Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Автор:
Ayto, 326 стр., издатель:
"Oxford University Press", ISBN:
9780198610526, 978-0-1986-1052-6, 978-0-19-861052-6, 0-19-861052-1
- Over 5,000 slang words and phrases - Thousands of illustrative quotations-from John Lennon to Woody Allen - Full information for each entry-definitions, origins, and the date of the first use in print International coverage From ambulance chaser to zoot suit , this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of twentieth-century slang. Drawing on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary , and packed with illustrative quotations from John Lennon to Woody Allen, it is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of over 5,000 slang words and phrases. Providing full details of origins and dates of first printed use, the text contains expressions from around the English-speaking world such as dork and cockamamie (America) and giggle-house and Jimmy Woodser (Australia).
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