The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume.
Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work.
Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include:
New to this second edition:
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning - it's rude, it's delightful, and it's a prize for anyone with a love of language.
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Tom Dalzell - Senior Editor
Recognized as one of the leading expert on American slang, Tom Dalzell's most recent publications include Damn the Man: Slang of the Oppressed (2011), Far Out Depends on Where You're Standing (2012) and Vietnam War Slang: A Dictionary on Historical Principles (also published by Routledge, 2014).
Terry Victor - Editor
Not only a slang collector but also an actor, broadcaster, writer and director, Terry Victor is currently engaged in the compilation of A Dictionary of Rhyming Slangs and the development of Awkward Turtle Flips the Bird, a performed glossary of gestural slang.
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