'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. Download Cassell S Dictionary Of Slang books, 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. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.Ĭassell S Dictionary Of Slang Cassell S Dictionary Of Slang by Jonathon Green, Cassell S Dictionary Of Slang Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format.

of South Carolina Lib., CharlestonĬopyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Libraries that already own NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions (LJ 6/00) or Oxford Dictionary of Slang (LJ 3/1/99) will still want to purchase this resource because of its broader coverage and affordable price.DElizabeth Connor, Medical Univ. This paperback edition corresponds to the previous hardback edition (LJ 5/1/99). Although by definition slang can be vulgar and coarse, scatological, derogatory, and sexual terms seem to predominate here. Entries such as 'nudnik' (an insignificant person), 'New York minute' (in an instant), 'La-La Land' (Los Angeles or a fantasy world), and 'beam me up, Scotty' (a desire to be elsewhere, an illicit drug mixture, or a catchphrase from the Star Trek series) will delight some readers. Typical entries include parts of speech, etymology (Yiddish, Standard English, and Old English), approximate time periods, geography, brief definitions, some usage examples, and occasional cross references.

It features 70,000 words and phrases dating from the early 16th century to the present. This broadly entertaining resource 'covers the waterfront' with 'lingo' and 'bits and bobs' from English-speaking countries, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, parts of the Caribbean, and the United States. His many credits include the Pan Dictionary of Modern Slang and Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made. Jonathon Green is a writer and broadcaster with a particular interest in colloquial English and slang.

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