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Talking Dirty: 5000 slang phrases

Talking Dirty: 5000 slang phrases

by JonathonGreen (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

    $3.25
Synopsis

Talking Dirty presents, in 100 varied A-Z categories, 5000 slang phrases of every conceivable type: oaths, insults, chat-up lines, ripostes and rejoinders, exclamations of surprise, delight and disgust ('Well, strip me with the wrought end of a wallaby's donger!!!'), phrases to cajole and persuade ('I'm gonna get medieval on your ass!!!'), elegant descriptions ('He gets more butt than ashtrays!!!') and memorable vernacular epigrams ('You've got thumb in bum and mind in neutral!!!'). Talking Dirty amounts to a popular thesaurus of slang phraseology, and is yet another richly entertaining exploration from Cassell of the endlessly inventive world of English slang, full of the linguistic playfulness and fun of The Big Book of Filth and The Big Book of Being Rude.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 11 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0304364746
ISBN 13: 9780304364749
Book Overview: 5000 slang phrases for every conceivable social and domestic context, from boardroom to brothel and from kitchen to karsey. The perfect Christmas gift for broad-minded word buffs. Total sales of the 'Filth' series are now in excess of 250,000 copies. 60 cartoon illustrations by Dan Pearce. Phrases include: Chat-up lines ('Getting any lately?') Elegant descriptions ('He gets more butt than ashtrays!') Adroit methods of rescuing embarrassing social situations ('More tea, vicar?') Phrases to cajole and persuade ('I'm gonna get medieval on your ass') Insults and retorts ('Sit on it and rotate!') Expressions of amazement and disgust ('Mop and bucket!')

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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH and THE OBSERVER are both interested in Jonathon Green writing pieces for them. The following magazines are reviewing: THE EROTIC REVIEW - have run a competition to win copiesDESIREJACKICELADSMAGBOYS TOYS Jonathon Green apeared on Vanessa Feltz's show on BBC LONDON on 15th September
Author Bio
Jonathon Green is a well-known writer and broadcaster with a particular interest in colloquial English and slang. His many credits include the Macmillan Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, Slang Down the Ages, Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the Dictionaries They Made, the critically acclaimed Cassell's Dictionary of Slang and the bestselling Big Book of Filth and Big Book of Being Rude. Jonathon Green lives in central London.