Contemporary American slang

Author(s)

• Spears, Richard A.

Bibliographic Information

Contemporary American slang

Richard A. Spears

NTC Pub. Group, 2001

2nd ed

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The 1,700 entries contained in "Contemporary American Slang" represent the most current general slang expressions used in the United States today. Each entry has at least two example sentences that illustrate how expressions are used in everyday language, and helpful cross references make it easy to locate similar, shortened, or abbreviated expressions.

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Details

• NCID: BA51047457
• ISBN:
  • 0844202975
• LCCN: 00046072
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill.
• Pages/Volumes: xv,224 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE2846
  • DC21 : 427/.973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- United States -- Slang -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Americanisms -- Dictionaries