The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang: With More Than 5,000 Racy and Raffish Colloquial Expressions-From America, Great Britain, Australia, the Carib

by TonyThorne (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $10.05

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.91

  Containing more than 5000 terms and 15,000 definitions, this book provides a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics, such as sex and bodily functions. There are expressions from Britain, Australia, America, the Caribbean and other English-speaking countries. Revised and expanded, the book concentrates on the slang of the last 30 years, illustrating today's cultural and social preoccupations. Tony Thorne is the author of The Dictionary of Popular Culture and Countess Dracula .