With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of colloquial American English--no joke This fully updated and abridged fourth edition of American Slang contains more...
The abridged edition of the New Dictionary of American Slang, containing 14,000 entries. "American slang at its rip-roaring, zany, zappy best."--Dr. Robert Burchfield, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
From cowpokes to cyber punks, from flappers to gangsta rappers, American Slang chronicles the ever-evolving, informal, unconventional language we use every day. Expanded and completely updated, this 2nd edition contains thousands of contemporary and traditional slang expressions,...