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The dictionary of contemporary slang

With more than 15,000 definitions, this book provides a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions.

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  • "Bloomsbury dictionary of contemporary slang"@en
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  • "Contemporary slang"

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  • "With more than 15,000 definitions, this book provides a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions."@en
  • "Slang from Britain, America, Australia, South Africa and Jamaica."@en
  • "With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. --Publisher's description."@en
  • "With more than 15,000 definitions from aardvark to 'zup?, this is a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions."@en
  • "With more than 15,000 definitions from aardvark to 'zup?, this is a guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions."
  • "With more than 7,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this fully updated fourth edition of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, language and culture expert Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line. ""Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where other lexicogra."@en

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  • "Wörterbuch"
  • "Dictionaries"@en
  • "Dictionaries"
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Electronic books"
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  • "The dictionary of contemporary slang"@en
  • "Dictionary of Contemporary Slang"
  • "Dictionary of Contemporary Slang"@en
  • "Dictionary of contemporary slang"@en
  • "Dictionary of contemporary slang"
  • "The dictionary of contemporary slang [the newest slang terms explained]"
  • "Dictionary of contemporary slang : the newest slang terms explained"

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