[1960–65; allegedly after a 19th-century U.S. grower, though the variety was firstintroduced about 1890 under the name “Half Century,” and the history of its reintroductionas “Bibb” is obscure]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buyback, disco, pop art, proxemics, tag question