The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

ISBN-13: 9780415527200 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 864 str.

Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor

Opis

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English 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 of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge s own work.

Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include:

• unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean
• emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English
• dating information for each headword
• in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term s origins and meaning.

New to this second edition:

• a new preface noting slang trends of the last eight years
• over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia, reflecting important developments in language and culture
• new terms from the language of social networking from a range of digital communities including texting, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and online forums
• many entries now revised to include new dating and new glosses, ensuring maximum accuracy of content.

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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English" is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning it s rude, it s delightful, and it s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

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Recenzje

Praise for the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:

'The king is dead. Long live the king! ... The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945 ... Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past sixty years is the New Partridge.' - James Rettig, Booklist, American Library Association

'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, on the other hand, is the wee babes.' - Ian Sansom, The Guardian

'A great book.' - Susie Dent

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.