Ever wondered where certain words came to be? How they came to be? WHY they came to be?
Well, we have sorted some of these questions out for you!
Meaning: Someone you can’t get enough of and is THE person you want to see everywhere, representing brands etc. This term originated in the 20s with the girl Clara Bow
Right after the It Girl, of course this was going to follow!
Meaning: An elegant, stylish person who were also heartbreakers from earlier decades.
Meaning: Postpartum depression made to sound cuter than it actually is.
Meaning: Borrowed from Hollywood, this describes an incredibly handsome man.
Meaning: Like obviously!
Meaning: An eccentric approach to style a la Edith Head
Meaning: Another version of dork or someone exceedingly smart
Though this defined the later half of the 60s, it was originally formed as a term in the 50s. Meaning: Someone who is free spirited, takes hallucinogens/drugs and dresses ‘exotically’
Meaning: Someone or something totally new, hip and to look up to. It wasn’t really originated in the 50s but was rounded up by a magazine as one of the words of the year and used to describe James Dean (who famously died that year in a fatal motorbike crash)
Meaning: Someone who micromanages and just can’t let things go
Meaning: Spoilt entitled people, mostly children.
Meaning: Telling someone to simply go die or describing a gorgeous woman that is so beautiful you would die from her beauty!
Meaning: Someone who is feigning innocence but now shortened to ‘aww’ and is generally a term used as an endearment.
Meaning: Alternative for ‘nerd’ – we use this more now than we ever did!
Meaning: To make someone feel bad without really saying YOU are affected by it.
This had two meanings. One, for the increasing need to help with alcohol and drug addiction, and secing, the juice fad that propped up followed with this term too.
Meaning: Beer! We still don’t know what prompted this to become this word, though!
Meaning: To eat as much as you desire,literally! The Washington Post in this year had actually recommended pigging out once in a while despite claiming moderate eating is what the routine should be.
A reference to hair that doesn’t cooperate and looks and feels like… haywire!
It’s what you tell your parents or someone who is LOSING it when they need to relax. It may result in a further blow up but hey! Take a chill pill!
Used to describe a well kept man’s physique which in those days was Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nowadays people use it to describe someone who is extremely good looking.
Meaning: An enthusiastic way to say… “Omg that’s… Huge! Amazing!” – This came from the movie, 16 Candles
Meaning: Someone really, really, ridiculously good looking!
Meaning: The F word everyone knows, and shouldn’t be said! Shhhh…
Meaning: cool – just cooler to write it this way. Later on the number 3 took place of the letter ‘e’e to emphasize the coolness factor!
Let’s be serious, you can’t NOT know this one! This ‘brief’ fashion trend for models, sears and Tom Cruise trend has lasted a lifetime of a name!
Meaning: Amazing! The best! – Apparently Kriss Kross came up with this but we still don’t really know!
First heard in ‘Clueless’ by Cher Horowitz – we still use it even now! Meaning: Yeah, right!
Okay this came around much before, but was heightened in this year! Meaning: dismissing the topic of discussion
A phrase made famous by Joey in the popular sitcom ‘Friends.’ Meaning: A cheeky way of addressing a woman via a greeting
Meaning: used to describe a plethora of jewels used and worn by someone
Overused since the early 2000’s it has seeped into the almost new decade! Meaning: Hi! What is up (literally, yes)
Meaning: a reference used for your close friends who would do anything with and for you.
Meaning: For sure – given by the man, Snoop Doggy Dog himself!
This is the updated version of ‘cool!’ Meaning: amazing!
