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Crooked Talk
The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first collection of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as early as …
Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational …
Odd Job Man
For thirty years Jonathon Green has been collecting slang – the indefinable language of the gutter, the brothel, the jail, the barroom – producing a succession of dictionaries, …
Writing History with Lightning
Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood …
Cutting It Fine
What happens if no one orders the sea bass?How do you deal with a complaint about food poisoning? How indeed can five people in a small hot kitchen produce great food for hundreds …
The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang
Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express otherwise …
Slang: A Very Short Introduction
Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found …