Dictionary of American slang

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Kipfer Barbara Ann; Chapman Robert L 1920-2002.
Published: Collins,
Publisher Address: New York, NY
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 4th ed.
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Carrier Form: xvi, 592 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780061176463 (hbk.)
006117646X
Index Number: H313
CLC: H313.3-61
Call Number: H313.3-61/D554/4th.ed.
Contents: Preface to the fourth edition -- Guide to the dictionary -- Dictionary of American slang -- Appendix A: Words for "drunk," "intoxicated." and "Intoxicated by drugs" -- Appendix B: Guide to text messaging abbreviations.
Includes words and phrases from all of United States history and from such current subcultures as technology and the Internet, the media, recent immigrants, and fashion.