A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: From a Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge

by Paul Beale and Jane Wong

Book Overview

The English language is in a state of perpetual change and Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and unconventional English presents a snapshot of its state into the nineties. In this concise edition, Paul Beale continues the tradition begun in Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, while making it particularly relevant to our understanding of the language of the present day. More than 1500 new terms have been added -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0026053500
• ISBN13: 9780026053501
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Cool, Dude...

I've had this book for about ten years now, and I am happy to see it is still available. I've used it for design projects (a college assignment comparing American and British slang), and just for fun. Slang is fascinating!