Language change

Development and use of words:

pictures:
the showing of a film in a cinema; always with the and in plural (British usage). First cited 1915.
cinema:
short for cinema hall; a building in which films are shown. First cited 1914.
movies:
the screening of motion pictures in a cinema; always with the and in plural (originally North American usage). First cited 1914.



parlour:
main family living room or room reserved for entertaining guests; sitting room; ‘best’ room. First cited 1448.
drawing room:
room reserved for the reception of company and to which ladies withdraw from the dining room after dinner. First cited 1642.
sitting room:
room used for sitting in. First cited 1771.
living room:
room set aside for ordinary social use. First cited 1825.
lounge:the drawing room of a private house. First cited 1881.
front room:
a room situated at the front of a house, esp. a sitting-room kept as the ‘best’ room in the house. First cited 1922.


court:

to pay amorous attention to, to seek to gain the affections of, to woo (with a view to marriage); now only homely or poetic use. First cited 1580.
go out with:

no entry in OED.
date:

 to make or have an arrangement to meet someone; specifically to do so in the context of romantic attachment (originally colloquial US usage). First cited 1902