Slang & Idioms Books


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Have we always "sworn like sailors"? Has creative cursing developed because we...
A Dictionary of R. a. F. Slang, With an Introductory EssayA Dictionary of R. a. F. Slang, With an Introductory EssayArgot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New ParisArgot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New ParisHarrap's Dictionnaire Argot Slang DictionaryHarrap's Dictionnaire Argot Slang DictionaryConcise Dictionary of English Slang, AConcise Dictionary of English Slang, A


A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional EnglishA Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Now for the first time, this important reference is available in paperback. Originally published...
THE CASSELL DICTIONARY OF SLANGTHE CASSELL DICTIONARY OF SLANGShorter Slang Dictionary (The Partridge Collection)Shorter Slang Dictionary (The Partridge Collection)
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The Slanguage Dictionary of Modern American SlangThe Slanguage Dictionary of Modern American SlangThe Oxford Dictionary of SlangThe Oxford Dictionary of Slang


Beauty & the Beast (Level 3): Learn English Through Fairy Tales (Foreign Language Through Fairy Tales) (Japanese Edition)Beauty & the Beast (Level 3): Learn English Through Fairy Tales (Foreign Language Through Fairy Tales) (Japanese Edition)
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Learn Hebrew Through Fairy Tales Beauty & the Beast Level 3 (Foreign Language Through Fairy Tales)Learn Hebrew Through Fairy Tales Beauty & the Beast Level 3 (Foreign Language Through Fairy Tales)
Best Price: $10.89
A word of warning -- the "Hebrew" in these books is transliterated. The actual Hebrew...
Doric DictionaryDoric Dictionary
Best Price: $33.98
Dictionary of North East DialectDictionary of North East Dialect
As entertaining as it is informative, this dictionary offers records and explanations of a...
Le dico de l'argot fin de siecle (Les dicos de point virgule) (French Edition)Le dico de l'argot fin de siecle (Les dicos de point virgule) (French Edition)
Best Price: $39.28

Diccionario Moderno Langenscheidi Ing-Espaol (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Moderno Langenscheidi Ing-Espaol (Spanish Edition)Diccionario de argot espanol / Dictionary of Spanish Slang (Biblioteca de Consulta / Reference Library) (Biblioteca Tematica / Thematic Library) (Spanish Edition)Diccionario de argot espanol / Dictionary of Spanish Slang (Biblioteca de Consulta / Reference Library) (Biblioteca Tematica / Thematic Library) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $7.94
Integrado por unas 4.000 entradas, el DICCIONARIO DE ARGOT ESPANOL recopila voces y expresiones...
Lexicon Sopena - Danes - Espanol (Spanish Edition)Lexicon Sopena - Danes - Espanol (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $18.85
Diccionario Oceano Compact Espanol-portugues/oceano Compact Spanish-portuguese Dictionary (Diccionarios) (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Oceano Compact Espanol-portugues/oceano Compact Spanish-portuguese Dictionary (Diccionarios) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $25.80
Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth Century Phrase and Fable (Cassell Language Reference)Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth Century Phrase and Fable (Cassell Language Reference)

Cassell's Dictionary of Catchphrases (Cassell Reference)Cassell's Dictionary of Catchphrases (Cassell Reference)
Best Price: $57.06
Recent years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of the catchphrase with TV shows like The...
Cassell's Dictionary of SlangCassell's Dictionary of Slang
Best Price: $24.99
The dictionary is fantastic .Tracing slang from the 16th century to the present is no mean...
American Usage and Style: The ConsensusAmerican Usage and Style: The Consensus
Best Price: $64.00
Cop Talk: A Dictionary of Police SlangCop Talk: A Dictionary of Police Slang
Best Price: $10.66
Oh puleaseee! Give me a break. Save your money. I was a police dispatcher, and this book is not...
Dictionary of Afro-American slangDictionary of Afro-American slang

Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions (Facts on File Dictionary of American Regional Expressions)Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions (Facts on File Dictionary of American Regional Expressions)
Best Price: $29.95
Medieval WordbookMedieval Wordbook
Best Price: $206.52
I have always been fascinated by the medieval period. But recently I dove into many, many...
Mobspeak: The Dictionary of Crime TermsMobspeak: The Dictionary of Crime Terms
Best Price: $7.00
How to Talk YankeeHow to Talk Yankee
Best Price: $59.45
A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology, Volume 2 (Turkish Edition)A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology, Volume 2 (Turkish Edition)
Best Price: $20.90
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book...

A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseologyA dictionary of slang, jargon & cant embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseology
Best Price: $23.80
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional...
The Big Black Book of Very Dirty WordsThe Big Black Book of Very Dirty Words
Best Price: $5.95
Talk about a great find. I was at a bookstore looking for a reference guide and this book just...
ManWords: Real Words for Real MenManWords: Real Words for Real Men
Best Price: $5.50
So your bros are hanging around the grill, shooting the shit while putting back brews from a...
A Dictionary of American English PronunciationA Dictionary of American English Pronunciation
The first American pronunciation dictionary that is thoroughly and completely inclusive and...
Vocabulum: Or, The Rogue's LexiconVocabulum: Or, The Rogue's Lexicon
Best Price: $95.00
Matsell, George W., Compiler. Vocabulum; Or, The Rogue's Lexicon. Compiled From the Most...

