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1930s neologisms

  • EthnicityThe word ethnic originates from the Greek term ethnos, which appeared in Homeric Greek to describe any large group of people.
  • Disc jockeyThe phrase disc jockey first appeared in print within the pages of Variety magazine during 1941. Radio gossip columnist Walter Winchell coined the term back…
  • Little Ice AgeThe term Little Ice Age entered scientific literature in 1939 when geologist François E. Matthes described glaciers in the Sierra Nevada of California that…