New Words for New Eras

Some of the new words added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the year I was born:

alternative energy .  amuse-bouche . anti-egalitarian . Apgar score . assembly language . Belgian Tervuren . biodegradable . brown bagging . capital-intensive .  chicken-and-egg . chief master sergeant . circadian . cloud nine . counterploy . counterproductive .  countersurveillance . cruise missile .  denominal . dinner theater . Disneyfication . double-digit . down and dirty .  eighty-six . fine-tune . for instance . global village .  growth company . happy hour .  hard rock . hip-huggers . horror show . hovercraft . hump day  . integrated circuit .  jerry-rigged . klutz . kooky . life-support . magnetosphere . matchup . microcircuit . microvascular . monkeypox . munchies . navel-gazing . neatnik . neutron bomb . nine-to-fiver . no-brainer . no-load . nondisclosure agreement . nouvelle  . numeracy . nutcase . nutjob . off-the-peg . ombudsman .  open-heart . oral sex . pantyhose . personal computer . pink sheet . plain-vanilla . polychlorinated biphenyl . preemergent . preprogram . psychoactive . punch up . queen-size .  radar astronomy . replacement set .  RNA .  Saturday night special .  shrink-wrap . shtick . silky terrier . sing-along . skateboard . sock puppet . soul brother . spandex . sticker price . stick shift . strung out . tipping point .  virtual memory . Wicca . zonked.

Some of the new words added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the year my wife was born:

air piracy . analog computer . audiovisuals . aviator glasses . bird-watch. B movie . Canaan dog . canasta card-carrying. chief of state . chili dog . circuit board . clerical collar . codiscover . cooktop . cosmetic case . cover story . dawn redwood . deejay . deep freeze . defund . Dixiecrat . doo-doo . drag race . English cocker spaniel . fast-forward . federal district court . fixer-upper . Florida panther . graduated cylinder . hemorrhagic fever . Israeli . jack crevalle . jump shot . long-playing . Milky Way galaxy . missionary position . Mongolian gerbil . oddball . orienteering . origami . panic button . peachy keen . Portuguese water dog . privatize . quasi-governmental . radio astronomy . red siskin . roll bar .R-value . scaredy-cat . sergeant first class . sexpot . simulcast . spur-of-the-moment . steady state theory . stereomicroscope . stocking stuffer . stuntwoman . theater-in-the-round . trailhead . transistor . tropical aquarium . tubal ligation . tubifex worm two-way street . under-the-table . vitamin B12 . vodka martini . xenophile . xerography.