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    OED birthday word generator: which words originated in your birth year? | OxfordWords blog

    Pah! A year or two either side and I could have had "cyberculture" or "computernik" but I get "Beatlesque".

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    Wayne kerr

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      Brainiac
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        #4
        1971
        Your OED birthday word is:
        reboot, v.
        Meaning: Computing. To boot (a computer, operating system, etc.) again, esp. after a power failure or malfunction.

        Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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          #5
          1973
          Recyclist.....

          Someone who as an advocate of recycling....

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            #6
            Internet
            Growing old is mandatory
            Growing up is optional

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              #7
              Gasp
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Zeity
                Wheel

                A circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of machines move
                That'll save the old fella some work

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
                  1971
                  Your OED birthday word is:
                  reboot, v.
                  Meaning: Computing. To boot (a computer, operating system, etc.) again, esp. after a power failure or malfunction.

                  Me too
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