Chambers Slang Dictionary - Rilegato

Jonathon Green

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ISBN 10: 0550104399 ISBN 13: 9780550104397

Casa editrice: Chambers Harrap, 2008

Riassunto

Chambers Slang Dictionary is a brand-new edition of Jonathon Green's magisterial slang dictionary, first published in 1998. Covering the full range of slang over five centuries and from all parts of the English-speaking world, this collection has won universal acclaim for its authority, comprehensiveness and browsability. This new edition, the first to be published by Chambers, retains all the verve and precision of the earlier work. The text has been completely overhauled and restructured to make it as accessible as possible. Anyone interested in the seamier side of language will have hours of sheer joy exploring the vast wealth of information this book contains and plumbing the depths of centuries of slang.

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Recensione:

Jonathon Green's Chambers Slang Dictionary, to be published next month, contains more than 4,500 words for drinks, 4,000 for drugs, 2,400 for idiots and 634 for buttocks. It covers five centuries of language from the wrong side of the tracks, but it is the youngest entires that provide some of the the greatest amusement. A Giorgio Armani, for example, in rhyming slang is a sarnie and a squirrel-kisser is an environmentalist.

--Mark Sanderson, Literary Life, Sunday Telegraph

'Dr Johnson would have moaned with delight.'

--Andrew Marr, DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Mr Slang, aka Jonathon Green.'

--Martin Amis, Experience

Descrizione del libro:

The largest single-volume slang dictionary available

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• Editore: Chambers Harrap
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0550104399
• ISBN 13: 9780550104397
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 1520