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- catalog abstract "Lists the meanings and backgrounds of thousands of twentieth-century catch phrases, slang terms, and buzzwords, many of which have fallen out of use, in a volume complemented by historical and sociological essays.".
- catalog alternative "Decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century".
- catalog contributor b13024885.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : a century's worth of old (and new) words -- 1900-1919 : Modern times -- The twenties : flappers and flaming youth -- The thirties : swinging cats in Hooverville -- The forties : Rosie the riveter and G.I. Joe -- The fifties : hipsters in Squaresville -- The sixties : getting with it -- The seventies : pet rocks and plumbers -- The eighties : tubular times -- The nineties : dot-comming into Y2K -- Afterword : good-bye to a great century -- Bibliography -- Index -- Picture credits.".
- catalog description "Lists the meanings and backgrounds of thousands of twentieth-century catch phrases, slang terms, and buzzwords, many of which have fallen out of use, in a volume complemented by historical and sociological essays.".
- catalog extent "xv, 239 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers.".
- catalog identifier "0195161467 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "428/.00973 21".
- catalog subject "Americanisms.".
- catalog subject "English language 20th century Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.".
- catalog subject "English language 20th century Slang Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Obsolete words.".
- catalog subject "English language United States Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.".
- catalog subject "English language United States Slang Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "PE2838 .O88 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : a century's worth of old (and new) words -- 1900-1919 : Modern times -- The twenties : flappers and flaming youth -- The thirties : swinging cats in Hooverville -- The forties : Rosie the riveter and G.I. Joe -- The fifties : hipsters in Squaresville -- The sixties : getting with it -- The seventies : pet rocks and plumbers -- The eighties : tubular times -- The nineties : dot-comming into Y2K -- Afterword : good-bye to a great century -- Bibliography -- Index -- Picture credits.".
- catalog title "Decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century".
- catalog title "Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century / Rosemarie Ostler.".
- catalog type "text".