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Discover the Dictionary

Discover the Dictionary. You and your group will guess the time period each word presented on the PowerPoint was first recorded in the English language. After all groups have guessed, the correct time period will be revealed as well as a short history of how the word has changed over time.

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Discover the Dictionary

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  1. Discover the Dictionary You and your group will guess the time period each word presented on the PowerPoint was first recorded in the English language. After all groups have guessed, the correct time period will be revealed as well as a short history of how the word has changed over time. In the table below write down the correct time period as well as how the meaning has changed over time.

  2. Comb-over

  3. comb-over, (1980’s) n. colloq. (freq. depreciative).Categories » A man's hairstyle in which strands of longer hair from one side of the head are combed across a central bald patch in an effort to disguise it. 1980    D. Young Ice Bk. in G. Bowering Fiction Contemp. Canada 163   The shorter man took off his hat and rearranged the oily slabs of his comb-over. 1990    Observer 25 Nov. 53/5   Comb-overs (a few salvaged strands coaxed into covering some of the baldness) were not in evidence at the BHMA. 1999    Esquire Sept. 147/4   Toupees and comb-overs betray a level of moral dishonesty equivalent to the practice of buttock augmentation.

  4. Aerobics

  5. aerobics, (1960’s) n. With sing. or pl. concord. Physical exercise, typically of relatively low intensity and long duration, that increases the body's oxygen consumption in a sustainable manner and is aimed at improving cardiovascular fitness; any method of training involving such exercise, esp. vigorous callisthenics performed to music. 1968    Chicago Tribune 9 July i. 12/3   Under the aerobics program, a person is awarded a number of points according to the amount of exercise he does each week. 1982    Observer 18 July 25/1   Aerobics have become the latest fitness craze. 2006    A. Kuczynski Beauty Junkies vii. 129   Gyms offer pole-dancing classes as part of their aerobics programs.

  6. Frenemy

  7. frenemy, (1950’s) n. Etymology:  Blend of friend and enemy   A person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry; a person who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy. 1953    W. Winchell in Nevada State Jrnl. 19 May 4/4   Howz about calling the Russians our Frienemies? 1977    J. Mitford in N.Y. Times 13 Sept. 31/1   My sister and the Frenemy played together constantly,‥all the time disliking each other heartily. 2001    Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 69   The new rules require working with competitors or ‘frenemies’ to survive. 2007    M. L. Jacobs How to Jump from Ferris Wheel & Land on your Feet 57,   I cannot continue to allow myself to be stifled by the pressures of life and the people around me and this is in respect to work, lovers, associates, friends, enemies and worst of all frienemies.

  8. Reggaeton

  9. reggaeton, (2000’s) n. Etymology:  Apparently < Spanish (originally American) reggaeton A form of dance music of Puerto Rican origin incorporating Latin rhythms and sounds alongside elements of dancehall reggae, hip-hop, and rap music. 2001    Billboard 9 June 44/1   Slated for release in August, the CD will reveal the act's latest wrinkle: Puerto Rico's reggae/hip-hop hybrid known as reggaton. 2004    Time Out (Nexis) 29 Sept. 137   Reggaeton is the sound of Latin licks bumping and grinding with dancehall, it's Caracas meets Kingston JA and is set to be huge. 2008    M. Castañeda in P. Chakravartty & Y. Zhao Global Communications x. 210   The phenomenal crossover appeal of reggaetón has transformed Latin music into an even bigger genre.

  10. Ditzy

  11. ditzy, (1970’s) adj. U.S.slang. a woman: stupid, scatterbrained; ‘cute’. 1979    M. Oberman & D. Steckler I could have been Contender ii. 8   A ditsy manicurist who's crazy about cats and lives alone. 1982    Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 15/1   It is filled with charmingly ‘dotty’ and ‘ditsy’ people who engage in generally ‘gaga’ relationships. 1984    Washington Post 20 May h13/1   Willie Scott‥is a ditsy blond who sings at a Shanghai nightclub. 1985    N.Y. Times 31 Jan. a22/2   According to a wholly unscientific sample, this decade's terms [for ‘dumb’] so far include, besides airhead, retard, ditsy and wifty. 2006    M. McHugh How to ruin Sister's Life    You're the ditzy Cameron Diaz sister in the movie In Her Shoes. Your sister is the sensible, responsible Toni Collette.

  12. Crunk

  13. crunk, (1990’s) adj. and n.2 slang (orig. U.S.). A. adj.Categories » Exciting or fun; (of a person) extremely energized or excited, esp. as a result of listening to (usually hip-hop or rap) music. Freq. in to get (it) crunk and variants. 1995    Totally Unofficial Rap-Dictionary (Bi-weekly Posting, part 1/2) in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet newsgroup) 1 Dec.,   Crunk,‥Hype, phat. ‘Tonight is going to be crunk.’ 2000    Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 24 Feb. 9 jd,   We were just too krunk (too fired up) for that‥game. 2004    Philadelphia Feb. 64/2   Get crunk with some raw hip-hop.

  14. Semantic Shift • crunk, n. • 1868 • A hoarse harsh cry; a croak • 1868: J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial.,   Crunk, the hoarse cry or croak of the raven or carrion crow.

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