false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172266913m/157594.jpg 157594 1 Few things remain constant from generation to generation, but one propensity that's always in vogue is the youthful joy of inventing slang (or as Gustavo Arriolo's spider said to the dog in "Gordo," "Cool expressions change with each generation, dog, dig?"). It's always entertaining to read up on slang, but Tom Dalzell heightens the interest by organizing the youth talk chronologically. Starting with college slang in the 1850s, where "to gorm" was to eat voraciously, Dalzell proceeds to the slang of the 1920s flappers, then devotes a chapter to each succeeding decade, right up to the "circle of death" (bad pizza) of the 1990s. With scholarly derivations and social history, Dalzell has put together a totally cuspy lexicon that's slammin' cool beans. 152080 10 1996 Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang total:8|5:2|4:4|3:1|2:1| 8 31 17 2 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Dec 12 09:00:56 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:05:19 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Dec 21 10:01:41 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 10:03:25 -0800 2007
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