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New dictionary of American slang

Author:	Robert L Chapman; Harold Wentworth
Publisher:	New York : Harper & Row, ©1986.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	In linguistics, where definitions at best are often imprecise, those of slang terms are notoriously hard to establish. Recorded slang emerged from the special languages of sub-cultures and never stops evolving. Since the publication of the classic Dictionary of American Slang, on which this new dictionary is partially based, many changes have taken place.