From skedaddle to selfie words of the generations 1st Edition by Allan A Metcalf ISBN 019992712X 9780199927128

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ISBN 10: 019992712X

ISBN 13: 9780199927128 

Author: Allan A. Metcalf

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.

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)

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