'90s Sayings
Giving this percentage means doing your very best.
What is 110?
Lake Superior State University added the saying giving 110 percent to its list of banished terms in 1998.
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Americans were captivated by the romance between Jacqueline Kennedy and him.
Who is Aristotle Onassis?
The couple married in 1968 after a long friendship.
His Islands in the Stream was a bestseller in 1970.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Islands was the first of his unpublished novels released by Mrs. Mary Hemingway.
Boeing created a historic automobile, a vehicle that in July 1971 went on a mission to explore this.
What is the moon?
The lightweight vehicle was able to reach 11.2 miles per hour and is still on the moon today.
The 26th Amendment is ratified, lowering the voting age by three years.
What is the 1970s?
The amendment passed in July 1971, changing the voting age from 21 to 18.
This saying, meaning “ta-da” or “voilà,” was the name of a club on the TV show The Sopranos.
What is “Bada Bing”?
The phrase dates to around 1965 but was popularized in ’90s slang.
While dating this musician in 1989, Kim Basinger reportedly recorded an unreleased album with him.
Who is Prince?
Her family did not approve of the relationship and reportedly caused the split between them.
A best-selling author throughout the ’80s, Danielle Steel is known for novels like Secrets in this genre.
What is romance?
Steel has sold over one billion books worldwide, in 43 languages
Introduced in 1997, this boxy Toyota hybrid vehicle sparked the electric car craze.
What is the Prius?
Prius chief engineer Takeshi later became the chairman of Toyota’s board of directors.
The first use of the written word internet to describe a tech phenomenon is recorded.
What is the 1970s?
The term internet was first used by Vint and Bob in their research paper on internetworking, published in 1974.
In the ’90s, something great was “all that and a bag of ” these.
What are chips?
The funny phrase was popularized as a pick-up line in an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Iconic in French culture as well as globally, her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg began as costars in the film Slogan.
Who is Jane Birkin?
Despite initial dislike, they fell in love after a cast party.
Two of his ’70s bestsellers are QB VII and Trinity.
Who is Leon Uris?
Despite being a noted author, Uris failed English three times and did not graduate high school.
In the 1970s, many carmakers started to include stereos capable of playing these square music storage devices.
What are cassette tapes?
Cassettes competed with 8-track tapes because they fit better in glove boxes.
The Cold War is formally ended at Camp David.
What is the 1990s?
President George H. W. Bush met with Russian President to declare an end to the war in 1992.
Among the acronyms used in the ’90s, FYI became popular shorthand for this phrase.
What is “for your information”?
Though in use since the 1940s, its popular everyday use has been on the rise since the ’90s, and it is used in texting lingo to this day.
This former power couple and parents of Alexa Ray Joel still host Christmas sing-alongs together.
Who are Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel?
Their daughter is also a singer songwriter, following in her father’s footsteps.
In the 1980s, Robert Ludlum penned a series of bestsellers about this CIA operative.
Who is Jason Bourne?
The books are continued now by Brian Freeman and have inspired several films.
In 1996, General Motors introduced this safety system, which alerts 911 in the event of an accident.
What is OnStar?
Today, the system can use a smartphone’s GPS feature to give emergency services the exact location of the vehicle.
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns over corruption and tax evasion charges.
What is the 1970s?
He resigned on October 10, 1973, and Gerald Ford was later nominated and confirmed as his replacement.
If you wanted someone to quiet down in the ’90s, you might encourage them to talk to this body part.
What is the hand?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the saying originated as campus slang at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
This is the surname of socialites Diane and Egon, a socialite power couple of the jet set in the 1970s.
What is Von Furstenberg?
The two met at a party in Switzerland, when they were both college students.
Harper lee wrote a very famous novel in the 1960s.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
In the 1990s, the modern version of this speed maintaining setting emerged.
What is cruise control?
The modern version helps the vehicle safely maintain speed and avoid accidents.
The Pentagon Papers are published by The New York Times.
What is the 1970s?
These classified documents detailed involvement in the Vietnam War and were first published in June 1971.