Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the tw...
Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the tw...
Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century / Rosemarie Ostler.
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N428.00973/8
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English
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xv, 239 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: A Century's Worth of Old (and New) Words -- 1900-1919: Modern Times -- The Twenties: Flappers and Flaming Youth -- The Thirties: Swinging Cats in Hooverville -- The Forties: Rosie The Riveter and G.I. Joe -- The Fifties: Hipsters in Squaresville -- The Sixties: Getting With It -- The S...
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Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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England
Date Published
2003.
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"Most of this new vocabulary exploded into the vernacular, only to fizzle a few years later as trendier trends and more current events demanded new terminology. Even some relatively recent words like tubular and Netizen are starting to have an outdated ring." "Giving yesterday's words another chance to sparkle before they retire to the archives for...
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Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century / Rosemarie Ostler.
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Decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.
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N428.00973/8
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0195161467 (alk. paper)
9780195161465 (acid-free paper)
0195161467 (acid-free paper)
9780195161465 (alk. paper)
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428.00973
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991017843039702626
