Cmoneyspinner
There are many words we now use every day, that were not everyday words until the 20th century. I always enjoyed the cartoon called Road Runner. There were no spoken words in the animated episodes. Or so I thought. Come to think of it, there was one word and the Road Runner always said it twice. “Beep Beep!”
Mark Nichol published a list of “25 Words Coined by Twentieth-Century Authors”.
Did you know that the word “beep” was invented by a 20th-century scientist and novelist named Arthur C. Clarke? Since some of the words on Nichol’s list are related to technology, it’s no surprise they were unheard of until the 20 century. But the other nontech words are surprising to me and may surprise you too.
Curious to know the other 24 words?
Just curious. Did you also enjoy watching the Road Runner animated series?
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25 Words Coined by Twentieth-Century Authors https://t.co/1czLdxdhrY
Novelists and other writers during the 20th century introduced several words into the English lexicon. Words like "superman", "microcomputer" and "beep". #words #increasevocabulary #LearnEnglish pic.twitter.com/gGAbH2PXZK— My Fox Nooze (aka Joie de Vivre Magazine) (@FoxMarks_ATX) November 20, 2019
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Earliest known drawings of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner by Chuck Jones, circa 1945 pic.twitter.com/zJDRQpZ3sR
— Things from the past ?? (@moodvintage) November 18, 2019
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It’s interesting. I love collecting new words whenever I come across with them.
I love the article! some of the words are ones I use every day!
learning new thing is always interesting
Thank you for sharing that is really interesting, I just love watching that roadrunner and the coyote always made me laugh
This is very interesting, thank you!
I always learn something from your posts. 🙂
Cmoneyspinner
I like this animated.
thanks bro for shearing this