Shorter Slang Dictionary

Name: Shorter Slang Dictionary
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ISBN: 9780415088664

ISBN-10: 0415088666

ISBN-13: 9780415088664

Edition: 1993

Authors: Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, Rosalind Fergusson

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Long before Orwell mourned the corruption of the English language, his mother tongue was fast becoming a motley one, absorbing new colloquialisms by the minute. TheShorter Slang Dictionary, the latest compilation of English slang from freelance lexicographer Rosalind Fergusson, is proof that even colloquial English has achieved a certain degree of lexicographical legitimacy in the undiscriminating 20th century. Incorporating idioms, linguistic informalities, and indecipherable curse words from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, theShorter Slang Dictionarythrows linguistic propriety to the wind in its fervent pursuit of off-color terms. Defining everything from "ash-cash" to…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/28/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.39" wide x 8.46" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Rosalind Fergusson was born in Liverpool in 1953 and obtained her degree in French from Exeter University. From 1978 to 1984 she worked for Market House Books where she became Senior Editor and worked on a range of reference books. Since leaving Market House Books she has worked as a freelance editor. Rosalind Fergusson is married and lives in Kent. Her leisure interests include walking, sailing and music.



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