The Oxford dictionary of modern slang

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Simpson J. A 1953-; Ayto John
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Oxford paperback reference
Subjects:
Item Description: Stone the crows.
Carrier Form: 408 p.: ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9780199232055 (pbk.)
0199232059 (pbk.)
Index Number: H313
CLC: H313.3-61
Call Number: H313.3-61/A988/2nd.ed.
Contents: Originally published as: Stone the crows : Oxford dictionary of modern slang. 2008.
Includes index.
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.
Features slang words and expressions from throughout the English-speaking world, providing a stonking good read for all word lovers and English students.