| 100% | TOREADOR | 8 | Occupational term popularized by ''Carmen'' |
| 65% | CARBONFOOTPRINT | 15 | Term popularized by BP |
| 64% | AFRICANAMERICAN | 15 | Term popularized by Jesse Jackson |
| 64% | MOLE | 4 | Term popularized by le Carré |
| 61% | ANTINOVEL | 9 | Literary term popularized by Sartre |
| 60% | ESP | 3 | Term popularized by J.B. Rhine at Duke U. |
| 60% | GIRLBOSS | 8 | Term popularized by businesswoman Sophia Amoruso in her autobiography |
| 59% | VOODOOECONOMICS | 15 | Derogatory term popularized by George H. W. Bush |
| 55% | TIGERMOTHER | 11 | Parenting term popularized by Amy Chua in a 2011 nonfiction best seller |
| 52% | INSPIRATIONPORN | 15 | Term popularized by Stella Young for motivational images “objectifying disabled people for the benefit of nondisabled people” |
| 46% | NABOB | 5 | Term for an influencer popularized by Spiro Agnew |
| 45% | SPACESHIPEARTH | 14 | Amusement park attraction inspired by Buckminster Fuller, who popularized the term "geodesic dome" |
| 41% | LARA | 4 | Name popularized by Pasternak |
| 40% | BOZO | 4 | Clown popularized by Capitol Records |
| 40% | FAUXHAWK | 8 | Hairstyle popularized by David Beckham |
| 40% | THEROBOT | 8 | Dance popularized by Michael Jackson |
| 40% | CRAVAT | 6 | Accessory popularized by Louis XIV |
| 40% | GUYLINER | 8 | Application popularized by emo music |
| 40% | MOMAGER | 7 | Neologism popularized by Kris Jenner |
| 40% | ESCHER | 6 | Artist popularized by ''Scientific American'' |
| 40% | MOPTOP | 6 | Style popularized by the Beatles |
| 40% | JOGGING | 7 | Exercise popularized by Jim Fixx |
| 40% | BALLETFLAT | 10 | Shoe popularized by Audrey Hepburn |
| 40% | YIPPEEKIYAY | 11 | Exclamation popularized by "Die Hard" |
| 40% | MOPTOP | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by the Beatles |
| 40% | POODLECUT | 9 | *Hairstyle popularized by Lucille Ball |
| 40% | TWIST | 5 | Dance popularized by Chubby Checker |
| 40% | BRAIDS | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by Janet Jackson |
| 40% | SUDOKU | 6 | Puzzle popularized by Maki Kaji |
| 40% | DREADS | 6 | Hairstyle popularized by Bob Marley |