Cassell Dictionary of Slang
by Jonathon Green
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Author: Jonathon GreenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03
ISBN: 0304344354
Number of pages: 1316
Publisher: Cassell
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Book Review: Good, But Consider Two Other Slang Dictionaries
Summary: 4 Stars
In the library, I did a side-by-side comparison of this book (Green: Cassell Dictionary..., 1998) with: (a) Spears, Richard: NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions, 3rd ed., 2000 and (b) Chapman, Robert: Dictionary of American Slang, 3rd ed., 1995. The advantages of this dictionary over the other two are: (1) it has the most pages (1,312) and entries (65,000) of the three, (2) it has British expressions as well as American, and (3) it has some slang that is no longer in common use, and indicates what sort of people originated or might use the word/phrase (e.g., "lowland n. [1930s-60s] (US Black)"). On the other hand, this book has: (1) relatively small print, and (2) virtually no examples of usage in context. Hey, buy all three from Amazon.com!
Summary of Cassell Dictionary of Slang
Over 10,000 copies sold in hardback Over 1.5 million words of text and 75,000 entries, covering slang from every part of the English-speaking world from the sixteenth century to the present day Each entry records the date when a slang word appeared, whether it is still in use, and in what countries it is used Detailed etymologies throughout, showing how slang usages evolved and how they relate to one another Coverage of every area of slang: drugs words, criminal terms, swear words, humorous expressions, sex etc.English (American) Books
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