Author: Jonathan Evan LighterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A historical dictionary of American slang : Vol. I
Author: Jonathan Evan LighterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Author: Jonathan E. LighterPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195174182
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
The American Slang Dictionary
Author: James MaitlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang: H-O
Author: Jonathan E. LighterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang: A-G
Author: Jonathan E. LighterPublisher: Random House Reference
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Dictionary of American slang, covering all eras of American history with accurate definitions and extensive, dated citations.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang
Author: Grant BarrettPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195304470
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.
A Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Author: Jonathan Evan LighterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Author: Jonathan E. LighterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780679434658
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
A collection of American slang which includes both present-day and historical terms
A Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Author: Jonathan Evan LighterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Author: Jonathan E. Lighter