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Owl · 4062 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hey, this is fun for about fifteen seconds: which words originated in your birth year?
Meaning: The condensed, elliptical, or sensationalist style of language characteristic of (esp. newspaper) headlines. That's a good one. That's not from my birth year though. It's also interesting how the word 'nuanced' originated in the year 1902. It seemed like a word that was around for far longer than that, at least in my mind.headlinese, n.