Vocabulary lesson: According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use in print of 'TV dinner' occurred in 1954

 

New York Times, 1/21/2025

Merriam-Webster

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. cha-cha
2. digitization
3. Doppler radar
4. growth industry
5. pay-TV
6. rock and roll
7. tastemaker
8. Top 40

Other vocabulary lesson:

Deepfake.  (9/1)

Life coach.  (6/30)

Face-plant.  (6/8)

Veggie.  (4/26)  

Dox/doxxing  (4/11)

Edgelord.  (3/23)

Dad joke. 3/4)

February 2024

Edutainment.  (2/16)

Cut, as an adjective.  (2/13).  .

Flunky.  (2/5)

Janky.  (2/2)

Kiddo.  (2/2)

January 2024

Bonkers.  (1/31)

Heebie-jeebies.  (1/31)

Nudification.  (1/31)

Right-size.  (1/14)

2022

Dumpster fire.  (10/20/2022)

2018

Swinge.  (12/18/2018)

2017

Michael Flynn vocabulary lesson.  (2/14/2017)

2013

Yaw.  (2/28/2013)