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1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue
by Captain Grose

ISBN 1419100076 (1-4191-0007-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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The knees. To bring any one down on his marrow bones; to make him beg pardon on his knees: some derive this from Mary's bones, i.e. the bones bent in honor of the Virgin Mary; but this seems rather far- fetched. Marrow bones and cleavers; principal instruments in the band of rough music: these are generally performed on by butchers, on marriages, elections, riding skimmington, and other public or joyous occasions. [via]
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke

ISBN 069580216X (0-695-80216-X)
Hardcover, Digest Books

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The Georgian "Profanisaurus". From the 1790s to the 1820s, numerous editions of the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue were published. Looking at the slang and vernacular language of the time, this dictionary pre-dated Roger Mellie's best-selling Profanisaurus by a good 200 years. Reprinted here, it covers the rude, the crude and the downright vulgar. Learn how the Georgians and early Victorians would insult each other and find out how some of today's words and derivations have come about. But most of all, just dip in and see how our ancestors considered and talked about such subjects as sex and the workings of the human body. [via]
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American Language
by H. L. Mencken

ISBN 0394400755 (0-394-40075-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc

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The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
by H. L. Mencken

ISBN 0394733150 (0-394-73315-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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American Slang
by Robert L. Chapman

ISBN 0061092843 (0-06-109284-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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From cowpokes to cyber punks, from flappers to gangsta rappers, American Slang chronicles the ever-evolving, informal, unconventional language we use every day. Expanded and completely updated, this 2nd edition contains thousands of contemporary and traditional slang expressions, including the newest computer lingo and slang from the Internet.
Entries Feature:
- Definitions
- Pronunciations
- Time and place origins
- Editorial notes
- Cross-references
- Examples that illustrate and validate usage
- Synonyms and variant forms
- Impact symbols
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Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms
by Akihiko Yonekawa

ISBN 4770027737 (4-7700-2773-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc

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The perfect guide to speaking real Japanese

Beyond Polite Japanese offers more than 500 words and phrases for those who want to take a step beyond Japanese textbooks and speak like a native without spending decades in the country. Many of the entries cover traditional slang, while other entries take up more contemporary usage. Slang-forming prefixes and suffixes are also presented, as well as phrases that are commonly slurred, proving elusive to the foreign ear. Literal meanings, notes on usage, and etymology are included for greater understanding.

Outgrowing polite Japanese is not easy, but with the help of Beyond Polite Japanese, it can be attained. The helpful guide is also a welcome break from the standard fare found in Japanese textbooks. [via]
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The Big Book of Filth
by Kipper Williams

ISBN 0304353507 (0-304-35350-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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The Big Book of Filth: 6500 Sex Slang Words and Phrases
by Jonathon Green, Kipper Williams

ISBN 0304363871 (0-304-36387-1)
Softcover, Cassell

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Visceral, raw, and utterly lewd and rude, these more than 6,500 off-color phrases provide a guided tour of sexual wordscapes. Categories include body parts (men's and women's); states of arousal and frustration; masturbation and orgasm; intercourse in a dazzling variety of positions and occasions; oral sex, kinky sex, gay and bi sex, promiscuity, virginity, prostitution, and many other commercial aspects of sex. The era of safe sex has brought a new, imaginative coinage of terms for contraception, venereal disease, and AIDS. Sources range from the latest street slang and popular music lyrics, to classical literary allusions, fascinating etymologies, and words that rhyme-all perfect for use in homegrown limericks and greeting cards. Bonus: George Carlin's famous 1970s "12 words you can't say on TV," along with their latest competitors. It's like a red-light district of language!
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Cassell's Colloquial Spanish: A Handbook of Idiomatic Usage
by Arthur Bryson Gerrard

ISBN 0020794304 (0-02-079430-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
by Jonathon Green

ISBN 0304366366 (0-304-36636-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Over 10,000 copies sold in hardback Over 1.5 million words of text and 75,000 entries, covering slang from every part of the English-speaking world from the sixteenth century to the present day Each entry records the date when a slang word appeared, whether it is still in use, and in what countries it is used Detailed etymologies throughout, showing how slang usages evolved and how they relate to one another Coverage of every area of slang: drugs words, criminal terms, swear words, humorous expressions, sex etc. [via]
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
by Francis Grose, Eric Partridge

