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Worked out how to post from email! woohooo..which means I will probably post more on here..means I don't have to do all the logging in stuff.

Tonight I was watching this program on TV http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/wordhunt/

"The 50 words on the appeal list all have a date next to them, corresponding to the earliest evidence the dictionary currently has for that word or phrase. Can you beat that?
[* Origin unknown or origin uncertain. The dates in brackets after the words refer to the earliest verified usage.]
We're particuarly interested to hear from you on the origins of the following words as no one has yet managed beat the dictionary.
bog-standard [1983]
bonk (sexual intercourse) [1975]
bouncy castle [1986]
minger [1995]
moony, moonie [1990]
mullet* (hairstyle) [1994]
nerd* [1951]
phwoar [1980]
pick'n'mix [1959]
pop one's clogs [1977]
Or perhaps you can find even earlier evidence on the following list than other Wordhunters have come up with so far?
back to square one* [1960]
balti* [1984]
Beeb [1967]
boffin* [1941]
bomber jacket [1973]
chattering classes [1985]
codswallop* [1963]
Crimble [1963]
cyberspace [1982]
cyborg [1960]
ditsy* [1978]
dosh* [1953]
full monty* [1985]
gas mark [1963]
gay (homosexual sense) [1935]
handbags (at dawn) [1987]
her indoors [1979]
jaffa* (cricketing term)
Mackem [1991]
made-up [1980]
minted [1995]
muller* [1993]
mushy peas [1975]
naff* [1966]
nip and tuck [1980]
nit nurse [1985]
nutmeg* (football use) [1979]
Old Bill (police) [1958]
on the pull [1988]
pass the parcel [1967]
pear-shaped [1983]
ploughman's lunch [1970]
porky [1985]
posh* [1915]
ska* [1964]
smart casual [1945]
snazzy* [1932]
something for the weekend [1990]
throw one's toys out of the pram (or cot) [1989]
tikka masala [1975] "


Now this should keep me busy!!!!!