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The first year for which the word of the year was voted ("bushlips") by the ADS was 1990. [2] Sam Corbin, a words and language writer for The New York Times, comparing the ADS WOTY with the likes from prominent dictionaries, wrote that "the American Dialect Society celebrates linguistic variation to an almost absurd degree". [1]
Two Neon cans arranged to display the alleged hidden word SEX. The Pepsi Cool Cans are a series of promotional cola cans produced in 1990 with four different designs, as part of a PepsiCo advertising campaign. The designs passed into folklore, particularly the one titled Neon, due to the belief that the word SEX was hidden in that design. [1]
The game begins by all players rolling a die, with the high roll chosen to be the first "dasher". The dasher draws a "definition card" from the supplied box, and rolls the dice to decide which of the words listed there is to be used. Then the dasher writes the definition of the word (as supplied on the card) on a piece of paper.
The infamous 1994 Wonderbra ads, which turn 30 this year, are a case in point. ... But in the early 1990s, Sara Lee Corporation (which by then had acquired Canadelle and wanted to expand its ...
Since 1990, the American Dialect Society (ADS) has designated one or more words or terms to be the "Word of the Year" in the United States. In addition to the "Word of the Year", the society also selects words in other categories such as "Most Outrageous," "Most Creative," and "Most Likely to Succeed."
Today's Game of the Day is sure to keep you guessing! Wheel of Fortune, Family Feud, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and Jeopardy! They are the inspiration for ...
Wordle – A word-guessing game similar to Jotto and Mastermind, where the player has only six tries to guess a five-letter word each day, the game indicating whether letters are in the word and/or in the correct position. The game grew popular over a few weeks after the ability to share results with others via social media was added near the ...
The British territory was allotted control of the .ai internet address in the 1990s. It was one of hundreds of obscure top-level domains assigned to individual countries and territories based on ...