Biz Talk - 2: More American Business Slang & JargonBiz Talk - 2: More American Business Slang & Jargon
Best Price: $17.51
***from David Burke, author of the "old" Biz Talk series*** Thank you all very much...
The Slangman Guide to Street Speak 1 (2 Audio CD Set) (Slangman Guides)The Slangman Guide to Street Speak 1 (2 Audio CD Set) (Slangman Guides)
Best Price: $21.20
Now you can hear how natives speak! Because Americans shorten and combine words when they speak...
The Slangman Guide to Street Speak 1: The Complete Course in American Slang & IdiomsThe Slangman Guide to Street Speak 1: The Complete Course in American Slang & Idioms
Best Price: $14.84
I purchased this book so that I could help one of my high-intermediate students understand...
Complete CB Slang Dictionary: Including All 10 Codes and RegulationsComplete CB Slang Dictionary: Including All 10 Codes and RegulationsA New Dictionary of American SlangA New Dictionary of American Slang

Slang DictionarySlang DictionaryA Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional Language: From a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional EnglishA Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional Language: From a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional EnglishDictionary of American Slang 4eDictionary of American Slang 4e
Best Price: $20.92
We all know language changes rapidly, but to follow along requires an historical view....
A Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, PeopleA Creole Lexicon: Architecture, Landscape, People
Throughout Louisiana?s colonial and postcolonial periods, there evolved a highly specialized...
Shame About the Boat Race: A Guide to Rhyming Slang (Collins Humour)Shame About the Boat Race: A Guide to Rhyming Slang (Collins Humour)
Best Price: $8.39
Cockney rhyming slang is traditionally associated with London?s East End and characterized by...

The Dictionary of Nautical, University, Gypsy and Other Vulgar Tongues: A Guide to Language on the 18th and 19th Century Streets of LondonThe Dictionary of Nautical, University, Gypsy and Other Vulgar Tongues: A Guide to Language on the 18th and 19th Century Streets of London
Re: Kindle edition, if you buy this you won't get a dictionary, you'll get an early...
Collins English Dictionary - Mayor Edition - (Spanish Edition)Collins English Dictionary - Mayor Edition - (Spanish Edition)Collins Compact English DictionaryCollins Compact English Dictionary
This dictionary has been revised to reflect recent English language research. The entry-word...
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect DictionaryBarrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary
Best Price: $74.97
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and...
The New Hacker's Dictionary - 3rd EditionThe New Hacker's Dictionary - 3rd Edition
Best Price: $58.57
This book is so popular that hackers called it yellow book inshort. The best book for serious...

The Macmillan Dictionary of American SlangThe Macmillan Dictionary of American SlangHardcover: Volume of ... -The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms for Students of EnglishHardcover: Volume of ... -The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms for Students of English
Best Price: $76.82
My ESL (English as a Second Language) students love to unravel the mysteries of idioms. New...
Dickson's Word Treasury: A Connoisseur's Collection of Old and New, Weird and Wonderful, Useful and Outlandish WordsDickson's Word Treasury: A Connoisseur's Collection of Old and New, Weird and Wonderful, Useful and Outlandish Words
Best Price: $21.49
Will appeal to anyone who enjoys language or who wants to learn new and interesting words....
Hip and Hot! a Dictionary of 10,000 American Slang ExpressionsHip and Hot! a Dictionary of 10,000 American Slang Expressions
Best Price: $5.00
You can find really funny expressions and you can have great time while reading and retrieving...
In the Know Students book and Audio CD: Understanding and Using IdiomsIn the Know Students book and Audio CD: Understanding and Using Idioms
Best Price: $16.99
Great book to use for additional handouts in class regarding usage, transition, and your basic...

Kidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words, Expressions and GamesKidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words, Expressions and Games
Best Price: $28.60
Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (Longman Linguistics Library)Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (Longman Linguistics Library)
Best Price: $25.00
This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by...
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect DictionaryBarrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary
Best Price: $74.97
This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and...
The New Hacker's Dictionary - 3rd EditionThe New Hacker's Dictionary - 3rd Edition
Best Price: $58.57
This book is so popular that hackers called it yellow book inshort. The best book for serious...
The Macmillan Dictionary of American SlangThe Macmillan Dictionary of American Slang

Hardcover: Volume of ... -The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms for Students of EnglishHardcover: Volume of ... -The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms for Students of English
Best Price: $76.82
My ESL (English as a Second Language) students love to unravel the mysteries of idioms. New...
Dickson's Word Treasury: A Connoisseur's Collection of Old and New, Weird and Wonderful, Useful and Outlandish WordsDickson's Word Treasury: A Connoisseur's Collection of Old and New, Weird and Wonderful, Useful and Outlandish Words
Best Price: $21.49
Will appeal to anyone who enjoys language or who wants to learn new and interesting words....
Hip and Hot! a Dictionary of 10,000 American Slang ExpressionsHip and Hot! a Dictionary of 10,000 American Slang Expressions
Best Price: $5.00
You can find really funny expressions and you can have great time while reading and retrieving...
In the Know Students book and Audio CD: Understanding and Using IdiomsIn the Know Students book and Audio CD: Understanding and Using Idioms
Best Price: $16.99
Great book to use for additional handouts in class regarding usage, transition, and your basic...
Kidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words, Expressions and GamesKidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words, Expressions and Games
Best Price: $28.60

Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (Longman Linguistics Library)Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (Longman Linguistics Library)
Best Price: $25.00
This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by...
Diccionario Basico Vox - Latino-ESP ESP.-Latino (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Basico Vox - Latino-ESP ESP.-Latino (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $32.98
Curso de Transcripcion Fonetica En Ingles (Spanish Edition)Curso de Transcripcion Fonetica En Ingles (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $15.90
Diccionario Moderno Frances (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Moderno Frances (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $27.50
Diccionario Universal Italiano (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Universal Italiano (Spanish Edition)

Traducir al arabe/ Translate into Arabic (Teoria Y Practica De La Traduccion) (Spanish Edition)Traducir al arabe/ Translate into Arabic (Teoria Y Practica De La Traduccion) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $27.43
Portugues Iniciacion Libro (Spanish Edition)Portugues Iniciacion Libro (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $22.00
Understanding Jamaican Patois: An Introduction to Afro-Jamaican GrammarUnderstanding Jamaican Patois: An Introduction to Afro-Jamaican Grammar
Best Price: $6.83
I haven't read this book, let me just get that out of the way. However, as a degree-holder...
Dictionary of railway slangDictionary of railway slangWoods words: A comprehensive dictionary of loggers termsWoods words: A comprehensive dictionary of loggers terms

The slang dictionary; or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society: Many with their etymology and a few with their history tracedThe slang dictionary; or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society: Many with their etymology and a few with their history traced
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional...
Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture: A Selected Guide to Russian Words, Idioms, and Expressions of the Post-Stalin Era, 1953?1991Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture: A Selected Guide to Russian Words, Idioms, and Expressions of the Post-Stalin Era, 1953?1991
Best Price: $18.05
Irina H. Corten's Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture is an experiment in what Soviet...
The Jonathan David Dictionary of Popular SlangThe Jonathan David Dictionary of Popular SlangDictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City LifeDictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life
Best Price: $125.00
This is the type of cantonese colliquial I was looking for, one that doesn't just include...
Dictionary of Forces Slang 1939-1945Dictionary of Forces Slang 1939-1945
I originally purchesed this book to help with a historical writing project I was involved in. ...

NTC's Super-Mini Forbidden American EnglishNTC's Super-Mini Forbidden American English
I bought this book while I was working at a bookstore about 5 years ago. I just found it while...
A Concise Dictionary of New Words (Teach Yourself)A Concise Dictionary of New Words (Teach Yourself)
This dictionary contains words that are completey new or are old but have acquired new meanings...
Streetwise German: Speak and Understand Colloquial GermanStreetwise German: Speak and Understand Colloquial German
Best Price: $1.32
I'm appalled by the review of other readers especially the german lot. I bought this book...
British/American Language Dictionary: For More Effective Communication Between Americans and BritonsBritish/American Language Dictionary: For More Effective Communication Between Americans and Britons
Explains British and American slang and idiomatic expressions, and includes brief anecdotes...
Criminal law slanguage of New YorkCriminal law slanguage of New York

The Slang of Sin (Lighter Side of Language)The Slang of Sin (Lighter Side of Language)
Best Price: $2.95
Ah, sin. The lure of the forbidden, the rush of doing something your mommy told you not to do......
Collins English Dictionary - Updated EditionCollins English Dictionary - Updated Edition
I consider myself extremely lucky when in 1998, while in Norway, I was offered this dictionary...
Dictionary of SlangDictionary of SlangThe Oxford Dictionary of IdiomsThe Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
Best Price: $78.16
This gem is full of the amazing history of our cultures must common (and often butchered)idioms....
Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth CenturyDewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $6.66
Oddly enough I also bought this book as a gift. I must be cheap though because I picked it up...

A Dictionary of Australian Underworld SlangA Dictionary of Australian Underworld Slang
This volume is comprised of two previously unpublished glossaries of prison and underworld slang...
The Oxford Dictionary of SlangThe Oxford Dictionary of Slang
Best Price: $19.69
Saw "Oxford" and thought I was getting the real deal. This is not a good reference...
How Not To Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of EuphemismsHow Not To Say What You Mean: A Dictionary of Euphemisms
Best Price: $20.00
This is the fourth edition of a venerable and useful work that first appeared in 1987,...
The Columbia Guide to Standard American EnglishThe Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Best Price: $15.99
In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson...
Harrap's French Slang DictionaryHarrap's French Slang Dictionary
The French Slang Dictionary has long been established as the most authoritative bilingual guide...
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