Marked progress of science and technology
· Mathematics: new math / new mathematics, open sentence, NOT, transform…
· Medicine: ABP, absorbance, absorbed dose, acidification, open-heart surgery, sudden infant death syndrome, crib death, busulphan …
· Computer science:
· software, hardware, input, output, memory, monitor,mouse,multimedia, to process, cyberspace, data base, programming, virtual communities, feedback, field, file, floppy disk, floppy disk drive, identifier, inline processing, virus, broadband, homepage, e-mail, online, Internet, download, website, netizen, netbar, electronic commerce, information superhighway, B, Nu, IC, It’s up 2 u, Good 9…
· Blog: Videoblog, fotoblog, audioblog, moblog, political blog, travel blog, edublog, warblog, knowledge log / klog/ k-blog, news blogs, linguablog, tech blog, blawg, corporate blog, journal blog/ diary blog, digest blog, pundit blog, group blog, blogerati, blogosphere, blogroll, kittyblogger, blogcast…
· ask, abandonware, Campus Area Network (CAN), dot com, dot gone…
· Exploration of space: space age, space time, space station , space platform(another name for space station,, cosmonaut, astronaut, spaceman, space suit, satellite, space shuttle, launching pad, to blast off, to countdown, capsule, lander, linkup, rendezvous, splashdown, readout, lunar rover, moonfall, moonwalk, moonquake, moonscape, mooncraft, lunar module, quasar, pulsar, neutron star, black hole, big bang theory, steady state theory, space speak / space talk, spacelab, spaceworthy, space sickness …
· A-Bombs, plants, radiation: chain reaction,radioactivity,fall-out, clean bomb, overkill, megadeath, neutron bomb, medium-range ballistic missiles, nuclear club(= the nuclear powers),nuclearism, beam weapon, artiballistic missile…
· Electronics: automatic coupler, automatic data processing, automatic direction finder, multimedia show, noise margins, numerical controls, off-diagonal terms…
· Evironmentalism: environmentalist, ecocide, ecocrisis, air pollution, noise pollution, thermal pollution, visual pollution, cultural pollution, spiritual pollution, graffiti pollution, eco-friendly, environment-friendly, green product, green wealth…
· Others: behavior science, psycho-linguistics, sociolinguistics, cybernetics, bionics, chemical ecology, choreography, genetic engineering, euphenics, futurology, planetology, Pekingology, astrogeology, exobiology, cryosurgery, macrometeorology /macro-climatology, astrionics, biotelemetry, phytochemistry …
Socio-economic, political and cultural changes
· computerspeak,netspeak,artspeak,bizspeak,college-speak,China-speak,White-House-speak,Olympspeak,bureauspeak, newspeak, oldspeak, Clintonspeak, Bushspeak, Reagonspeak, Freudspeak…
· Obamaspeak, obamacize, Obamafy, Obamanation / Obama nation / Obama Nation, Obamania, Obamamentum, obamabot, Obamanomics
· Watergate, Irangate, Camillagate, 馒头门, 解说门
· sit-in, swim-in, wade-in, pray-in, teach-in, fat-in, lie-in, sleep-in, die-in, camp-in, sign-in , phone-in / dial-in , work-in
· Freedom Rides, blackness, soul brothers / sisters, Black studies, black English, Black Panthers, black nationalists, black power
· Chicanismo, gay liberation, Women’s Lib / Women’s Liberation, sisterhood, male-chauvinist society, sexism, women’s liberationist / women’s libber,chairperson / chairone / chairwoman,spacewoman / astronautess / womanaut,spokesperson / spokeswoman,saleswoman,policewoman,feminism,malechauvinism,coedism,Ms., graying, Gray Panthers,ageism…
· Euro, E-Day, knowledge-based economy, Electronic Fund Transfer, EFT), Automated Teller Machine, bar code, income gap, income inequality, economy inequality, wealth disparity, economic polarization…
· laid-off, downsize, carjacking, granny dumping, air quality index, dystrophication, SARS, birds flu, H1N1, grief tourist
· open classroom / open corridor, Open University, alternative school, pass-fail, underachieve, grade-point average, TA, CAI, ESL,TESL…
· Slimnastics, isometrics, blitzer, split end, squib kick, surf-riding, skydiving, designated hitter, ski bob, martial art, kung fu, karate, autocross, guerrilla / street theater, happening, spaghetti western…
· minibus, jetboat, jetliner, hovercraft, air cushion vehicle, ground effect machine, bullet train, container ship, autobahn, autoput, autoroute, autostrada, autopista…
· hire purchase, credit card, fringe benefit, high-rise, condo, house sitter, kitchenette, spindryer, washer-dryer, electric blanket, pressure cooker, microwave oven, deepfreeze, ready-mixed cakes, instant coffee, instant mashed potatoes, deli, egg-timer
· The lost generation, the beat generation, the X generation, hippies, yippies, yuppies, baby boomers, the Vietnam generation
· The Third World (developing countries, undeveloped countries), the Fourth World, shuttle diplomacy, trade war, psywar
The Influence of other cultures and languages
· Karaoke (Japanese), discotheque, extraordinaire, avant-garde, black humor (French), cosmonaut, sputnik (Russian), paper tiger, Kungfu, Renminbi, Mao suit, tofu, wok, typhoon, brainwashing (Chinese)
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