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The Soda Jerk Had a Mood Ring: Intergenerational Lingo

How We Inadvertently Talk Past One Another

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Michael Wade
Nov 12, 2024
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You’re giving a speech, and, in the course of your remarks, you allude to the Munich agreement or Rube Goldberg.

You may have just lost a portion of your audience.

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