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"The ""only"" historical dictionary of slang -- spanning three hundred years of slang use in America."

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Author:   RANDOM HOUSE ,  J. E. Lighter ,  J. E. Lighter ,  J. Ball
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 28.60cm
Weight:   2.019kg
ISBN:  

9780679434641

ISBN 10:   067943464
Pages:   736
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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A landmark publication, at one stroke sweeping its predecessors into the shade . . . It is one of those rare books that prompts the realization that you have never seen the subject in such sharp focus before. <br>--John A. Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary <br> A monumental book. <br>-- The New York Times <br> Will do for nonstandard English what the Oxford English Dictionary did for the whole language. <br>--William Safire <br> No one has ever created a scholarly work that is more fun. <br>-- Newsweek <br> The funniest . . . work of profound lexicographical slang-scholarship ever published . . . The book belongs on every patriotice coffee table. <br>--Nicholson Baker, The New Review of Books <br> A browser's joy . . . an awesome tribute to the American popular imagination. <br>-- Boston Globe

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