As time moves forward I start to realize that words I use often do not mean much if any thing to the younger generation. It’s like someone saying “bee’s knees” or “zoot suit” I have a sense of what it means but I often look it up to be sure. I was reminded of this when I saw a grass-hoper and wondered if the tv show that used the term would be the first thought of someone not a boomer? Jokes I told back in grade school would cause grief if told today. The good thing is that I realize this and wonder why it seems forgotten that to cross generations is to have a wide perspective of word usage. I was lucky to have grown up around grand parents and their friends who were born in the 1890’s and knew people born before the civil war. My parents lived through the great depression and World War II and their perspective on how to relate to others was full of views and terms that seem old fashioned today… but kindness… love and goodwill never changed.
