Modern English a Trendy Slang Diction

by Jennifer Blowdryer

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867193352
• ISBN13: 9780867193350
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Last Gasp
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Rite of passage

Reading Modern English was a life-changing event. Jennifer Blowdryer is a sharp tongued anthropologist in a secondhand dress--and this was back before shopping at the Salvation Army was something you saw on the Style Channel. Cholo, Goth, Drug, D/s, Hardcore, Art Wreck, and Punk are just a few of the subcultures examined in this essential language & cultural guide. Her riffs on lounge lizards ("they've given up, but then again, they haven't")and mindless jerks who pick on the ultra hip ("they should be taking a closer look at the clothes they'll be wearing in two years")are funny and smart. If you can find a copy of this gem, don't pass it up.

The Pulse of 80s US Subculture

From punks to rudeboys, Ms. Blowdryer covers all the movements of the early to mid-80s in the U.S. Want to know more about mods or rockabillies in this era, buy this book. The author's cutting wit and real-life experience is put down in this lexicon.