When was the word ‘lifestyle’ first used?  In California in the 30’s or 40’s perhaps?  To describe something that was superficial and hedonistic, more style than life?  
Chinaplate  :-*

Lifestyle is a term coined around 1929 by Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychologist, who used "style of life" to refer to your values and attitudes, how you live your life, how you handle problems and interpersonal relations.

Ilka

Style of Life Tree
Online Etymology Dictionary

Hving just visited the Style of Life Tree site, my first two observations were, "Interesting postulates," and "Geez, is that guy constipated, or what? How much confidence can I put into the writings of someone with that sour expression on his face!?"

Patricia/AgDrgn

A website after mine own heart! All the convenience of the Internet with all the fun of dictionary coincidence!Some other bits from that page from the latter link:

liberty - c.1375, from O.Fr. liberté "freedom," from L. libertatem (nom. libertas), from liber "free." "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right." [Learned Hand, 1944]

It isn’t for nothing that the study of literature is among the liberal arts. To free the mind, go study at the -

library - c.1380, from Anglo-Fr. librarie, from O.Fr. librairie "collection of books," from L. librarium "chest for books," from liber (gen. libri) "book, paper, parchment," originally "the inner bark of trees." The equivalent word in most Romance languages now means "bookseller."

Of which Borges always imagined Paradise to be a type.

lilt - 1513, "to lift up" (the voice), probably from c.1380 W. Midlands dial. lutten "to sound an alarm," of unknown origin. Sense of "sing in a light manner" is first recorded 1786.

A lovely word, often preceded by ‘Irish’. (Now, if I can track down that thread…) Speaking of Irish…

limerick - 1896, perhaps from the county and city in Ireland, but if so the connection is obscure; or perhaps from Learic, from Edward Lear (1812-88) English humorist who popularized the form. Earliest examples are in French, which further complicates the quest for the origin.

For an amusing (and unusually clean) example, see the Solipsism thread under Discuss Today’s Word.

linger - M.E. lengeren "reside, dwell," freq. of lengen "to tarry," from O.E. lengan "prolong, lengthen," from P.Gmc. *langijanan, source of O.E. lang "long."

What I tend to do entirely too much when I log on here. I’ll just read one more… and then one more… and one more…

lingo - 1660, possibly from Prov. lingo "language, tongue," from O.Prov. lenga, from L. lingua "tongue."

What we come here to discuss, since each one of us is an amateur

linguist - 1588, from L. lingua "language, tongue."

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linnet - c.1530, from M.Fr. linette "grain of flax," dim. of lin "flax," from L. linum "linen." Flaxseed forms much of the bird’s diet.

Hi Linnet!

literati - 1621, from L. literati, pl. of literatus "lettered." Men and women of letters; the learned class as a whole.

Hey, it’s us again!

llama - 1600, from Sp., from Quechua (Peru) llama, apparently meaning "sheep."

Okay, so it doesn’t really have much to do with the others, but golly gosh I love those fuzzy mountain camels!

~Silver

[quote author=Silver Han link=board=etymology;num=1047356668;start=0#3 date=03/16/03 at 16:49:35] . . .
Hi Linnet!
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The green linnet is a bird, as well as a record label.

But Linnet already knows that!   :)