The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Name: The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the authoritative successor to Eric Partridge's classic slang dictionary. This comprehensive two-volume set contains over 60,000 entries of slang and unconventional English used across the English-speaking world from 1945 through the early 2000s. Featuring global coverage including British, American, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, Indian, South African, Irish, and Caribbean slang, it offers detailed definitions, origins, dated usage examples, and citations from literature, media, and popular culture. The new edition also adds more than 1,000 entries, including terms from social networking language and updated citations throughout.

This lively and scholarly work is both informative and entertaining, making it an indispensable resource for anyone fascinated by the evolution of English slang.
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This work suits linguists, lexicographers, students of English language and culture, writers, and anyone with a passion for slang and unconventional English worldwide. It is especially valuable to those studying post-World War II English and global English varieties.

The definitive record of post-World War Two slang, anyone with a fascination or passion for language will delight in the wit and intelligence of this invaluable resource.

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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 The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post-WWII slang.

Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterised Partridge's own work.

Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include:

Unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean
Emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English
Published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print
Hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords
Dating information for each headword
In the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning

New to this edition:

A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years
Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK, and Australia
New terms from the language of social networking
Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

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Acclaimed by critics, the dictionary has been called 'an epoch-making, monumental piece of work' by New Statesman and 'the wee babes' of slang dictionaries by the Guardian, praising its authoritative and comprehensive coverage. BOOKFORUM highlights its enjoyment value, noting readers can dip in anywhere to appreciate human inventiveness in language, while The New Yorker refers to it as 'the grandfather of twentieth-century slang books.'

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367570491

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 07 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Contributors:

Edited by Tom Dalzell
Edited by Terry Victor

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 189.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 4680g

Pages: 2536

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About the Author

Tom Dalzell -Senior Editor

Tom Dalzell is a lawyer who moonlights in an extremely serious way as a slang collector and author. Recognized as the leading expert on American slang, his most recent publications include Damn the Man: Slang of the Oppressed (2011) and Far Out Depends on Where You’re Standing (2012).

Terry Victor – Editor

Terry Victor is not only a slang collector but also an actor, broadcaster, writer and director. He has written (and acted in) more Murders on the Orient Express than Agatha Christie. Since the 1st edition of this book he has notably appeared in a BAFTA-winning movie and Punchdrunk’s acclaimed immersive theatre, and authored two stage plays: No Offence (2008), and Fragments of Ash "... a supremely intelligent and very important piece of theatre." Informed Edinburgh (2011). A Dictionary of Anglophone Rhyming Slangs is due to be published in 2013.