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Words coined in the 1950s.
Words and phrases coined during the decade 1950s.
Pages in category "1950s neologisms"
The following 187 pages are in this category, out of 187 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
A
- A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!
- Acadiana
- Affluenza
- All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up
- And I don't care what it is
- And now, here's something we hope you'll really like
- And that's the way it is
- ¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! ¡Epa! Yeehaw!
- Anti-establishment
- Archaic Period (Americas)
- Archaic period (North America)
B
C
E
F
G
H
I
- I am big! It's the pictures that got small.
- I coulda been a contender
- I cried all the way to the bank
- I don't care what people say: rock 'n' roll is here to stay
- I have always depended on the kindness of strangers
- I like Ike
- I love to dive around in it like a porpoise, and burrow through it like a gopher, and toss it up and let it hit me on the head
- I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness
- I Want My Maypo
- I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.
- I'm a poor lonesome cowboy and I'm a long, long way from home
- I'm ready for my close-up
- I'm smarter than the average bear!
- I'm the hoochie coochie man
M
N
P
S
T
- Take me to your leader (phrase)
- Tal der Ahnungslosen
- Teddy Boys
- Teenager (word)
- Teenybopper
- Televangelism
- Ten... aha... aanval!
- That guy's gotta stop... He'll see us.
- These Romans are crazy!
- They’re Great!
- They're here, already! You're next! You're next!
- Think Small
- This is it! I'm going. I'm going.
- Tokenism
- Tyranny of numbers
V
W
- Waiting for Godot
- Watch the skies everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies
- We all go a little mad sometimes
- We have met the enemy and he is us
- We Shall Overcome
- We will bury you
- Well, nobody's perfect
- (We're Gonna) Rock around the Clock
- What you mean 'we'?
- What, me worry?
- What's good for General Motors is good for the country
- When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
- White-shoe firm
- Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
- Wilhelm scream
- Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing
- Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
- With God, all things are possible