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From skedaddle to selfie, words of the generations, Allan Metcalf

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From skedaddle to selfie

907446468

Allan Metcalf

words of the generations

From baby boomers with 'groovy' and 'yuppie,' to Generation X with 'whatever' and 'like,' each generation inevitably comes to use certain words that are particular to its unique time in history. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but highlight their differences with other generations. In this compilation, Allan Metcalf shows that each generation -- those born within the same roughly 20-year time period -- can be identified and characterized by its key words. Metcalf tells the story of the history and usage of these words, starting with the American Revolution and ending with the post-Millennial Homeland generation. With special attention to the differences in vocabulary among today's generations -- 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 thought we knew, and tells the unheard stories of each and how they accompanied its generation through its time

Preface: Generating this book -- Introduction: Speaking of the generations -- The Republican Generation (born 1742-1766) -- The Compromise Generation (born 1767-1791) -- The Transcendental Generation (born 1792-1821) -- The Gilded Generation (born 1822-1842) -- The Progressive Generation (born 1843-1859) -- The Missionary Generation (born 1860-1882) -- The Lost Generation (born 1883-1900) -- The G.I. Generation (born 1901-1924) -- The Silent Generation (born 1925-1942) -- The Boom Generation (born 1943-1960) -- The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X (born 1961-1981) -- The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y (born 1982-2004) -- The Homeland Generation (born 2005- )