ISBN 1587982471 (1-58798-247-1)
Softcover, Beard Books Inc

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The 1931 edition of the classic that presents the fashionable words and favorite expressions of olden times. [via]
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess

ISBN 1568495110 (1-56849-511-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books

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A famous fiction about a deranged personality. [via]
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A Clockwork Orange: Play with Music
by Anthony Burgess

ISBN 0345354435 (0-345-35443-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group

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"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" was published in 1962 and has been controversial ever since. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Alex - whose chief preoccupations are Beethoven's Ninth and ultra-violence - as he and his droogs rampage though a dystopian future seeking thrills, until they come under the control of the state's sinister apparatus. [via]
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Dictionary of American Slang
by Harold Wentworth, Stuart Berg Flexner

ISBN 0690006705 (0-690-00670-5)
Hardcover, Crowell

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Dictionary of American Slang
by Robert L. Chapman, Harold Wentworth, Barbara Ann Kipfer

ISBN 006270107X (0-06-270107-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
by Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

ISBN 0812885368 (0-8128-8536-8)
Softcover, Scarborough House

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A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases. [via]
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
by Eric Partridge

ISBN 0710085370 (0-7100-8537-0)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul

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A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases. [via]
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
by Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

ISBN 0415065682 (0-415-06568-2)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis Group

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalised
by Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

ISBN 0415291895 (0-415-29189-5)
Softcover, Routledge

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalized: Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames,...
by Eric Partridge

ISBN 0710019351 (0-7100-1935-1)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul

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Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachresis, Nicknames, and Vulgarisms
by Eric Partridge

ISBN 0025949802 (0-02-594980-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan General Reference

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Wordslinger Eric Partridge intended his dictionary to be a "humble companion" to the Oxford English Dictionary--a ribald companion is more like it! In Partridge's domain, a gentleman's pleasure-garden has little to do with the horticultural, referring as it does to the genitalia muliebria. On the other hand, play pussy is a Royal Air Force term meaning "to take advantage of cloud cover," and since the 1970s British forces have called intelligence operatives secret squirrels. And so it goes.
There is enough slang, cant ("i.e., language of the underworld"), and expletives here for all takers--there's low, Cockney rhyming, "picturesque Australian similes," society phrases, and even the semiproverbial. Dorothy Wordsworth, of all people, used a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse--a phrase "applied to a covert yet comprehensible hint, though often stupidity is implied."
Partridge also reveals low language's less larky side. His book can be a dark record of linguistic prejudice through the ages. Of course, in a slang dictionary, nothing is what it seems. Elevated means "drunk"; a deep-freezer is "a girl or woman of the prim or keep-off-me type"; and stage fright is late-20th-century rhyming slang for "a (glass of) light (ale)." Are you able to descry what the jocular Seduce my ancient footwear really means? If not, consider consulting Partridge's masterwork, as large as life and twice as natural. [via]
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Dictionary of the Underworld
by E. Partridge

ISBN 1853263613 (1-85326-361-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition

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This work looks at the area defined as "cant". It includes the vocabulary of "crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars, tramps, convicts and the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic and spivs", gathered from many countries and from obscure sources. [via]
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A Dictionary of the Underworld: British & American, Being the Vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, the White Slave Traffic, Spivs
by Eric Partridge

ISBN 0710019335 (0-7100-1933-5)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul

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Flappers 2 Rappers
by Tom Dalzell

ISBN 0766999289 (0-7669-9928-9)
Softcover, World Pubns

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Flappers 2 Rappers: American Youth Slang
by Tom Dalzell

ISBN 0877796122 (0-87779-612-2)
Softcover, Merriam-Webster, Incorporated

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Few things remain constant from generation to generation, but one propensity that's always in vogue is the youthful joy of inventing slang (or as Gustavo Arriolo's spider said to the dog in "Gordo," "Cool expressions change with each generation, dog, dig?"). It's always entertaining to read up on slang, but Tom Dalzell heightens the interest by organizing the youth talk chronologically. Starting with college slang in the 1850s, where "to gorm" was to eat voraciously, Dalzell proceeds to the slang of the 1920s flappers, then devotes a chapter to each succeeding decade, right up to the "circle of death" (bad pizza) of the 1990s. With scholarly derivations and social history, Dalzell has put together a totally cuspy lexicon that's slammin' cool beans. [via]
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Historical Dictionary of American Slang
by Jonathan E. Lighter

