Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Dictionaries |
ISBN | : 9780747509691 |
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Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Dictionaries |
ISBN | : 9780747509691 |
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2014-02-27 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1408181800 |
With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. "Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
From A to Z: Aim archie at the armitage brownie hound cassava dingleberries el ropo four-by-two get Chinese have the painters in idiot dancing jam sandwich kangaroo it lip service meathooks necktie party Ozzie and Harriet pearl diver quiche out rough end of the pineapple surfboard tray-bits under velcrohead write one's name on the lawn x-rated yodel in the canyon zippersniffer. There is a linguistic riot going on the English-speaking world over, in the form of energetic, informal speech, extraordinary for its wit, quirkiness, and biting satire. The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, the most comprehensive guide to slang, gathers more than 5,000 colloquialisms, puns, similes, metaphors, and double entendres -- from sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll; to fads, fashion, and cults; to taboos, obscenities, and euphemisms -- that have enriched our language for the past forty years. Most entries have multiple definitions that are enlivened by examples of usage.
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : 9789810137236 |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Slang from Britain, America, Australia, South Africa and Jamaica.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780330286534 |
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : New York : Stein and Day |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
With more than 15,000 definitions from aardvark to 'zup?, this is a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions.
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 140810220X |
With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. "Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph
Author | : John Ayto |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780198610526 |
A 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.