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Author : Esther Lewin
Release : 1997
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 615/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Thesaurus of Slang by : Esther Lewin
Download or read book The Thesaurus of Slang written by Esther Lewin. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes jargon, sports slang, and ethnic and regional expressions
Author : Robert L. Chapman
Release : 1991
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 108/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thesaurus of American Slang by : Robert L. Chapman
Download or read book Thesaurus of American Slang written by Robert L. Chapman. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 17,000 zippy synonyms for thousands of alphabetically arranged slang words--the whole nine yards--from AC-DC to zombie. Here are America's most important contemporary and historic slang words and phrases--originating in the sports world, drug culture, media, ethnic enclaves, and elsewhere.
Author : Jonathon Green
Release : 2005
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 361/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cassell's Dictionary of Slang by : Jonathon Green
Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Author : Esther Lewin
Release : 1988
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Random House Thesaurus of Slang by : Esther Lewin
Download or read book The Random House Thesaurus of Slang written by Esther Lewin. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people are intrigued by slang. This book provides the reader with knowledge of those "in" words and phrases.
Author : Sidney L. Landau
Release : 2009-02-25
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 967/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form by : Sidney L. Landau
Download or read book The Doubleday Roget's Thesaurus in Dictionary Form written by Sidney L. Landau. This book was released on 2009-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today.
