June 2009

Looking Back: 1989

On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Army moved into Tiananmen Square and crushed the budding pro-democracy student movement. We mark the twentieth anniversary of Tiananmen Square with a look at a few words for which the first printed evidence dates from 1989.

Interested in the full list of 40 words that turn 20 this year? Select the Collegiate as your reference, click on Advanced Search, type 1989 into the Date field and click on Search.