| Edition |
Dover ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Text originally published by: Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Mass., 1996. |
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"This Dover edition ... contains the unabridged text of the work originally published by Merriam-Webster. All the original illustrations have been omitted here. A new chapter, written by the author, has been specially prepared for the present edition."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index. |
| Summary |
This entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans, tracing slang terms and expressions from the end of the 19th century to the present. In addition to alphabetical listings for each decade, it features fascinating word histories and sidebars about language and culture. Great for browsing as well as for reference. -- Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Before the flapper -- The 1920s : the flapper -- The 1930s : the joe and the jerk -- The 1940s : the jive generation -- The mainstream 1950s -- The beat counterculture of the 1950s -- The mainstream 1960s -- The hippie counterculture of the 1960s -- The 1970s and 1980s -- Hip-hop & rap -- And then...the 1990s -- Generation Y2K. |
| Subject |
English language -- United States -- Slang -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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English language. |
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United States. |
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Slang. |
| Genre/Form |
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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| Subject |
English language -- Slang -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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English language -- Slang. |
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Youth -- United States -- Language.
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Youth. |
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Americanisms.
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Americanisms. |
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Youth -- Language. |
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Youth. |
| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Controlled vocabularies.
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Controlled vocabularies.
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| Added Title |
Flappers to rappers |
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Flappers two rappers |
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American youth slang |
| ISBN |
9780486475875 (paperback) |
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0486475875 (paperback) |
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