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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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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. 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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