It's a celebration of almost everything that's ever made us smile. And that itself is reason number 14,001.
]]>Barbara Ann Kipfer is an expert in the field of lexicography. She's the author of Flip Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases and The Order of Things. She lives in Ivoryton, Connecticut.
]]>An essential volume for every reference shelf, The Concise Roget's International Thesaurus ® is the most comprehensive mass market paperback thesaurus available today. Containing more than 230,000 words, including slang, idiom, parts of speech, and technical terms, it remains the ultimate writing tool for organizing thoughts and mastering the nuance of expression. More complete and authoritative than other thesauruses, the revised and updated sixth edition offers a revolutionary method of organization, grouping synonyms, antonyms, and related words together into 1,075 numbered categories, eliminating the unnecessary repetition and time-consuming cross-referencing so common in other thesauruses. With an easy-to-use index for quick referencing, The Concise Roget's International Thesaurus® is the first source to which writers, students, and speakers should turn to add eloquence, weight, and style to their spoken and written ideas and sentiments.
]]>And make no mistake––this is a dictionary that is purely American, the place where you can trace the development of the American language, in it's highly informal format known as "slang."
Some would ask: "isn't the language changing so fast that this book is out of date the day on which it is published?" Although it is true that changes to the language, particularly slang, happen faster and faster in the electronic age, still there is a place for an authoritative, recognized work that keeps track of and compiles the language into an historical document, as this dictionary does.
It is true that language changes very quickly; it is just as true that today's slang may be forgotten tomorrow. In recording the changing language, and sorting out what's here to stay from what's coming and quickly going, the Dictionary of American Slang serves a useful and important purpose.
]]>Phraseology is the ultimate collection of everything you never knew about the wonderful phrases found in the English language. It contains information about phrase history and etymology; unusual, lost, or uncommon phrases; how phrases are formed; and more than 7,000 facts about common English phrases.
Practical enough to be used as a reference book but so fun that every book lover will want to read it straight through, Phraseology contains such engrossing tidbits as:
<ul> <li>ACROSS THE BOARD is an allusion to the board displaying the odds in a horse race</li> <li>ARTESIAN WELL gets its name from Artois, where such wells were first made</li> <li>BEST MAN originated in Scotland, where the groom kidnapped his bride with the aid of friends, including the toughest and bravest - the best man.</li> </ul>]]>* Includes more than 10,000 multi-word entries organized alphabetically in a traditional thesaurus format
* Many entries also feature lists of examples
With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of colloquial American English—no joke
This fully updated and abridged fourth edition of American Slang contains more than 1,500 new terms representing the variety and vigor of American slang, from "yada yada yada" to "yo momma." There's no better resource for those who are curious about language, fascinated by counterculture, or just completely confused when other people talk.
Like previous editions, this edition features pronunciation guides, word origins, examples of appropriate usage as well as a helpful highlighting system that lets you know which terms should be used with caution, and never in polite company. Both an important archive of the way America is really talking and a lot of fun to read, American Slang will prove to be an invaluable companion in keeping up with the dauntingly jargon-filled, quickly evolving language of today.
]]>And make no mistake––this is a dictionary that is purely American, the place where you can trace the development of the American language, in it's highly informal format known as "slang."
Some would ask: "isn't the language changing so fast that this book is out of date the day on which it is published?" Although it is true that changes to the language, particularly slang, happen faster and faster in the electronic age, still there is a place for an authoritative, recognized work that keeps track of and compiles the language into an historical document, as this dictionary does.
It is true that language changes very quickly; it is just as true that today's slang may be forgotten tomorrow. In recording the changing language, and sorting out what's here to stay from what's coming and quickly going, the Dictionary of American Slang serves a useful and important purpose.
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