Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780304366361
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1600

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Book Description
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780304366361
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1600

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Book Description
With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

The Cassell Dictionary of Slang

The Cassell Dictionary of Slang PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN: 9780304344352
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1316

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Book Description
Contains over 65,000 slang words, definitions, where and when the word originated, and more.

Dictionary of Cynical Quotations

Dictionary of Cynical Quotations PDF Author: Cassell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780304349265
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Cassell's Dictionary of English Idioms

Cassell's Dictionary of English Idioms PDF Author: Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304363841
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Book Description
Idioms are the expressions peculiar to any language, and English is about as peculiar as languages come! Why do people "argue the toss"?; and how do people "bring home the bacon"? This volume provides a full and thorough guide to both the most recent and more archaic turns of phrase.

Slang

Slang PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198729537
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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Book Description
"In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looking forward, he considers what the digital revolution means for the future of slang."--Cover flap.

Dictionary of Britain

Dictionary of Britain PDF Author: Adrian Room
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192830562
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Book Description
Interesting, amusing, puzzling and even frustrating aspects of life in Britain are explained in this new dictionary. Over 3,000 alphabetically arranged entries give up-to-date coverage of Britain and the British way of life. More than just a tourist guide, this dictionary covers a wide range of topics, including important public events, well-known people, geography, food, work, and sports.

Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined

Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined PDF Author:
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740792148
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Book Description
The creator of Urban Dictionary shares a compendium of the site’s funniest, weirdest, and truest entries. Since 1999, UrbanDictionary.com has become the undisputed authority on contemporary slang. The site’s creator, Aaron Peckham, invites its ever-expanding fanbase to submit new words and definitions. For Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, Peckham has curated a choice selection of terms that will definitely earn you street cred, and help newbies avoid confusing shank with skank.

The Big Book of Filth

The Big Book of Filth PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304368242
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
More than 6,500 off-color phrases, all vividly, explicitly defined. Categories include body sites, arousal and frustration, masturbation, orgasm, oral, kinky, gay, bi, and safe sex, and more. Sources range from street jargon and popular music lyrics to literary allusions, fascinating etymologies, and rhyming slang.

Chambers Slang Dictionary

Chambers Slang Dictionary PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN: 9780550105639
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A scholarly reference to slang expressions from all parts of the English-speaking world includes coverage of twenty-first-century terms and lists explanations of word origins.

The Vulgar Tongue

The Vulgar Tongue PDF Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199398143
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Book Description
"The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century"--