The slang thesaurus

The Slang Thesaurus

Reference

GREEN, Jonathon

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Penguin Group USA

An entertaining guide to the colourful, inventive and frequently irreverent world of slang which enlivens everyday speech.

Slang Thesaurus (Penguin Reference Books)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Penguin Press

Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word 'slang' itself, the ideas that a make a word 'slang', the long-running themes that run through slang, and the history of slang's many dictionaries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Slang: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Words, Language & Grammar

Oxford University Press

Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express otherwise guarded thoughts, and to convey humor in the everyday. But how did slang escape its stigma as the language of the streets and integrate itself so seamlessly with "standard English?" The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century. The aim is not to record the history of the over 125,000 English words that make up the lexis. Rather, the author focuses on the common, often profane themes that run through the word-list--crime, sex, bodily parts and functions, insults, and drink and drugs--and their scope and function throughout the various cultures and overlapping subcultures of English language history, from the sporting world to the university campus to ethnic communities. In tracing its development and trajectory throughout the English-speaking world, Jonathon Green offers an impassioned defence for its vitality, showing how slang has grown into a modern, versatile vocabulary that has nevertheless established its own role in contemporary English. Drawing on thirty years' worth of research, The Vulgar Tongue is a celebration of the words and phrases of an overlooked aspect of human language and interaction.

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

First edition. A scholarly and immensely readable history of dictionaries and of some of the people who made them, from clay tablets to CD-ROMS, "putting a little flesh on lexicographical bones and navigating the political and linguistic debates that have shaped the tradition." The author is England's leading lexicographer of slang and jargon. Illustrations. xviii, 510 pages. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo..

Chasing the Sun Dictionary Makers and the Dictio

Henry_Holt

The world's foremost lexicographer of slang reflects on the how, why and what of his singular job. For thirty years Jonathon Green has been collecting slang- the indefinable language of the gutter, the brothel, the jail, the barroom- producing a succession of dictionaries, most recently the three-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang, that have been recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative ever compiled. In this fascinating memoir Green reveals that he first began collecting slang in the 1970's, noticing the the contemporary authorities (notably Eric Partridge) preferred the past to the present, unaware of the huge array of new slang being coined by the counterculture. He ponders why he still does this strange, lonely job, exploring the satisfaction that can be gained by tracking down the first use of a term just encountered in one of the cheap dime novels he devours for research. The lexis leans towards pimping and prostitution, crime and imprisonment, violence and cruelty, drunken and drugged debauches; what does this say about the man who spends every day truffling for it? A fascinating look at how one man has built a lexis of 125,000 words that includes 1.740 words for sexual intercourse, 1,251 for the penis, 540 for defecation/urination, 247 for fat, 219 for vomiting and 180 for anal sex. Odd Job Man will delight all those who love the words that the conventional dictionaries leave out.

Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer

JONATHAN CAPE.

Slang is the language through which we communicate on an everyday basis. Often more colorful and expressive than its formal counterpart, slang is stimulated largely by "sex, money and intoxicating liquor" and, more recently, drugs, and is ever changing and evolving. This lively introduction to the world of slang provides:

Literature & Fiction

Elm Tree Books

Over 10,000 copies sold in hardback Over 1.5 million words of text and 75,000 entries, covering slang from every part of the English-speaking world from the sixteenth century to the present day Each entry records the date when a slang word appeared, whether it is still in use, and in what countries it is used Detailed etymologies throughout, showing how slang usages evolved and how they relate to one another Coverage of every area of slang: drugs words, criminal terms, swear words, humorous expressions, sex etc.

Cassell Dictionary of Slang

UNKNO

Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations

Collects rude and insulting quotations on a variety of topics, by such notables as John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill, and Frank Zappa

Quotations

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The Slang Thesaurus

Slang Thesaurus (Penguin Reference Books)

Slang: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

Chasing the Sun Dictionary Makers and the Dictio

Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer

The slang thesaurus

Cassell Dictionary of Slang

Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations

Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations