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Dewdroppers Waldos and Slackers by Rosemarie Ostler, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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Rosemarie Ostler

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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 tofizzle 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 specialattention 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. Whilethe twentieth century is over, this book will help us appreciate the words that were left behind. | Dewdroppers Waldos and Slackers by Rosemarie Ostler, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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