Meaning of '80s | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of 80s.

alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The ’80s were fun, at least for me. With great pride, I can now claim⟳ to have⟳ been the first mainstream critic on the mailing list of SST Records, writing, of their initial Black Flag issue⟳, "This record⟳, a relentless wall of noise that is never less than noisy, sounds unlike anything else I've heard this year."”

“In the mid-to late ’80s, the UCLA lab obtained access to a long-term study⟳ of gay men who enrolled without knowing whether they were infected with HIV.”

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