Dictionary of American SlangCrowell, 1967 - 718 pages Some would ask: "isn't the language changing so fast that this book is out of date the day on which it is published?" Although it is true that changes to the language, particularly slang, happen faster and faster in the electronic age, still there is a place for an authoritative, recognized work that keeps track of and compiles the language into an historical document, as this dictionary does. |
Contents
Appendix by Stuart Berg Flexner | 596 |
Contents | 610 |
Front Clippings | 644 |
Failure Sex and Deceit | 654 |
Selected Bibliography | 655 |
Preface to Supplement by Stuart Berg Flexner | 670 |
Appendix to Supplement | 713 |
Copyright | |