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The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 65,000 entries, The New Partridge details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first years of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. The New Partridge continues the Partridge tradition in an evolutionary and accessible way: US and British English slang are given equal prominence and the dictionary boasts entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland and the Caribbean. All full entries are given a published source and, where possible, an early or significant example of the term's use in print. Like its forebear, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a monumental piece of work infused with humour and learning - a prize for anyone with a love of, and a fascination with, language.

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'A veritable Madame Tussaud's of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making, monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.' - New Statesman 'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. [The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English] is the wee babes. At more than 2,000 pages it's mondo and pretty authoritative, including entries not only from the United Kingdom and America but also from Australia, New Zealand, India and the Caribbean. Who's the daddy?!' - Guardian 'One of the many benefits of owning the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, is that you can dip in just about anywhere and enjoy the exuberant, endless display of human inventiveness with language.' - BOOKFORUM

'A veritable Madame Tussaud's of the vulgar language. It is a really epoch-making, monumental piece of work, carried out with astonishing industry and learning.' -- New Statesman 'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. [The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English] is the wee babes. At more than 2,000 pages it's mondo and pretty authoritative, including entries not only from the United Kingdom and America but also from Australia, New Zealand, India and the Caribbean. Who's the daddy?!' -- Guardian 'One of the many benefits of owning the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, is that you can dip in just about anywhere and enjoy the exuberant, endless display of human inventiveness with language.' -- BOOKFORUM

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