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Silent Type

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3. Won't say which year is mine, but I'm a bit surprised -- maybe sad -- that "desegregate" was not coined earlier.

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2025, 02:53 PM

Jun 3

Maybe I shouldn't be surprised, since even portions of our armed forces were segregated back then. I guess better late than never.

It is an interesting site.

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Words that were first used in the year you were born. Just found this on the intertoobs from Merrian-Webster's..... [View all] FadedMullet Jun 3 OP

Kinda cool odins folly Jun 3 #1

Gonna be hard to beat this year's... 3825-87867 Jun 3 #2

Won't say which year is mine, but I'm a bit surprised -- maybe sad -- that "desegregate" was not coined earlier. Silent Type Jun 3 #3

A few of mine: LudwigPastorius Jun 3 #4

Wow, some of my year words have defined my life!! Coventina Jun 3 #5

a few from my birth year: surrealAmerican Jun 3 #6

Words used the DAY I was born True Dough Jun 3 #7

LOL! Coventina Jun 3 #8

Well, you did come with a great sense of humor, so there's that. FadedMullet Jun 3 #9