1917年就有OMG了？9个英语词汇看似新实则老
本帖最后由 Arlay 于 2015-10-15 17:56 编辑Here are nine words that you might think are recent additions to the language, but have actually been spoken and written.如下九个词也许你会以为是英语语言的新词，其实很早就开始有人说有人写了。
X factor (1930)未知因素（1930）The TV show didn’t invent the phrase, of course, but what you might not expect is how long people have been talking about the X factor (‘anindefinablebut important element’). It’s found as far back as 1930, appearing in the New York Times.电视节目并没有发明这个词，但你也许想不到人们谈论X factor （“无法定义却重要的元素”）已有多久。最早是在1930年，出现在《纽约时报》上。
Celebrity (1849)名人（1849）The word celebrity was actually around several centuries ago, meaning a ceremony, or the observance of a ceremony – but in its most common current sense (a famous or talked-about person) it’s still not very new: people have been called celebrities since the mid-19th century.“名人”这个词几百年前就有了，意为“仪式”或“观摩仪式”，但现在最常用的这层意思（“出名“或”引发议论的人”）亦相当久远，自19世纪中期就有名人一说。
Wassup (1902)近来如何？（1902）Made famous by a Budweiser commercial in the late 90s and early 2000s, wassup (or whassup) as a colloquial pronunciation of what’s up has written evidence from around a century earlier, in a 1902 novel by Arthur Morrison.上世纪90年代末和21世纪初因百威啤酒的广告而走红，有关wassup（也拼作whassup）是what’s up（你好吗）的口语发音，一百多年前 ，1902年阿瑟·莫里森的小说里就有书面记载。
Holla (1523)喂喂（1523）Holla, as an interjection, is popular in some circles today – but you’d also have been understood back in the 16th century, where holla was used as anexclamationmeaning ‘stop’ or, as seen in Love’s Labour’s Lost, a shout to excite attention.“喂喂”作为感叹，在现在有些圈子里很流行，但你也应知道，早在16世纪，holla（叫“喂”，大声说）就用作感叹，意为“停下”，在《爱的徒劳》中也作为喊叫，意在吸引注意力。
OMG (1917)我的天（1917）Standing for , and used to express astonishment, thisinitialismpredatestextspeak by many decades. It is first found, indeed, in a letter to Prime Minister Winston Churchill from 1917.代表“Oh my God（我的上帝啊）”，用来表达震惊，这三个字母缩写要比短信用语早好几十年。说真的，最初发现是1917年写给丘吉尔首相的一封信中。
Xmas (1551)（圣诞）（1551）The earliest use of this abbreviation for Christmas should stem any concerns about falling standards of English : it dates back as far as the mid-16th century. The X represents the first letter (‘chi’) of the Greek Khristos, ‘Christ’.可以打消掉英语标准在降低的顾虑了，最初使用这一缩写来简化Christmas要追溯到16世纪中叶。X代表希腊语Khristos第一个字母(‘chi’)，即‘Christ’（基督）。
Spork (1909)餐叉（1909）A handy tool, particularly if packing lightly for a picnic, the spork isn’t a latter-day invention. Indeed, the term dates back over a century, as far as 1909.方便实用的工具，尤其对于野餐想轻装出行时更是如此。餐叉不是什么现代发明。事实上，这一术语可以追溯到一百年前早在1909年的时候。
Hairdryer (1895)电吹风（1895）The process of getting ready in the morning is no 21st-century invention. You might be surprised to learn that the term hair-dryer was first used as early as 1895, according to current research, with hair straightener following three years later.早晨准备就绪不是什么21世纪的发明。你定会惊讶，hair-dryer（电吹风）这个词最初在1895年就有人使用了，据最新研究称，三年后有了hair straightener（直发器）一词。
Bezzie (1865)闺蜜好友（1865）If you call your best friend your bezzie mate, don’t worry that you’re using modern slang: the earliest bezzie has been found is right back in 1865.如果你称你最好的朋友bezzie mate（闺蜜），不用担心你在用现代俚语，早在1865年就有人这么用了。
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