The Thesaurus of Slang
Author: Esther Lewin
Publisher: Checkmark Books
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780816036615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes jargon, sports slang, and ethnic and regional expressions
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Thesaurus of American Slang
Author: Robert L. Chapman
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780062720108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 17,000 zippy synonyms for thousands of alphabetically arranged slang words--the whole nine yards--from AC-DC to zombie. Here are America's most important contemporary and historic slang words and phrases--originating in the sports world, drug culture, media, ethnic enclaves, and elsewhere.
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 1600
ISBN-13: 9780304366361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith 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 Random House Thesaurus of Slang
Author: Esther Lewin
Publisher: Random House Reference
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost people are intrigued by slang. This book provides the reader with knowledge of those "in" words and phrases.
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Author: Peter Mark Roget
Publisher:
Published: 1921
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChambers Slang Dictionary
Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780550105639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB)
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2005-10-14
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 0071612076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes for crude, inflammatory, or taboo expressions. This edition also features a fascinating introduction on “What is Slang?,” a Thematic Index that cross-references expressions by standard terms--such as Angry, Drunk, Food, Good-bye, Mess-up, Money, and Stupidity--and a Hidden Word Index that lets you identify and locate even partially remembered expressions and phrases.
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780198610526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dictionary of modern slang draws on the resources of the "Oxford English Dictionary" to cover over five thousand slang words and phrases from throughout the English-speaking world.
Slang Through the Ages
Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Ntc Publishing Group
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780844208343
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTakes popular standard English terms and traces the development of their slang equivalents over the past 500 years
A Thesaurus of English Dialect and Slang
Author: Jonnie Robinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-06-30
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781108473231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thesaurus of present-day vernacular English from Berwick-upon-Tweed to the Channel Islands, this unique record of everyday English celebrates established regional dialects, emerging new varieties and colloquial forms young and old. Based on a prestigious nationwide survey, BBC Voices Recordings, it documents the linguistic landscape of England, Wales and the Channel Islands in the 21st century, and includes over 3000 separate entries, drawn from over 200 locations across the country. Each entry contains information about the term's origins, location and the social distribution of its users. With links to original sound files and cross-references to complementary dictionary sources, it is an authoritative reference work for academic linguists, but its accessible presentation also makes it suitable for creative audiences and non-specialist language enthusiasts seeking authentic, up-to-date information on British English dialect and slang, and for English language teachers and learners as an invaluable educational tool.
