Here are nine words that you might think are recent additions to the language, but have actually been spoken and written.
如下九個(gè)詞也許你會(huì)以為是英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)言的新詞，其實(shí)很早就用在口語(yǔ)和書(shū)面語(yǔ)中了。

X factor (1930)
未知因素（1930）

The TV show didn’t invent the phrase, of course, but what you might not expect is how long people have been talking about the X factor (‘a(chǎn)n indefinable but important element’). It’s found as far back as 1930, appearing in the New York Times.
并不是電視節(jié)目發(fā)明了這個(gè)詞，但你也許想不到人們談?wù)揦 factor （“無(wú)法定義卻重要的元素”）已有多久。這個(gè)詞最早是1930年出現(xiàn)在《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》上。

Celebrity (1849)
名人（1849）

The word celebrity was actually around several centuries ago, meaning a ceremony, or the observance of a ceremony – but in its most common current sense (a famous or talked-about person) it’s still not very new: people have been called celebrities since the mid-19th century.
“名人”這個(gè)詞幾百年前就有了，意為“儀式”或“觀(guān)摩儀式”，但現(xiàn)在最常用的這層意思（“出名“或”引發(fā)議論的人”）亦相當(dāng)久遠(yuǎn)，自19世紀(jì)中期就有名人一說(shuō)。

Wassup (1902)
近來(lái)如何？（1902）

Made famous by a Budweiser commercial in the late 90s and early 2000s, wassup (or whassup) as a colloquial pronunciation of what’s up has written evidence from around a century earlier, in a 1902 novel by Arthur Morrison.
這個(gè)詞在上世紀(jì)90年代末和21世紀(jì)初因百威啤酒的廣告而走紅，wassup（也拼作whassup）是what’s up（你好嗎）的口語(yǔ)發(fā)音，一百多年前 ，1902年阿瑟·莫里森的小說(shuō)里就有對(duì)這個(gè)詞的書(shū)面記載。

Holla (1523)
喂喂（1523）

Holla, as an interjection, is popular in some circles today – but you’d also have been understood back in the 16th century, where holla was used as an exclamation meaning ‘stop’ or, as seen in Love’s Labour’s Lost, a shout to excite attention.
感嘆詞“喂喂”在現(xiàn)在有些圈子里很流行，但你也應(yīng)知道，早在16世紀(jì)，holla（叫“喂”，大聲說(shuō)）就用作感嘆，意為“停下”，在《愛(ài)的徒勞》中也作感嘆詞，意在吸引注意力。

OMG (1917)
我的天（1917）

Standing for , and used to express astonishment, this initialism?predates?textspeak by many decades. It is first found, indeed, in a letter to Prime Minister Winston Churchill from 1917.
這個(gè)詞代表“Oh my God（我的上帝?。保脕?lái)表達(dá)震驚，這三個(gè)字母縮寫(xiě)要比短信用語(yǔ)早好幾十年。這個(gè)詞其實(shí)最早發(fā)現(xiàn)在1917年寫(xiě)給丘吉爾首相的一封信中。

Xmas (1551)
（圣誕）（1551）

The earliest use of this abbreviation for Christmas should stem any concerns about falling standards of English : it dates back as far as the mid-16th century. The X represents the first letter (‘chi’) of the Greek Khristos, ‘Christ’.
可以打消掉英語(yǔ)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)在降低的顧慮了，最初使用這一縮寫(xiě)來(lái)簡(jiǎn)化Christmas要追溯到16世紀(jì)中葉。X代表希臘語(yǔ)Khristos第一個(gè)字母(‘chi’)，即‘Christ’（基督）。

Spork (1909)
餐叉（1909）

A handy tool, particularly if packing lightly for a picnic, the spork isn’t a latter-day invention. Indeed, the term dates back over a century, as far as 1909.
餐叉是方便實(shí)用的工具，尤其對(duì)于野餐想輕裝出行時(shí)更是如此。餐叉不是什么現(xiàn)代發(fā)明。事實(shí)上，這一術(shù)語(yǔ)可以追溯到一百年前的1909年。

Hairdryer (1895)
電吹風(fēng)（1895）

The process of getting ready in the morning is no 21st-century invention. You might be surprised to learn that the term hair-dryer was first used as early as 1895, according to current research, with hair straightener following three years later.
早晨準(zhǔn)備就緒的過(guò)程不是什么21世紀(jì)的發(fā)明。你定會(huì)驚訝，hair-dryer（電吹風(fēng)）這個(gè)詞最初在1895年就有人使用了，據(jù)最新研究稱(chēng)，三年后有了hair straightener（直發(fā)器）一詞。

Bezzie (1865)
閨蜜好友（1865）

If you call your best friend your bezzie mate, don’t worry that you’re using modern slang: the earliest bezzie has been found is right back in 1865.
如果你稱(chēng)你最好的朋友bezzie mate（閨蜜），不用擔(dān)心你在用現(xiàn)代俚語(yǔ)，早在1865年就有人這么用了。

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