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Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers
A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the 20th Century
Taschenbuch von Rosemarie Ostler
Sprache: Englisch

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Every era of the twentieth century from the "Roaring Twenties" to the "Me Decade" brought its own fads and trends and the language to go with them: fresh youth slang, up-to-the-minute buzzwords, and colorful catch phrases. Most of this new vocabulary exploded into the vernacular, only to
fizzle a few years later as newer trends and more current events demanded their own terminology.
Giving yesterday's words another chance to sparkle before they retire for good, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers focuses on language that still resonates with the mood of its times. A nostalgic word trip through the highs and lows of American English from the last century, this book pays special
attention to words that enjoyed a brief vogue only to end up abandoned and nearly forgotten: jet jockeys, keypunch operators, the bugged-out and the slackers. All these words have a place here in engaging essays, arranged by decade, that put them in their historical and sociological context. While
the twentieth century is over, this book will help us appreciate the words that were left behind.
Every era of the twentieth century from the "Roaring Twenties" to the "Me Decade" brought its own fads and trends and the language to go with them: fresh youth slang, up-to-the-minute buzzwords, and colorful catch phrases. Most of this new vocabulary exploded into the vernacular, only to
fizzle a few years later as newer trends and more current events demanded their own terminology.
Giving yesterday's words another chance to sparkle before they retire for good, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers focuses on language that still resonates with the mood of its times. A nostalgic word trip through the highs and lows of American English from the last century, this book pays special
attention to words that enjoyed a brief vogue only to end up abandoned and nearly forgotten: jet jockeys, keypunch operators, the bugged-out and the slackers. All these words have a place here in engaging essays, arranged by decade, that put them in their historical and sociological context. While
the twentieth century is over, this book will help us appreciate the words that were left behind.
Über den Autor
Rosemarie Ostler, a linguist and librarian, has written on this topic for The Saturday Evening Post, and her work has also appeared in The Futurist, Oregon Quarterly, Whole Earth, and Writers' Journal.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Sachliteratur
Thema: Fremdsprachige Wörterbücher
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780195182545
ISBN-10: 0195182545
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ostler, Rosemarie
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Rosemarie Ostler
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2005
Gewicht: 0,395 kg
Artikel-ID: 120657875
Über den Autor
Rosemarie Ostler, a linguist and librarian, has written on this topic for The Saturday Evening Post, and her work has also appeared in The Futurist, Oregon Quarterly, Whole Earth, and Writers' Journal.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Sachliteratur
Thema: Fremdsprachige Wörterbücher
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780195182545
ISBN-10: 0195182545
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ostler, Rosemarie
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Rosemarie Ostler
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2005
Gewicht: 0,395 kg
Artikel-ID: 120657875
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