A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been NaturalisedPsychology Press, 2002 - 1400 pages 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. Book jacket. |
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch ... Eric Partridge No preview available - 1984 |
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch ... Eric Partridge No preview available - 1984 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbr adopted ex anglicised Anglo-Irish Apperson army arse Baumann beer blow blue Bootham School boots Bowen Brit C.J. Dennis cock Cockney current in 1970s D'Arcy Niland DCpp dead Dickens Dict drink drunk earlier C.20 early Egan's Grose elab English euph Ex sense fellow Franklyn Gerald Kersh girl Granville Hence horse Kylie Tennant late C.18-early later Leechman London low coll Manchon Mayhew military nautical coll naval Ned Ward nickname officers one's orig Oxford OXFORD ER P.G. Wodehouse Perhaps ex perhaps orig person Petch phrase police Powis prec prison prob pron quot'n Railway railwaymen's rare rhyming RN lowerdeck S.E. sense School Services Shelta ship Slang soldiers someone sporting synon tailors term theatrical Vaux Ware Whence Winchester College woman word