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Dictionary of contemporary slang / Tony Thorne.

LIBRA PE3721 .T53 2005
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Contributor:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Dictionaries.
Physical Description:
494 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
Third edition.
Place of Publication:
London : A & C Black, 2005.
Summary:
No slang-worthy subject is too taboo for this collection of more than 15,000 definitions of words that allude to drugs, sports, contemporary society, and a seemingly unending supply of slang terms for sex and bodily functions. Fully revised and expanded, and with lively examples of usage throughout, this up-to-the-minute reference paints a vivid picture of our cultural and social preoccupations while bringing intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence back to the linguistic frontline.
Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Bloomsbury, 1997.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
ISBN:
0713675047
OCLC:
61129402
Online:
The Class of 1953 Fund Home Page

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