By Seda Sandy Mushyan Imagine a day in the summer of 1982, where fumes cloud up a dimly lit room. A man is underground in a basement, concocting his new creation. He looks at his watch and panic sets in. His clients are expecting their product soon, and he simply does not have enough time. He rushes the next few steps. This underground chemist, aiming to make the synthetic … [Read more...] about Heroic Heroin Addicts
Including the Excluded
The U.S. is home to an estimated 11.9 million undocumented immigrants who have entered the country without legal permission (a valid visa, green card, U.S.citizenship, etc.). Approximately 1.6 million of those undocumented immigrants are students who are currently attending public K-12 schools and roughly 65,000 of these students graduate from high school every year (Pew … [Read more...] about Including the Excluded
New Slang: Curiosities of the 50s
By Maria Peltekova The 50s were recent enough that we still keep much of their slang. It’s as incorporated into our life as it was in the young and old during the 1950s. Phrases like “how’s your love life,” “the greatest thing since sliced bread,” or “You could have fooled me” became popular then and stayed popular. Therefore, digging up some unique and forgotten slang … [Read more...] about New Slang: Curiosities of the 50s
New Slang: Language Vibes from Somewhere Else
By Maria Peltekova One of my goals within this blog was to find some patterns in the formation of slang terms that explained why certain expressions were created and why they stayed. The decades previously covered had enough in common that despite their iconic differences, there was a sense that many of the phrases were coined by the younger members of society. The original … [Read more...] about New Slang: Language Vibes from Somewhere Else
New Slang: Another Snapshot of the 40s
In the last post, I mentioned the 40s slang term for being boy crazy: “khaki wacky.” As it turns out, that is not the only teenager-prompted phrase that comes up throughout the decade. Much like the 20s and 30s, there is an intense amount of lively, dance-oriented, and flirtatious language that arose, giving us a very bright and seemingly happy snapshot of the time. “Doll … [Read more...] about New Slang: Another Snapshot of the 40s