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The 1980’s
By Olivia smith
People of society
• Rich got richer• Poor got poorer• Shell suit decade• People were poor due to Margret thatcher
increasing poll tax
Youth Culture
• Music terms – hip hop origin/ garage origin• ‘body popping’ ‘break dancing’ • ‘moon walking’• ‘crack’ ‘E’s’ ‘ Warehouse raves’ • ‘moshing’
Hip hop origin
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-O5IHVhWj0
Politics• Margret Thatcher - making the poll tax too high which particularly
upset the middle of England
• Anyone who went against her was seen as ‘handbagging’ her
• Labour party also upset everyone which lead to words such as ‘fudge’ and ‘mudge’ to come into the English language.
• Emily’s list - Increase number of female MPs
• Words which came out this were :• Sleaze and spin doctor
Money
• A major part to this era was that finance brought new vocabulary into the English Language.
• It also changed the dynamics of society as there was now considerable amount of wealth.
• Financial boom in stock markets 1986
• 1987 – Black Monday – Share prices plummeted
Money terms
• Words that were added into vocab:• ‘Grey market’ An unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency
• ‘Dawn raid’An investor buys a substantial number of shares in a company first thing in the morning when the stock markets open because they are at their cheapest.
War
• Faulkner's war (1982) this benefitted Margret Thatcher's electoral prospects
• The threat of war in Britain made Britain set up peace camps. This started new lexis being added: zero option, START and build down.
• Eastern Europe had gained independence and the forty year cold war had been won by the West of Europe.
Technology• Technology accelerated in this era:• Dongle and toggle
• Lots of people had problems with this new technology however.
• Communication in technology was a new influence on the modern world
• Snail mail was dying out and cures for hackers such as ‘vaccines’ were being found
• Email and information superhighway were new terms
Technology
• Walkman's and ghetto blasters portable sounds
• Camcorder, record own videos
• Chat lines and help lines reinvented telephone industries
Environmental concerns
• Bio diversity/ Eco friendly – we were eager to be this sort of society
• Cruelty free products- people bought
• We supported the construction of wind farms
Aids
• Terminology of disease came about when it did
• Buddy, HIV, PWA, AZT
• Femi-doms, safe sex , bonking
Slang• Wicked• Massive• Mega• Radical
• Prostitutes became ‘sex workers’
• Pets – ‘companions’
• Deviation from norm had to be phrased as ‘challenged’
• Sizest or fattist comments or anti feminist comments were discouraged