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December 22, 2013, 13:28
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Birthday Words
The Oxford Dictionary has a Birthday Word Generator which tells you what word began to be commonly used in the year of your birth. My word was "facelift." Not that I need one.
December 22, 2013, 16:51
Geoff
Mine's gobbledygook. It figures. Confused
December 23, 2013, 20:45
Kalleh
I can't seem to download it. Darn! It sounds fun.
December 24, 2013, 06:38
BobHale
1957

Your OED birthday word is:
oenophilic, adj.

Meaning: Relating to or designating an oenophile or oenophiles; wine-loving.
See the entry in the OED to see a quotation of its first-known usage

appropriate-ish, even if it is a word I don't recall ever hearing.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 24, 2013, 06:38
BobHale
quote:
Originally posted by Kalleh:
I can't seem to download it. Darn! It sounds fun.


Download what?
It's just a web page where you click on the year, isn't it?


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 24, 2013, 10:21
Geoff
What's yours, Bob?

Nice to know Kalleh's a wino. ;-)
December 24, 2013, 20:10
Kalleh
For me it goes to an Oxford Dictionary page with download instructions. I did what they said - twice - but it didn't load. It sounded fun, though.
December 25, 2013, 20:15
BobHale
Look again geoff- the wino was me!

Kalleh - do you still have your subscription? It might be that subscribers go to a different page as the page I go to has a link to a susbriber only page.

What I see, after that link, is something that has decades across the top which you change by clicking an arrow on the right.
The specific year you change on the left.


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 25, 2013, 20:30
Kalleh
Ah, that's it, Bob. My New Year's resolution is going to be to become an OED subscriber!