Dictionary of the Future : The Words, Terms and Trends That Define the Way We'll Live, Work and Talk,9780786866571

Dictionary of the Future : The Words, Terms and Trends That Define the Way We'll Live, Work and Talk

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780786866571
ISBN10: 0786866578
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-12-12
Publisher(s): Hyperion
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Summary

The first-ever "Dictionary of the Future" is a unique, entertaining, and diverse assemblage of hundreds of new, emerging, and just-invented words and phrases.

Author Biography

Faith Popcorn is an internationally respected forecaster of consumer trends, and a key advisor to many Fortune 500 companies. She is the founder of Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve, a New York-based future-focused marketing consultancy. She lives in New York City and Wainscott, New York, with her daughter, g.g. Adam Hanft is a leading figure in the worlds of marketing and advertising. He coined the indelible phrase "Flick Your Bic" -- and is founder of the marketing and advertising firm Hanft Byrne, Raboy & Partners. He is a contributing editor to Worth magazine, and has served as senior editorial advisor to Civilization. He lives in Sands Point, New York.

Table of Contents

Agingp. 1
Architecture, the Arts and Designp. 11
Biology and Biotechnologyp. 25
Children and Familiesp. 45
Cities and Townsp. 55
Computersp. 65
Corporate Americap. 71
Crime and Terrorismp. 84
Demographicsp. 95
Economic Changesp. 106
Educationp. 118
Environmentp. 127
Fashion and Stylep. 143
Fear, Frustration and Desirep. 150
Figures of Speechp. 157
Food and Entertainingp. 177
Government, Politics and World Affairsp. 189
Health and Medicinep. 200
Homes and Gardensp. 232
The Internetp. 240
Marketing and the Consumer Economyp. 252
Media and Entertainmentp. 268
Modifiers, Prefixes, Suffixesp. 276
New Behaviorsp. 284
New Jobsp. 299
New Structures and Studiesp. 313
Personal Financep. 324
Philanthropy and Nonprofitsp. 332
Privacyp. 339
Religion and Spiritualityp. 345
Spacep. 351
Sports, Leisure and Recreationp. 360
Technologyp. 367
Telecommunicationsp. 377
Transportationp. 384
Indexp. 395
List of Termsp. 403
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