Contemporary British Slang
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Author | : Ewart James |
Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780844204680 |
Criss-cross (crossword puzzle), jam sandwich (police car), and pull the moody (sulk) are examples of nearly 2,000 amusing and quirky slang expressions defined and included in over 4,000 example sentences. This is an abridged edition of NTC's Dictionary of British Slang and Colloquial Expressions' extensive cross-referencing.
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 Camden Hotten |
Publisher | : London : Chatto and Windus |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : English language |
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Author | : Ewart James |
Publisher | : NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780844208398 |
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.
Author | : Ntc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9788176493291 |
Author | : Jonathon Green |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198729537 |
"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.
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 | : Julie Coleman |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2012-03-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0191630721 |
This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet. It explores why and how slang is used, and traces the development of slang in English-speaking nations around the world. The records of the Old Bailey and machine-searchable newspaper collections provide a wealth of new information about historical slang, while blogs and tweets provide us with a completely new perspective on contemporary slang. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company. Teachers, politicians, broadcasters, and parents characterize the language of teenagers as sloppy, repetitive, and unintelligent, but these complaints are nothing new. In 1906, an Australian journalist overheard some youths on a street-corner: Things will be bally slow till next pay-day. I've done in nearly all my spond. Here, now; cheese it, or I'll lob one in your lug. Lend us a cigarette. Lend it; oh, no, I don't part. Look out, here's a bobby going to tell us to shove along. What, he wondered, was the world coming to. For the 411, read on ...
Author | : Tony Thorne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 583 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780747514466 |
Originally published in 1990, a revised edition of a dictionary of slang expressions of the last thirty years from English-speaking countries including Britain, America, Australia and the Caribbean. The book deals with topics such as drugs, sport, contemporary society, sex and bodily functions.