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Word: youthcult (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1969-1969
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...easy to say that English is an ageless language ever renewed by fresh words and concepts. But lately it has been polluted by creeping neologisms and solecisms, many of them spawned by military jargon, television clichés and youthcult dialects. Should lexicographers rubber-stamp the linguistic junk or rear back and proclaim standards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language: A Defense of Elegance | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

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