The Cassell Dictionary Of Slang

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 1600 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0304366366

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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green Pdf

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 : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Orion
Page : 1316 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English language
ISBN : 0304350737

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Cassell Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1391280501

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The Cassell Dictionary and Thesaurus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathon Green,Graham Rawle
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304355135

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Cassell's Rhyming Slang by Jonathon Green,Graham Rawle Pdf

Want rice and Aberdeens for dinner? Or andy mcnish--wouldn't that be apples and spice? It's rhyme time, and this witty, wildly inventive dictionary will inform you those "code words" stand for beans, fish, and nice. Amazingly detailed, it includes a history of rhyming slang, 100 categories, and over 2,500 phrases. Best of all, it takes a "bilingual" approach that lets you learn new slang while looking up the old!

Author : E. M. Kirkpatrick,David Pickering,Martin Manser
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0304350044

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The Cassell Dictionary and Thesaurus by E. M. Kirkpatrick,David Pickering,Martin Manser Pdf

It's two books in one, with over 200,000 entries -- and that saves time and trouble! This combination of dictionary and thesaurus brings you right to the word you need. Because the synonyms are linked to definitions, it's less likely you'll choose one that doesn't convey exactly the right meaning. Of course, it also does everything you'd expect a regular dictionary to do -- detail grammar, highlight slang, suggest antonyms, and give pronunciation guidelines.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0304350079

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The Cassell Dictionary of Word Histories by Adrian Room Pdf

offers an in-depth yet accessible study of a fascinating subjectadditional notes go far beyond other etymology dictionaries

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781472139672

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The Stories of Slang by Jonathon Green Pdf

'By turns bawdy, sweary and irreverent, this book . . . is a fascinating look at how centuries of slang came to inform all aspects of social life, how it was used, and how much of it still lingers.' History Revealed Like the flesh-and-blood humans whose uncensored emotions it represents, slang's obsessions are sex, the body and its functions, and intoxication: drink and drugs. Slang does not do kind. It's about hatreds - both intimate and and national - about the insults that follow on, the sneers and the put-downs. Caring, sharing and compassion? Not at this address. There are over 10,000 terms focusing on sex, but love? Not one. Jonathon Green, aka 'Mr Slang', has drawn on the 600,000-plus citations that make up his magisterial Green's Dictionary of Slang (published 2010, now online at www.greensdictofslang.com) to tell some of slang's most entertaining stories. Categories range from The Body to Pulp Diction, via multi-cultural London English and pun-tastic gems. Mostly gazing up from the gutter, slang, perhaps surprisingly, also embraces the stars. These stories may look at drunken sailors, dubious doctors, and a shelf of dangerously potent cocktails, but slang does class acts as well. None more so than Shakespeare. Devotee of the double entendre, master of the pun, first to put nearly 300 slang terms in print. 'Shakespeare, uses, at my count, just over five hundred "slang" terms, of which 277 are currently the first recorded use of a given term. Among these are the beast with two backs, every mother's son, fat-headed, heifer (for woman), pickers and stealers (hands), small beer (insignificant matters), what the dickens, and many more.' http://jonathongreen.co.uk

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 1316 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0304344354

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The Cassell Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green Pdf

Contains over 65,000 slang words, definitions, where and when the word originated, and more.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304363839

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Cassell's Dictionary of Word Histories by Adrian Room Pdf

Presents more than 20,000 definitions and word histories, with information on parts of speech and period of entry into the language.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304351962

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Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations by Jonathon Green Pdf

Thousands of wryly amusing quotations on every conceivable aspect of life, arranged thematicallyTopics covered range from acting to writing, from happiness to poverty, and from civilisation to sexRepresents the biting wit and world-weary wisdom of cynics from all walks of life and all periods of history, including Aesop, Simone de Beauvoir, Noel Coward, Bette Davis, Albert Einstein and Frederick the Great to name but a fewFull author index

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Cassell PLC
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304351970

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Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations by Jonathon Green Pdf

Brings together devastating views on figures as diverse as Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Shakespeare, James Joyce and Marilyn MonroeIncludes coverage of national insults, and attacks on professions, institutions and placesFull author indexNow in paperback

Author : Loreto Todd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:1310600239

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The Cassell Dictionary of English Usage by Loreto Todd Pdf

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 9780199398140

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The Vulgar Tongue by Jonathon Green Pdf

"The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century"--

Author : Lesley Brown,Cassell Ltd
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 1711 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304350036

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The Cassell Concise Dictionary by Lesley Brown,Cassell Ltd Pdf

This updated edition of a standard reference work offers an expanded text, with a range of new slang and technical terms, notes on grammar, and help with common mistakes and mispronunciations. The dictionary also has a misspelling guide to help locate tricky spellings.

Author : Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0304363847

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Cassell's Dictionary of English Idioms by Rosalind Fergusson Pdf

Idioms are the expressions peculiar to any language, and English is about as peculiar as languages come! Why do people "argue the toss"?; and how do people "bring home the bacon"? This volume provides a full and thorough guide to both the most recent and more archaic turns of phrase.