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

By:

Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: 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):

English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries

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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