From Skedaddle to Selfie
Words of the Generations
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 22 January 2016
- ISBN 9780199927128
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages232 pages
- Size 132x180x25 mm
- Weight 295 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Selfie, slacker, groovy, teenager--these are some of the words that have emerged from the different generations in American history. This book tells the stories of these and dozens of other words that identify and characterize the generations, from skedaddle, dude, and sexy, to rock and roll, streaking, and friends with benefits.
MoreLong description:
From baby boomers with 'groovy' and 'yuppie' to Generation X with 'whatever' and 'like,' each generation inevitably generates original words that come out of its social and historical context. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but also highlight the differences between them and other generations.
In this book, Allan Metcalf, author of OK, uses a special framework of defining American generations to show that each generation of those born within a particular 20-year time period can be identified and characterized by words it chooses to use. By sampling from as far back as the American Revolution, Metcalf carefully constructs a comprehensive account of the history and usage of words associated with each generation in the American language. With special attention to the differences in vocabulary among the generations currently living-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 have come to recognize or use and tells the unheard stories of each in its role of accompanying its generation through the times.
fun-sized contribution to the pop-etymology shelves
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: Speaking of the Generations
2. The Republican Generation - (born 1742-1766)
3. The Compromise Generation - (born 1767-1791)
4. The Transcendental Generation - (born 1792-1821)
5. The Gilded Generation - (born 1822-1842)
6. The Progressive Generation - (born 1843-1859)
7. The Missionary Generation - (born 1860-1882)
8. The Lost Generation - (born 1883-1900)
9. The G.I. Generation - (born 1901-1924)
10. The Silent Generation - (born 1925-1942)
11. The Boom Generation - (born 1943-1960)
12. The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X - (born 1961-1981)
13. The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y - (born 1982-2004)
14. The Homeland Generation - (born 2005-current)
