Skip to main content

Movers and shakers : a chronology of words that shaped our age

Ayto, John2006
Book
Taking a fascinating journey from cornflakes (1907) to spam (1994), this vivid picture of the last 105 years is drawn from a selection of the key words added to the English language in the 20th century, grouped by decade.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Collation:
250 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: published as Twentieth century words. 1999.Includes index.
ISBN:
0198614527 (hbk)
Dewey class:
428.1'0904428.109
Language:
English
BRN:
224360
Clear current selections
items currently selected
View my active saved list
0 items in my active saved list