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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, …
Mind the Gap
We rarely speak or even write in the complete sentences that are often held to be the ideal form of linguistic communication. Language is, in fact, full of gaps, because speakers …
So Bad It’s Good
So Bad It’s Good: The Art of the Terrible Joke isn’t just a collection of jokes—it’s a masterclass in the fine, underrated art of humorously bad comedy. …
Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy
Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy. Do you ever get channel fever so bad only a great homeward bounders will cure you? Have you …
Malina – Versteck der Sprache
1971 erschien der Roman Malina von Ingeborg Bachmann. Sofort stellte sich die Frage: "Warum heißt das Buch Malina?" 40 Jahre nach Erscheinen des Romans, der die bewusste Störung …
From Simple Verbs to Periphrastic Expressions
English offers verbal expressions in two basic forms: simple verbs such as walk and look, and periphrastic expressions such as have/take a walk and have/take a look. Which do we …
Gangster Speak
An Aladdin's cave of criminal slang as spoken in the UK, America and Australia. If you're scratching or set tripping, if you're viper mad or coming heavy, if the ming are on the …
Terminology
In the era of information technology, the need to communicate data effetively and precisely has given a boost to research in terminology. This collection of 14 articles by experts …
Urban Voices
Accents and dialects are constantly undergoing small variations over time, but evidence shows that change may have become increasingly rapid in the past few decades. 'Urban Voices' …
The Scarfolk Annual
‘Horrific and hilarious … a dystopic vision of an England that would have given Orwell the heebie-jeebies’ Independent 'A brilliant work of satire' The Quietus …
Beyond Ebonics
The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "e;Ebonics"e;, however the idea remains a mystery to most. …
Jibber Jabber and Giffle Gaffle
Banter like a bowsered giflurt and swear like a sparrow-mouthed snick fadger with the help of this illustrated dictionary of long-lost words and phrases. This crude and quirky …