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Pages in category "1980s slang" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aproko; E. Essex girl; Essex ...
5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...
Slang words by decade they were widely used in. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. Subcategories.
In 1911, the Paris couturier Paul Poiret introduced harem pants as part of his efforts to reinvent and 'liberate' Western female fashion. [5] [6] His "Style Sultane" included the jupe-culotte or harem pant, made with full legs tied in at the ankle. [4]
Linguists Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer go through the history of some of the most popular slang words ever and talk about not only their origins, but why some of them have gone out of style ...
The 20th century was a truly special time. One day we were "cruisin' for a bruisin'" with some "greasers" at the "passion pit," the next we're telling a Valley Girl to "talk to the hand"—or ...
Small metal framed glasses made a return to fashion in 1984 and 1985, and in the late 1980s, glasses with tortoise-shell coloring became popular. These were smaller and rounder than the type that was popular earlier in the decade. Throughout the 1980s, Ray-Ban Wayfarers were extremely popular, as worn by Tom Cruise in the 1983 movie Risky Business.
By NADIA SIKANDER The fashion industry is chock full of designers with difficult names to pronounce and even more mysterious patterns and fabrics for the average shopper. With Mercedez-Benz's ...