Dewdroppers, Waldos, And Slackers

A Decade-By-Decade Guide To The Vanishing Vocabulary Of The Twentieth Century

by Rosemarie Ostler
language: english
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC, September of 2005 ‧
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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.

Dewdroppers, Waldos, And Slackers

A Decade-By-Decade Guide To The Vanishing Vocabulary Of The Twentieth Century

by Rosemarie Ostler

Property Description
ISBN: 9780195182545
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Release Date: September of 2005
Language: English
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 256
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780195182545