The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

ISBN-13: 9780367606312 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 880 str.

Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor

Opis

This presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition details the slang and unconventional English from around the English-speaking world since 1945.

Spis treści

Contents  List of Contributors  Preface  Preface to the revised edition  Acknowledgements  Observations on slang and unconventional English  Entries A-Z  Numeric Slang  Bibliography

O autorze

Tom Dalzell – Senior Editor

Recognized as one of the leading expert on American slang,　 Tom Dalzell’s most recent publications include Damn the Man: Slang of the Oppressed (2011), Far Out Depends on Where You’re Standing (2012) and Vietnam War Slang: A Dictionary on Historical Principles (also published by Routledge, 2014).

Terry Victor – Editor

Not only a slang collector but also an actor, broadcaster, writer and director, Terry Victor is currently engaged in the compilation of A Dictionary of Rhyming Slangs and the development of Awkward Turtle Flips the Bird, a performed glossary of gestural slang.