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Subject:Re: 20 most important coinages From:Bob Morrisette <writer1 -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- Sun -dot- COM> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:37:00 -0800 (PST)
Happy holidays, everyone.
Hidden among the top everything of the century are the top 20
words and phrases coined in the 20th Century. These are listed
by Rob Kyff in his nationally syndicated column about words.
outer space
radio
clone
smog
television
airplane
greenhouse effect
transistor
cyberspace
World Wide Web
world war
totalitarianism
racism
global village
genocide
sexism
jazz
teenage
rock-n-roll
