American Slang Dictionary

The Ultimate Reference to Nonstandard Usage Colloquia

Richard Spears

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McGraw Hill
29 June 2006

Dictionaries; Dialect, slang & jargon; Languages & ESL; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language; English as a Second Language

"For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana

From ""head trip"" to ""foot in mouth,"" American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as ""catch some rays"" and ""take the fifth"" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's ""jonx,"" the Internet's ""ping,"" and the gangsta's favorite, ""shizzle.""

Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful.

BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error crunk wild; crazy; out of control kvetch to complain left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool word of mouse a message spread by e-mail"

By: Richard Spears
Imprint: McGraw Hill
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 765g
ISBN: 9780071461085
ISBN 10: 0071461086
Pages: 1098
Publication Date: 29 June 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a former reference editor and linguistics professor at Northwestern University. He has written more than 150 dictionaries.