{"product_id":"9780190263461","title":"From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations","description":"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 entertaining compilation, Allan Metcalf, author of \u003cem\u003eOK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eawkward\u003c\/em\u003e Millennials, the \u003cem\u003egrunge\u003c\/em\u003e music of Generation X, \u003cem\u003ehippies\u003c\/em\u003e among the Boomers, and \u003cem\u003ebobbysoxers\u003c\/em\u003e among the Silents--\u003cem\u003eFrom Skeddadle to Selfie\u003c\/em\u003e compiles dozens of words we thought we knew, and tells the unheard stories of each and how they accompanied its generation through its time.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081324085488,"sku":"9780190263461","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780190263461_p0.jpg?v=1763658545","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780190263461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}