ISBN 0394544277 (0-394-54427-7)
Hardcover, Random House Information Group

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The only historical dictionary of slang -- spanning three hundred years of slang use in America. [via]
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Idiom Savant: Slang As It Is Slung
by Jerry Dunn

ISBN 0805050930 (0-8050-5093-0)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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Forget French and Spanish; it's time to keep up with the new English: the slang cooked up by pilots, lawyers, pot smokers, and pickpockets to keep us in the dark. In biker lingo, a scab is bacon; to garbage collectors, maggots are colorfully known as motorized rice; and there's a fine list of typographical symbols that e-mailers use to convey expressions (for example, :-D is a big smile, and 8-) is a smile from a person wearing glasses). Learning the idioms of 97 subcultures should keep your vocabulary au courant till they realize you're onto them and concoct a whole new batch. [via]
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Japanese Street Slang
by Peter Constantine

ISBN 0834802503 (0-8348-0250-3)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns

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Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang
by Clarence Major

ISBN 014051306X (0-14-051306-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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African-American slang cuts through logic and arrives at a quick, efficient interpretive solution to situations and things otherwise difficult to articulate. This reference book looks at the dazzling spectrum of this vibrant, humorous language, selecting and presenting over 2000 slang words and phrases, giving definitions and dates of origin. [via]
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- Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang: ISBN 0670852643 (0-670-85264-3)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Merda!: The Real Italian You Were Never Taught in School
by Roland Delicio, Kim Wilson Eversz

ISBN 0452270391 (0-452-27039-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Merde Encore!
by Genevieve

ISBN 0684854287 (0-684-85428-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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Sacre Bleu!!!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the café...
For those of you who delighted in Geneviève's deliciously naughty first book, Merde!, and for those unfortunate few who have not yet had the pleasure...Geneviève is back with Merde Encore!
Here the inimitable Geneviève makes further fabulous forays into French argot and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it really is spoken. As an additional treat, she also gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures -- those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.
So now discover how the French really feel about sex, food, la belle France, foreigners, hygiene, death...Merde Encore! may confirm what you've always suspected. [via]
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Merde Encore!: Genevieve
by Genevieve

ISBN 0684818655 (0-684-81865-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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Sacre Bleu!!!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the café...
For those of you who delighted in Geneviève's deliciously naughty first book, Merde!, and for those unfortunate few who have not yet had the pleasure...Geneviève is back with Merde Encore!
Here the inimitable Geneviève makes further fabulous forays into French argot and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it really is spoken. As an additional treat, she also gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures -- those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.
So now discover how the French really feel about sex, food, la belle France, foreigners, hygiene, death...Merde Encore! may confirm what you've always suspected. [via]
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Merde: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School/1420652
by Genevieve

ISBN 0684818647 (0-684-81864-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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Merde!: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
by Genevieve

ISBN 0684854279 (0-684-85427-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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More Making Out in Japanese
by Todd Geers, Erika Geers, Glen McCabe

ISBN 0804833451 (0-8048-3345-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub

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A great book for those who want to learn how to speak the way the actual native Japanese people speak. Shows you how to express yourself the way you always wanted without sounding too grammatical. Softcover. [via]
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The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way
by Bill Bryson

ISBN 0380715430 (0-380-71543-0)
Softcover, Avon Books

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Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sentence, that carries the book.
Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do well enough by themselves, and Bryson supplies tens per page. As well as tossing off gems of fractured English (from a Japanese eraser: "This product will self-destruct in Mother Earth."), Bryson frequently takes time to compare the idiosyncratic tongue with other languages. Not only does this give a laugh (one word: Welsh), and always shed considerable light, it also makes the reader feel fortunate to speak English. [via]
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New Dictionary of American Slang
by Robert L. Chapman, Harold Dictionary of American Slang Wentworth

