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The heir and successor to Eric Partridge''s brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang.





Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of 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:







  • unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English Dictionary of Slang and Unconvetional English

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Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge''s brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of... Read more

    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    Publication Date: 7/7/2020
    ISBN13: 9780367570491, 978-0367570491
    ISBN10: 0367570491

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    Description

    Booklist Top of the List Reference Source



    The heir and successor to Eric Partridge''s brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang.





    Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of 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:







    • unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India

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