too appropriate
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boxofdelights The OED is offering a word that entered the English language the same year you entered the world.
1963
Your OED birthday word is:
cyberculture, n.
Meaning: The social conditions brought about by widespread automation and computerization; (in later use also) the culture surrounding computers and (esp.) the Internet.
1963
Your OED birthday word is:
cyberculture, n.
Meaning: The social conditions brought about by widespread automation and computerization; (in later use also) the culture surrounding computers and (esp.) the Internet.
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Date: 2013-12-22 04:40 am (UTC)Odd how I think of these concepts as part of science fiction, as near to now. But whatever is succesful now, there were outliers drawing new maps 50 years ago.
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Date: 2013-12-23 02:47 pm (UTC)Meaning: Flabbergasted, astounded; speechless or incoherent with amazement.
This is for 1985. I'm surprised it's not older!