Thesaurus of American Slang

by Robert L. Chapman

Book Overview

Here is the whole nine yards--America's most important contemporary and historic slang words--from sports, the drug culture, the media world, and more. Presented alphabetically and given with all their synonyms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006016140X
• ISBN13: 9780060161408
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Useful but limited...

A few years back, this book was the only game in town for anyone who wanted to scan a list of slang options for a given word. Good selection of words. Trouble is, it's extremely cumbersome to search for a word, because many words are filed under a less familiar slang word -- to look up "marijuana," you have to look under "pot." "Drunk" is found under "on the sauce." There is an index system, but it's not terribly efficient.