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Oxford Dictionary of Slang, The
Containing over 10,000 words and phrases, this is a suitable reference for those interested in the more quirky and unofficial words used in the English language. It includes surprisingly old words such as booze and guzzle, to up-to-date words like humongous and lunchbox. author: Ayto, John; publisher: Oxf.U.P.
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Cassell Reference The Cassell Dictionary of Slang
There is always a certain contradiction implicit in a dictionary of slang--a clash between the authority and control implicit in a dictionary and the endless self-invention and self-regeneration of slang. Slang is often the language of minorities and underclasses and subcultures; and almost always a way of getting on with your own business in words that the official cannot hear or understand. Green has the right paradoxical combination of the obsessive collector and control-freak and the libertine who likes to luxuriate in language at play. His background in the underground press of the Sixties and his role as oral historian guarantee his sympathies, while his various dictionaries and his excellent history of dictionaries <I>Chasing the Sun</I>, are solid indicators of his scholarship. It is a matter of some daring to take on the subject that Eric Partridge made so totally his own--and Green does magnificently for the second half of our century what Partridge did for the first. This is an essential reference book and also an important part of late 20th-century social history, an age of drugs, popular culture and vivid minority language: Green has taken on a huge project and entirely succeeded in it. --<I>Roz Kaveney</I>
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Dictionary of Slang (Oxford Paperback Reference S.)
If your other reference books aren't funky enough for you, get a smattering of unorthodoxy with the <I>Oxford Dictionary of Slang</I>. This comprehensive look at informal English from around the world and across the centuries is organised thesaurus-style into sections for easy browsing by category. Look up underground terminology for drugs and sex and you'll be browsing for a month of Sundays. Of course, if you need to get the skinny on a particular term but have no idea what it could mean, there's an alphabetical index that'll take you right where you need to go. Each word or phrase is thoroughly documented, as you'd expect from an Oxford dictionary; its first print sighting, place of use, meanings and cross-contextual references are included, as well as illuminating usage quotes. The <i>Dictionary</i> is easy to use and the definitions are concise--you can get the information you need quickly with time left to linger over related terms. More than 10,000 entries yield plenty of insight into commonly used but still not quite kosher parts of our language. When your New Zealander buddy refers to someone as a cow-spanker, you won't have to wonder for long just who you're dealing with (don't worry, she's a dairy farmer); the <I>Oxford Dictionary of Slang</I> will give you the moxie to deal with a discombobulated world. <I>--Rob Lightner</I>
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Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, A
The definitive work on the subject, this classic work - now available in its ninth edition, for the first time in paperback - gives a full account of slang and conventional English and will entertain and inform all language-lovers. author: ; publisher: Routledge
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Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Pages: 2216, Hardcover, Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
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Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Pages: 1440, Paperback, Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
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SOS Free Stock 21st Century Dictionary of Slang (21st Century Reference)
Pages: 352, Mass Market Paperback, SOS Free Stock
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