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Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Author:Eric Partridge, Paul Beale (Editor) Subtitle: From the Work of Eric Partridge — The English language is in a state of perpetual change and "Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and unconventional English" presents a snapshot of its state into the nineties. In this concise edition, Paul Beale continues the tradition begun in Eric Partridge's "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventio... more »nal English", while making it particularly relevant to our understanding of the language of the present day. More than 1500 new terms have been added - coinages of the 1980s that had not yet come to light when the unabridged edition last went to press in 1983. Like its parent volume, the concise edition provides a account of the vivid, racy, and informative elements of our language, documenting the living history of English and social history of the twentieth century.« less
ISBN-13: 9780026053501 ISBN-10: 0026053500 Publication Date: 10/1990 Pages:534 Edition:1st American Ed Rating:
This is a great book for your reference library! I refer to it constantly -- I was going to list it on PBS and decided that I just couldn't part with it. A great bathroom book, too!