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Vanished American Words
by Daniel Pipes https://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2021/12/vanished-american-words As New Year's approaches, I wonder what words and concepts familiar to an American born around 1950 have disappeared to the point that they puzzle most of those under 60 years of age? Here is a list complied with help from my contemporaries and from younger folk. Further suggestions are welcome.  (December 31, 2021) Jan. 9, 2022 update: For many more vanished American words proposed by readers, click here. receive the latest by email: subscribe to daniel pipes' free mailing list The above text may be cited; it may also be reposted or forwarded so long as it is presented as an integral whole with complete information provided about its author, date, place of publication, and original URL. Reader comments (21) on this item
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