ISBN 0061811572 (0-06-181157-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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Dollars to doughnuts, your reference shelf lacks a good slang dictionary, and that's a fine how-de-do. Whether you're a stuffy writer looking to gussy up your prose, a poindexter who thinks studying dictionaries is the cat's pajamas, or a muttonheaded fogey hoping to get a clue, Robert Chapman's Dictionary of American Slang fills the bill. Containing more than 19,000 terms of American slang, this lexicon represents all periods of American history, from phrases out of the 1880s, such as carrot-top for "redhead," to current '90s jargon such as carjacking. It covers the widely acceptable and the taboo, slang from cowboys and railroad workers and slang from rock & rollers, corporate America, and the gay community. It includes obsolete phrases such as canoeing for "making-out," and up-to-date terms relating to technology, such as listserv for "electronic mail list." Each item features pronunciation guides, word origins, and usage examples, and words that are derogatory or impolite are clearly labeled as such. A righteous reference and a lulu of a browser, the Dictionary of American Slangis an elegantly produced and scholarly rigorous linguistic knockout. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The New Hacker's Dictionary
by Eric S. Raymond

ISBN 0262680920 (0-262-68092-0)
Softcover, Mit Pr

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This third edition of the tremendously popular Hacker's Dictionary adds 100 new entries and updates 200 entries. In case you aren't familiar with it, this is no snoozer dictionary of technical terms, although you'll certainly find accurate definitions for most techie jargon. It's the slang and secret language among computer jocks that offers the most fun. Don't know what the Infinite-Monkey Theorem is? Or the meaning of "rat dance?" It's all here. Most people don't sit down to read dictionaries for entertainment, but this is surely an exception. [via]
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The New Hacker's Dictionary
by Guy L. Steele, Eric S. Raymond

ISBN 0262680696 (0-262-68069-6)
Softcover, MIT Press

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This third edition of the tremendously popular Hacker's Dictionary adds 100 new entries and updates 200 entries. In case you aren't familiar with it, this is no snoozer dictionary of technical terms, although you'll certainly find accurate definitions for most techie jargon. It's the slang and secret language among computer jocks that offers the most fun. Don't know what the Infinite-Monkey Theorem is? Or the meaning of "rat dance?" It's all here. Most people don't sit down to read dictionaries for entertainment, but this is surely an exception. [via]
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The New Roger's Profanisaurus
by Roger Mellie

ISBN 0752215078 (0-7522-1507-8)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan

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No lavatory is complete without a Profanisaurus! After all, what else could you read whilst you're sitting on the 'chod bin' trying not to 'breach the hull' or commit a 'Wee-Harvey Oswald'? Don't know the difference between 'stabbing the cat' and 'feeding the ducks'? Don't know when to take a 'monkey's fag break? You need Roger's Profanisaurus - the ultimate in schoolboy humour (that is definitely not for children). Roger Mellie presents this updated dictionary of swearing that gives a hilarious new angle to many previously innocently-used words. New vastly expanded edition. Completely revised and updated. An entertaining glossary of vulgarity, expletives, colourful obscenity and downright filth; Ideal for use in the home and office. [via]
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Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
by Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

ISBN 0026053500 (0-02-605350-0)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

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The English language is in a state of perpetual change and "Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and unconventional English" presents a snapshot of its state into the nineties. In this concise edition, Paul Beale continues the tradition begun in Eric Partridge's "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", while making it particularly relevant to our understanding of the language of the present day. More than 1500 new terms have been added - coinages of the 1980s that had not yet come to light when the unabridged edition last went to press in 1983. Like its parent volume, the concise edition provides a account of the vivid, racy, and informative elements of our language, documenting the living history of English and social history of the twentieth century. [via]
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Sexual Slang: A Compendium of Offbeat Words and Colorful Phrases from Shakespeare to Today
by Alan Richter

ISBN 0062725041 (0-06-272504-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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Sexual Slang Dictionary. [via]
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Slang and Euphemism: A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Ethnic Slurs, Sexual Slang and Metaphor, Drug Talk, College Lingo, and Related Matters
by Richard A. Spears

ISBN 0451203712 (0-451-20371-2)
Softcover, Signet

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Slang and Euphemism : A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Racial Slurs, Sexual Slang and Metaphor Drug Talk Homosexual Lingo and Related Matters
by Richard A. Spears

