Famous Books
“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
"There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare"
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
Feeling upset or angry — usually over something minor, like getting teased.
Salty
A sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios and originally released in 2009. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language.
Minecraft
Is often remembered as a decade of relative peace and prosperity: The Soviet Union fell, ending the decades-long Cold War, and the rise of the Internet ushered in a radical new era of communication, business and entertainment.
1990's
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change."
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
"I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat"
Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang)
To lie
Cap
A puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms
Tetris
MTV kicked off in this decade, the first video ever played was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star.’ Quite appropriate, don’t you think?
1980's
“And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!”
Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand
Take my whole life, too
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
An acronym for "greatest of all time," and pops up a lot when people start arguing about sports.
A 2001 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox.
Halo: Combat Evolved
The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building—the tallest man-made structure at the time—opened to the public in New York City.
1930's
“Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here.”
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio and the Paradiso
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Describe a person who is perceived as overly submissive or even desperate for the attention or affection of someone without receiving anything in return.
Simp
An action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 4 in April 2018
God of War
Wonder Bread, Baby Ruth candy bars, Kool-Aid, Welch’s Grape Jelly, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Wheaties, Hostess Cakes… Sound familiar? These all popped up during this decade.
1920's
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austin)
Oh well, there's Flo on my left and there's Mary on my right
And Janie is the girl with that I'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best?
I tear open my shirt, I got Rosie on my chest
Describes a verbal retaliation to criticism—otherwise known as a comeback.
Clap Back
1996 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments of this series.
PoKemon Red, Blue or Yellow
Comic book audiences met famed Marvel superhero Captain America for the first time in this decade.
1940's