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- “all mouth and no trousers” (earliest attested occurrence 1977)
- “attack is the best form of defence” (1930),
- “authority figure” (1954),
- “baby shower” (1967),
- “claustrophobe” (1974),
- “to give someone one (= sex)” (1984),
- “history (as in ‘you’re history’)” (1983),
- “madreporian” (adj. and noun; any evidence welcome!),
- “men in black (people believed to visit those who claim to have had an alien encounter)” (antedate 1986),
- “No More Mr Nice Guy” (1973),
- “Murphy’s law” (1956),
- “Nazi (adj., noun – in general use, = authoritarian)” (1989),
- “nether regions (colloq./euphem., the buttocks or genitals)” (1973),
- “non-homosexual (noun, adj.)” (1961),
- “organized religion” (1946),
- “perfect timing” (1976),
- “reality check” (1973).
“d’oh! (expression of frustration used when a person has done something stupid; popularized by Homer Simpson)” (1993) – “mind-boggling” (1964).