LARPERS AND SHROOMERS: THE LANGUAGE REPORT

To document recent changes in the English language, this reference selects a word coined in each year of the 20th century and the early 21st century. Each word, from gongoozler to googlewhacker, reveals the preoccupation of its era. The chapters cover such topics as words of the moment, a comparison of words from 1904 and 2004, and business and buzz words.