 1, 2025, 5:40 pm • 0 0 • view
mine had a lot of interesting things but MILF and Photoshop really stuck with me
sep 1, 2025, 3:12 am • 3 0 • view
ATM, Alternative-Rock, SPORTS BAR, subwoofer? Holy shit was I born in the stone age?
sep 1, 2025, 2:51 am • 13 0 • view
Anti-HIV, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, cetirizine, olestra, welp Seems about right lol
sep 1, 2025, 2:55 am • 2 0 • view
I got METALHEAD and it's never been more evident that I was born into it 🧙♂️
sep 1, 2025, 2:56 am • 2 0 • view
I got "800 number, agita, and VCR" Not sure what these say about me.
sep 1, 2025, 3:03 am • 3 0 • view
hahah nice
sep 1, 2025, 2:56 am • 2 0 • view
How are these words not older?!
sep 1, 2025, 2:53 am • 4 0 • view
I am perplexed!
sep 1, 2025, 2:54 am • 2 0 • view
Emoticons were around long before there was a word for them, Im sure.
sep 1, 2025, 3:01 am • 1 0 • view
They were just called smileys, generally, but yes.
sep 1, 2025, 3:01 am • 5 0 • view
I am older than the Constitution of my country, it's a bit depressing 😅
sep 1, 2025, 5:27 pm • 0 0 • view
Wait, I have ssri, but not the others. OTOH, I refuse to believe “zoodle” is that old.
sep 1, 2025, 3:34 am • 1 0 • view
It's a good year to have been born.
sep 1, 2025, 3:10 am • 0 0 • view
Ah, I, too was born in the year they invented ADHD and dad jokes.
sep 1, 2025, 3:18 am • 6 0 • view
Don't forget food coma and wake-and-bake.
sep 1, 2025, 5:36 pm • 1 0 • view
It always annoys me when people blather on about how "there are so many more ADHD diagnoses than there were when I was a kid... because VACCINES!1!" Like no, man. They didn't even have a NAME for it when you were a kid. My brother had it and they just gave him random drugs and called him troubled.
sep 1, 2025, 4:33 pm • 1 0 • view
"De-stress" was one of mine. ...Not thinking that was very prophetic.
sep 1, 2025, 12:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Webisode which feels period accurate
sep 1, 2025, 3:45 am • 0 0 • view
Oh same year and I’m looking at “degenderize” and “wake-and-bake” like they saw me coming for sure
sep 1, 2025, 4:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Damn…… I’m as old as Universal Product Codes, “albuterol” and “lowrider” 👴🏼
sep 1, 2025, 3:33 am • 1 0 • view
omg were you a ‘91 baby because this is frighteningly accurate for myself as well
sep 1, 2025, 5:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Gotta love a good ol emoticon (:
sep 1, 2025, 3:05 am • 0 0 • view
Bottom surgery, cisgender, flesh-eating bacterium, neurotypical and spyware. Definitely a vibe, of some description.
sep 1, 2025, 3:00 am • 0 0 • view
The first one that caught my attention was "autism spectrum disorder." 😂
sep 1, 2025, 3:01 am • 0 0 • view
Affirmative action, antidepressant, computer science, CHON . I got words.!
sep 1, 2025, 2:51 am • 1 0 • view
I was about to post my own birth year until I realized we have the same term... yeah, I feel ya
sep 1, 2025, 4:40 am • 0 0 • view
If you wanna look up words that were first used in your birth year, too 🙂 www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
sep 1, 2025, 2:49 am • 171 40 • view
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sep 1, 2025, 4:25 am • 0 0 • view
Ain’t no way I got Neurodivergent and Neurodiverse it fucking knows
sep 1, 2025, 3:31 am • 2 0 • view
Mine seems to be mostly a list of words we don’t use anymore (I’m old). Antsy seems appropriate, though.
sep 1, 2025, 5:08 am • 1 0 • view
I'm as old as bootylicious, friend-zone, and universial serial bus. ✅
sep 1, 2025, 5:13 am • 1 0 • view
AIDS Virus, Cyberpunk and KT Boundary.
sep 1, 2025, 6:19 am • 0 0 • view
Same year but trying to find solace in “wake and bake”
sep 1, 2025, 5:00 am • 2 0 • view
LGBT studies, HTML, buzzkill, badassery, otaku ...MILF.
sep 1, 2025, 4:05 am • 0 0 • view
Yo thanks for that this has been a fun thing to delve into
sep 1, 2025, 3:32 am • 6 0 • view
For sure! It’s fascinating isn’t it
sep 1, 2025, 3:34 am • 2 0 • view
Shocked that "cyberspace" is as old as it is
sep 1, 2025, 3:36 am • 3 0 • view
sep 1, 2025, 4:33 pm • 0 0 • view
My word was "crop top". 😂
sep 1, 2025, 1:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, I wasn't expecting to be as old as the phrase "Granny Panties", but here we are. 1991 to be specific.
sep 1, 2025, 3:43 am • 9 0 • view
Artsy-fartsy, kluge and ramen. 😆😆😆
sep 1, 2025, 3:19 am • 4 0 • view
Yesss artsy-fartsy is great haha
sep 1, 2025, 3:26 am • 1 0 • view
i think there's something off about this- there's zero possible chance that "Taliban" didn't appear in print until the 90s
sep 1, 2025, 3:16 am • 2 0 • view
Grain of salt but that tracks with the info given in the Wikipedia article about them. Note that it first appeared in print in English then. Our word is a westernization of the Arabic term they use to describe their movement en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
sep 1, 2025, 3:28 am • 2 0 • view
There's a pretty good chance, because even though it's older the faction didn't actually get the name until 1994
sep 1, 2025, 3:29 am • 2 0 • view
well i'll be
sep 1, 2025, 3:29 am • 1 0 • view
Oh gawd, am I *that old*???
sep 1, 2025, 2:56 am • 5 0 • view
"Bhangra, Cold Open, Dad Joke, Generation X" Quite a revolutionary moment in time
sep 1, 2025, 6:59 am • 0 0 • view
1987 🤝
sep 1, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
My dad who died recently was born in the year “brownshirts” was added to the dictionary.
sep 1, 2025, 4:45 am • 0 0 • view
Shelter in Place
sep 1, 2025, 3:15 am • 7 0 • view
Me, too.
sep 1, 2025, 5:14 am • 1 0 • view
Well if you want on-the-nose stuff I am as old as the word fursona
sep 1, 2025, 3:12 am • 5 0 • view
my first one was "active shooter", this was not as fun as i thought it would be
sep 1, 2025, 5:25 am • 5 0 • view
Crazy netiquette was invented in 1982 and the pretense for attacking me would be violating it
sep 1, 2025, 2:59 am • 4 0 • view
Also weird to think they were inventing the definition of AIDS when I was born
sep 1, 2025, 2:59 am • 2 0 • view
I'm happy to report that assless bi-curious death metal horndogs were born in 1984, pumped, losing the plot on their plug & play laptops
sep 1, 2025, 3:40 am • 3 0 • view
fuck yea
sep 1, 2025, 4:01 am • 0 0 • view