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Overview"For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana From ""head trip"" to ""foot in mouth,"" American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as ""catch some rays"" and ""take the fifth"" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's ""jonx,"" the Internet's ""ping,"" and the gangsta's favorite, ""shizzle."" Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful. BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error crunk wild; crazy; out of control kvetch to complain left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool word of mouse a message spread by e-mail" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard SpearsPublisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Imprint: McGraw-Hill Contemporary Edition: 4th edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.765kg ISBN: 9780071461085ISBN 10: 0071461086 Pages: 576 Publication Date: 16 July 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsHow to Use This DictionaryIntroductionTerms, Symbols, and AbbreviationsPronunication GuideDictionaryIndex of Hidden Key WordsThematic IndexReviewsAuthor InformationRichard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 dictionaries, including NTC's American Idioms Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-0273-8) and NTC's American English Learner's Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-5859-8). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |