A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English - Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms, and Such Americanisms As Have Been Naturalised 8 ed.

Partridge Eric. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English - Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms, and Such Americanisms 8 ed. 1984 [pdf 2808sc 13.41mb] The definitive work on slang and unconventional English, this edition is fully revised and updated by Paul Beale and includes some 500 new entries. The dictionary gives a fully documented account of English slang over four centuries and will entertain and inform all lovers of the English language. Cover......Page 1 OTHER ROUTLEDGE BOOKS BY ERIC PARTRIDGE......Page 3 Title......Page 4 ISBN......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Preface to the 8th Edition......Page 10 Preface to the 1st Edition......Page 14 Arrangement within Entries......Page 20 Dating......Page 22 Bibliographical Abbreviations......Page 24 Abbreviations and Signs......Page 30 A......Page 33 B......Page 98 C......Page 369 D......Page 599 E......Page 742 F......Page 772 G......Page 906 H......Page 1063 I......Page 1200 J......Page 1237 K......Page 1294 L......Page 1344 M......Page 1443 N......Page 1570 O......Page 1649 P......Page 1710 Q......Page 1908 R......Page 1925 S......Page 2026 T......Page 2401 U......Page 2584 V......Page 2605 W......Page 2618 X......Page 2727 Y......Page 2728 Z......Page 2751 THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHONETIC ALPHABET......Page 2756 AUSTRALIAN SURFING SLANG AND COLLOQUIALISMS......Page 2758 AUSTRALIAN UNDERWORLD TERMS CURRENT IN 1975......Page 2759 Eric Honeywood Partridge, renowned philologist, etymologist and lexicographer, dedicated his life to the study of language but it is for his work on slang, and in particular for his flagship dictionary, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, that he is most widely remembered and admired. Now for the first time from Routledge, the eighth, and current, edition of Partridge's renowned dictionary is available in paperback. Originally published in 1984, this edition was published posthumously but had been worked upon by Partridge until six weeks before his death. Its place in the history of the lexicography of slang is assured as the last edition to feature original work by Partridge himself. The definitive work on the subject, this classic work - now available in its ninth edition, for the first time in paperback - gives a full account of slang and conventional English and will entertain and inform all language-lovers. Revised and updated to include some 500 new entries, this "Dictionary" gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and aims to entertain and inform all language-lovers. Eric Partridge ; Edited By Paul Beale. Originally Published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. With New Foreword. On t.p.: Colloquialisms and catchphrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms. 8th edition published in 1984 by Routledge, reprinted 2003; original ed., 1937.