Have y'all heard these?

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LONDON (Reuters) - Last year it was "sexing up;" in 1993 Britons were "having it large" and in 1980 it was all about "power dressing."

Now "Chavs" -- the name given to British teenage delinquents who have a penchant for flashy gold jewelry, white trainers, clothes with prominent logos and Burberry baseball caps -- is set to be the next buzzword, according to a new book.

Author Susie Dent argues every year one word is born into the English language which says something about the preoccupations of the time.

"The word chav was virtually unknown until this year but it is rapidly gaining currency," Dent said.

In 1920 the post-war buzzword was "demob;" in 1958 it was "beatnik" while "miniskirt" was the hot word of 1965, according to Dent's book "Larpers and shroomers: the language report" which is published on Tuesday.

Other contenders for this year's buzzword include "retrosexuals" -- men who spend as little time and money as possible on their appearance.

"Chav" is thought to be derived from the Romany word for a child.

Dent has also identified some inventive new business phrases such as "dropping your pants," which refers to lowering the price of a product in order to close a sale, while "prawn sandwich man" is a corporate freeloader.