1981
Reagan's inauguration year
1981 is the year following 1980 and preceding 1982.
Like any year, it functions as a noun marking a point in time born in 1981, an adjective modifying events or objects from that period the 1981 recession, or shorthand for a generation or era a 1981 baby.
Years are cardinal numbers but read as pairs: "nineteen eighty-one."
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- legwarmersKnitted calf coverings
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- aerobicsHeart-strengthening group exercises
- VHSAnalog tape format
new wave · Pac-Man · Rubik's Cube · boombox · Walkman · neon · shoulder pads · preppy
Of the USSR
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
- BrezhnevSoviet general secretary
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
arms race · nuclear · espionage · détente · communism · proxy war · missiles · defectors
1981 personal computer standard
- MS-DOSEarly PC operating system
- hunger strikesPolitical refusal of food
- Donkey KongNintendo's barrel-hurling simian
Visual accompaniments to songs
- VJsMusic video announcers
- cable televisionWired broadcast subscription service
- premiereFirst public performance
- new waveEmerging trend or movement
rock · pop culture · youth culture · broadcasting · countdown · moonman · rotation · playlist
Formal beginning ceremony
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- ReaganomicsSupply-side fiscal philosophy
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
tax cuts · conservatism · air traffic controllers · Sandra Day O'Connor · New Right · Just Say No · neoliberalism · Republican
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- legwarmersKnitted calf coverings
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- aerobicsHeart-strengthening group exercises
VHS · new wave · Pac-Man · Rubik's Cube · boombox · Walkman · neon · shoulder pads · preppy · Members Only
Soviet
Of the USSR
CIA · arms race · nuclear · espionage · détente · communism · proxy war · missiles · defectors · propaganda
IBM PC
1981 personal computer standard
- MS-DOSEarly PC operating system
- hunger strikesPolitical refusal of food
- Donkey KongNintendo's barrel-hurling simian
music videos
Visual accompaniments to songs
- VJsMusic video announcers
- cable televisionWired broadcast subscription service
- premiereFirst public performance
new wave · rock · pop culture · youth culture · broadcasting · countdown · moonman · rotation · playlist · visual media
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- ReaganomicsSupply-side fiscal philosophy
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
deregulation · tax cuts · conservatism · air traffic controllers · Sandra Day O'Connor · New Right · Just Say No · neoliberalism · Republican · budget cuts