The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s.
Examples:
Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Carl Solomon, Gary Snyder, and Neal Cassady
Bombast:
Bombast language is high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.
Example:
Just about any politician.
Bowdlerize:
To bowdlerize something is to remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective.
Example:
In the drafting of early U.S documents, people would often refer to blacks as "certain persons" rather than naming them blacks in order to keep it less derogatory.
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