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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to
Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of
Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post
WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the
authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional
English of 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 published sources given for each
entry, often including an early or significant example of the
term's use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from
popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs
illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each
headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term's
origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang
trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US,
UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking
Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from
written sources and new glosses The 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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