Slang and Euphemism: A Dictionary of Oaths, Curses, Insults, Sexual Slang and Metaphor, Racial Slurs, Drug Talk, Homosexual Lingo, and Related Matters

by Richard A. Spears

Defines British, American, and Australian words and phrases that have developed as colloquialisms, jargon, dialect, vulgarities, curses, or accepted euphemisms.

Genres: Reference, Language, Writing, Nonfiction, Dictionaries

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Kathrynn]

An excellent resource book for crossword puzzles, scrabble, or writing! It's regular mass market paperback size and the print is kind of small. This book should be revised again as the last revision was 2001.

I had no idea many of the slang terms existed, so was interesting to browse through. Examples: Carry a Flag is to have a menstrual period.

A lot of drug and body part terms.

[Shirley]

Really easy to cross reference words and phrases. I am learning language will never quit evolving. Shirley

[Max]

You wouldn't think that a dictionary could be funny. This book is hilarious! It's fun to look up synonyms of nasty words.