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Til the present volume, instead of attempting to divide the work into chapters treating of colloquial phrases, cant phrases, slang phrases, and so forth, I have thrown the whole into alphabetical form, and have marked by letters the category to which, in my opinion, the phrases ought to belong. This classi6cation may be studied or may be neglected as suits the convenience or the taste of the consulter. I fear its distinctions may not please every one, and that the classification must l)e looked upon merely as an approach to an ideal division, which, even in more capable hands, would not be regarded as final. The division I have chosen is fourfold, and in a descending scale of dignity, Prose, Conversational, Familiar, Slang. By Frose (P) phrases, I understand such phrases as Macaulay or Matthew Arnold might use in their serious A vritings. Conversational (C) phrases, again, are suitable for use in social intercoui-se, at gatherings where strangers are present, and where we weigh our words before uttering them. Familiar (F) phrases are less dignified, and are only in place where we are speaking unreservedly among intimates. The lowest category of all is that of Slang (S) phrases, which are generally of a local or technical nature that is, they are fully understood only by those of a certain locality, coterie, or profession. Such is the language of the forecastle, of the school-ground, or of the mine. This Dictionary docs not pretend to exhaust the list of slang phrases, but only to give those which have crept into ordinary use, and are understood, although they may not be used, by all educated people.
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