ISBN 0451165543 (0-451-16554-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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A lexicon of improper English
From slang terminology describing various bodily functions and sexual acts, to the centuries-old cant of thieves and prostitutes, to the language of the modern drug culture, here are 14, 500 entries and 32, 000 definitions of all the words and expressions so carefully omitted from standard dictionaries and polite conversation. Extensively cross-referenced for easy access, this third abridged edition contains almost 300 new entries and definitions.
So whether youre a writer seeking to create a more authentic dialogue, a crossword-puzzle addict in search of an obscure eighteenth-century expression, or a reader interested in the more colorful aspects of the English language, youll find that a wealth of words awaits you in&
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Slang and Euphemism: A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Sexual Slang and Metaphor, Racial Slurs, Drug Talk, Homosexual Lingo, and Related Matte
by Richard A. Spears

ISBN 0451118898 (0-451-11889-8)
Softcover, New American Library

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A lexicon of improper English
From slang terminology describing various bodily functions and sexual acts, to the centuries-old cant of thieves and prostitutes, to the language of the modern drug culture, here are 14, 500 entries and 32, 000 definitions of all the words and expressions so carefully omitted from standard dictionaries and polite conversation. Extensively cross-referenced for easy access, this third abridged edition contains almost 300 new entries and definitions.
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Slang Down the Ages: The Historical Development of Slang
by Jonathon Green

ISBN 1856261603 (1-85626-160-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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The Slang of Sin
by Tom Dalzell

ISBN 0877796270 (0-87779-627-0)
Softcover, Merriam Webster

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"Sin in all of its manifestations," writes Tom Dalzell in his introduction to The Slang of Sin, "excites linguistic creativity." And so it does. Dalzell seems to have infiltrated all variety of subcultures to assemble this dazzling collection of sinful slang. And with Dalzell's help, you, too, can talk body piercing (poking holes), the numbers racket (the Kentucky lottery), safecracking (knocking a peter), drug dealing (layin' down the hustle), and prison sex (jailhouse rock) with the best of 'em. Dalzell defines sin as those activities that "have been at times considered by society to be vices." So alongside red chicken (heroin), plumbing the bones (loading the dice), and woodsman (a male porn star who reliably achieves and maintains erection until the appropriate moment) in this language guide are a lady's friend (contraception), housewives special (daytime bingo), and night nurse (a cigarette smoked in the middle of the night). --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The Slang Thesaurus
by Jonathon Green

ISBN 0140512055 (0-14-051205-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Slang is the language through which we communicate on an everyday basis. Often more colorful and expressive than its formal counterpart, slang is stimulated largely by "sex, money and intoxicating liquor" and, more recently, drugs, and is ever changing and evolving. This lively introduction to the world of slang provides: [via]
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Slang Through the Ages
by Jonathon Green

ISBN 0844208345 (0-8442-0834-5)
Softcover, Ntc Pub Group

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Slang Through the Ages tackles its subject b y theme, taking words of standard English and tracing the de velopment of their slang equivalents over the past 500 years . ' [via]
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Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
by Michael Adams

ISBN 0195175999 (0-19-517599-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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In its seven years on television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has earned critical acclaim and a massive cult following among teen viewers. One of the most distinguishing features of the program is the innovative way the show's writers play with language: fabricating new words, morphing existing ones, and throwing usage on its head. The result has been a strikingly resonant lexicon that reflects the power of both youth culture and television in the evolution of American slang. Using the show to illustrate how new slang is formed, transformed, and transmitted, Slayer Slang is one of those rare books that combines a serious explanation of a pop culture phenomena with an engrossing read for fans of the show, word geeks, and language professionals. Michael Adams begins his book with a synopsis of the program's history and a defense of ephemeral language. He then moves to the main body of the work: a detailed glossary of slayer slang, annotated with actual dialogue and recorded the style accepted by the American Dialect Society. The book concludes with a bibliography and a lengthy index, a guide to sources (novels based on the show, magazine articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes. Introduced by Jane Espenson, one of the show's most inventive writers (and herself a linguist), Slayer Slang offers a quintessential example of contemporary youth culture serving as a vehicle for slang.
In the tradition of The Physics of Star Trek, Slayer Slang is one of those rare books that offers a serious examination a TV cult phenomenon appealing to fans and thinkers alike.
A few examples from the Slayer Slang glossary:
bitca n [AHD4 bitch n in sense 2.a + a] Bitch 1997 Sep 15 Whedon When She Was Bad "[Willow:] 'I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?' [Giles:] 'Willow, I think we're all a little old to be spelling things out.' [Xander:] 'A bitca?'"
break and enterish adj [AHD4 sv breaking and entering n + -ish suff in sense 2.a] Suitable for crime 1999 Mar 16 Petrie Enemies "I'll go home and stock up on weapons, slip into something a little more break and enterish." [B]
carbon-dated adj [fr. AHD4 carbondating + -ed] Very out of date 1997 Mar 10 Whedon Welcome to the Hellmouth "[Buffy:] 'Deal with that outfit for a moment.' [Giles:] 'It's dated?' [Buffy:] 'It's carbon-dated.'"
cuddle-monkey n [AHD4 cuddle v + monkey n in sense 2, by analogy fr. RHHDAS (also DAS3 and NTC) sv cuddle bunny 'an affectionate, passionate, or sexually attractive young woman'] Male lover 1998 Feb 10 Noxon Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered "Every woman in Sunnydale wants to make me her cuddle-monkey." [X] [via]
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
by Max Decharne

