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Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-By-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century
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.
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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 . All these words have a place here in engaging essays, arranged by decade, that put them in their historical and sociological context.
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