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The Oxford English Dictionary has 158 words with first citations from 1985. In that year, WIMPs, buckminsterfullerene, and anime delighted geekdom; aerobies and Rollerblades were the latest and greatest toys; Rambo epitomized a revived, post-Vietnam American aggressiveness; and the appearance of adware, big boxes, semtex, and intifada might be considered to make 1985 an annus horribilis.