ISBN 1842430009 (1-84243-000-9)
Hardcover, No Exit

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Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English
by Geoffrey Hughes

ISBN 0140267077 (0-14-026707-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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This is the history of the lexical underworld of the English language. It details the story of impropriety in language and of the lower registers of the foul and obscene. From the earliest times swearing has existed in many variegated forms from the deadly curse to trivial expletives occasioned by annoyance. The book tells of the use of magic in primitive societies, of the binding oath of the Anglo-Saxon warrior and of blasphemy in the medieval age of faith. It describes how in the Renaissance swearing acquired a more secular idiom, and how the conflict between linguistic exuberance and official exuberance lasted up until modern times. There are also sections on the various types of abuse - racist and sexist among others. [via]
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War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases from the Civil War to the Gulf War
by Paul Dickson

ISBN 0671750240 (0-671-75024-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books

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War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War
by Paul Dickson

ISBN 1574887106 (1-57488-710-6)
Softcover, Potomac Books Inc

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Paul Dickson, one of the country's leading authorities on American slang, offers the first comprehensive collection of fighting words and wartime phrases Americans have used from the Civil War to the Iraq War. This definitive dictionary, updated and expanded to include the events of September 11 and the war on terrorism, is arranged war by war and reveals military slang at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic. Dickson also shows how language mirrors the unique experience of each conflict. For example, World War II brought unprecedented linguistic experimentation, innovation, and abbreviation, including "dogface", "quisling", "blitz", and the immortal "GI" as well as the rich stew of pidgin English used to communicate with the native peoples of the South Pacific. Raw frustration and cynicism surface in the slang of the Vietnam War, with a record number of synonyms for the verb "to kill", including "blow away", "dust", "get some grease", "waste", and "zap".

Beginning with a brief overview of the Revolutionary War, War Slang reveals the thoughts, attitudes, and environments of Americas fighting men and women from the last 230 years. An incomparable reference work, WAR SLANG serves the language lover and military historian alike by adding a brilliant and provocative new dimension to the understanding of war. [via]
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War Slang: Fighting Words and Phrases of Americans from the Civil War to the Gulf War
by Paul Dickson

ISBN 0671750224 (0-671-75022-4)
Hardcover, Pocket Books

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Zakennayo!: The Real Japanese You Were Never Taught in School
by Philipj Cunningham, Kim Wilson Eversz, Kim Wilson Brandt

ISBN 0452275067 (0-452-27506-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The Japanese are known for their polite discourse and deferential demeanor, but there's another side to the language of the land of the rising sun--and every one of its biting curses, scathing slanders, and frustration-venting expressions is captured here in this priceless repertoire of "colorful" Japanese expressions. 16 line drawings. [via]
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Stadin Slangi- Ja Puhekielen Sanasto
by Kivi Kallio

ISBN 9529077920 (952-90-7792-0)
Hardcover, Fenton

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Hide This French Book
by Berlitz Publishing

ISBN 9812464298 (981-246-429-8)
Softcover, Berlitz

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