McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB) write by Richard A. Spears. This book was released on 2005-10-14. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang 4E (PB) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More 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.
American Slang
American Slang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Slang write by Robert L. Chapman. This book was released on 1987. American Slang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abridged ed. of The new dictionary of American slang c1986.
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English write by Tom Dalzell. This book was released on 2018-05-11. The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
Black Slang
Black Slang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Black Slang write by Clarence Major. This book was released on 1970. Black Slang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cassell's Dictionary of Slang write by Jonathon Green. This book was released on 2005. Cassell's Dictionary of Slang available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
