by HoughtonMifflinCompany (Author)
This classic reference of definitions, anedotes, slang, allusions, proverbs, and much hard-to-find information on the arts, literature, science, and popular culture has been completely revised and updated to reflect the present state of our language. Features 8,000 new words and phrases--everything from Graceland to glasnost--coined since 1900.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 662
Edition: American ed
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 01 Mar 1996
ISBN 10: 0395616492
ISBN 13: 9780395616499