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Movers and Shakers : A Chronology of Words That Shaped Our Age by John Ayto (2006, Hardcover)

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Product Description : Take a fascinating journey from cornflakes 1907 to spam 1994 This vivid picture of the last 105 years is based on John Aytos critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Words and gives a selection of the key words added to the English language in the twentieth centuryFor each decade an introductory essay identifies the main historical cultural and scientific currents and shows how they contributed new vocabulary to the language An AZ listing of words which were first recorded in that decade follows selected for their resonance to todays world Each word is fully described and its origins explained A final section looks at vocabulary developments of the new millennium Full of surprises Movers and Shakers is at once a glimpse of the past and a handbook for today