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Time travel through words with Merriam-Webster

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This fascinating tool from Merriam Webster, let’s you see when a word was first used in print.

1981 (when I was born) includes words like: graphical user interface, LAN, screen saver, uninstall and unsubscribe but also autocorrect which I would have assumed was only used far later.

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