Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford dictionary of modern slang / [edited by] John Ayto, John Simpson.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Supplementary Content

• Table of contents
• Table of contents

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ayto, John.
• Simpson, J. A., 1953-

Description

xi, 408 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Features slang words and expressions from throughout the English-speaking world, providing a stonking good read for all word lovers and English students.

Series Statement

Oxford paperback reference

Uniform Title

• Stone the crows.
• Oxford paperback reference.

Alternative Title

• Dictionary of modern slang
• Modern slang

Subjects

• Dictionaries
• Slang
• Englisch
• English language > Slang > Dictionaries

Genre/Form

Dictionaries.

Note

• Originally published as: Stone the crows : Oxford dictionary of modern slang. 2008.
• Includes index.

Contents

Dictionary -- Thematic index. The body and its functions ; People and society ; Animals ; Sustenance and intoxication ; Articles and substances ; Money, commerce, and employment ; Behaviour, attitudes, and emotions ; Thought and communication ; The arts, entertainment, and the media ; Time and tide ; Location and movement ; Abstract qualities and states.

Call Number

PE3721

ISBN

• 9780199232055 (pbk.)
• 0199232059 (pbk.)

OCLC

458730361

Title

The Oxford dictionary of modern slang / [edited by] John Ayto, John Simpson.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Edition

2nd ed.

Series

Oxford paperback reference

Oxford paperback reference.

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Added Author

Ayto, John.

Simpson, J. A., 1953-

Added Title

Stone the crows.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PE3721 .O94 2010