American Slang Dictionary: The Ultimate Reference to Nonstandard Usage, Colloquialisms, Popular Jargon, and Vulgarisms - Couverture souple

Spears, Richard

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ISBN 10 : 0071461086 ISBN 13 : 9780071461085

Editeur : McGraw-Hill Contemporary, 2006

Synopsis

For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana

From "head trip" to "foot in mouth," American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as "catch some rays" and "take the fifth" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's "jonx," the Internet's "ping," and the gangsta's favorite, "shizzle."

Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful.

BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error
crunk wild; crazy; out of control
kvetch to complain
left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool
word of mouse a message spread by e-mail

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a former reference editor and linguistics professor at Northwestern University. He has written more than 150 dictionaries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0071461086
• ISBN 13: 9780071461085
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 546
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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