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From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations

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Demography Unplugged
Oct 20, 2015
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The new book called From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations, examines how the vocabulary coined and popularized by different generations reflects their respective world views. Some interesting examples: “swell” for G.I.s, “psychedelic” for Boomers, and “whatever” for Gen X.

—Chronicle of Higher Education

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