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From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations

Metcalf, Allan A., author

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\"From baby boomers with 'groovy' and 'yuppie,' to Generation X with 'whatever' and 'like,' each generation inevitably comes to use certain words that are particular to its unique time in history. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but highlight their differences with other generations. In this entertaining compilation, Allan Metcalf, author of OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word, shows that each generation--those born within the same roughly 20-year time period--can be identified and characterized by its key words. Metcalf tells the story of the history and usage of these words, starting with the American Revolution and ending with the post-Millennial Homeland generation. With special attention to the differences in vocabulary among today's generations--the sometimes awkward Millennials, the grunge music of Generation X, hippies among the Boomers, and bobbysoxers among the Silents--From Skeddadle to Selfie compiles dozens of words we thought we knew, and tells the unheard stories of each and how they accompanied its generation through its time\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: English language United States New words. / English language United States Lexicology. / English language Social aspects United States. / Language and culture United States. / English language New words. / Americanisms. / Lexicology. / LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
• ISBN: 9780199927128, 019992712X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PE2830.M374 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE