The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by JohnAyto (Author), JohnSimpson (Author)

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From ambulance chaser to zoot suit, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of twentieth-century slang. Drawing on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, and packed with illustrative quotations from John Lennon to Woody Allen, it is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of over 5,000 slang words and phrases. Providing full details of origins and dates of first printed use, the text contains expressions from around the English-speaking world such as dork and cockamamie (America) and giggle-house and Jimmy Woodser (Australia).

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 324
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 24 Feb 2005

ISBN 10: 0198610521
ISBN 13: 9780198610526