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The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English / Tom Dalzell (senior editor) and Terry Victor (editor).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008Description: xvii, 720 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415212596
  • 9780415212595
Other title:
  • Dictionary of slang and unconventional English
  • New Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English
Related works:
  • Revision of: Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979. Dictionary of slang and unconventional English. 8th ed
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427.09 22
LOC classification:
  • PE3721 .P3 2008
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Observations of Slang and Unconventional English -- Entries A-Z -- Numeric Slang.
Summary: "The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge 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."--Publisher's website.
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Rev. ed of: Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th ed.,1984, by E. Partridge and edited by P. Beale.

"2006 new editorial matter and selection, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor; material taken from The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition (first published 1984), E. Partridge and P. Beale estates"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Observations of Slang and Unconventional English -- Entries A-Z -- Numeric Slang.

"The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge 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."--Publisher's website.

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