covid speak and other yakety yak...
covid speak and other yakety yak... It seems every decade or so brings us new expressions or slang that become part of our every day language. Events within our society can trigger this deluge of linguistic freedom at a moment's notice. Wars, depressions, cultural revolutions, and even diseases and viruses can alter our go-to words of the moment. HUH ? What's up with that ? Prior to the hippie counter-culture evolution of the 60s was an era that began after WWII and went through the 50s known as the Beat Generation . It was started by a group of authors and soon became a literary movement. Three writers, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs supported the exercise through their writing. Much of their work embraced alcohol, drugs and greater freedom. It was from the Beat Generation words like, daddy-o , dig , chick , cool , and many others became popular. Some of them have even carried...