| Titre : |
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Simpson, John, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Oxford : Oxford University Press |
| Année de publication : |
2005 |
| Présentation : |
ill., couv. ill |
| Format : |
13 x 20.5 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-19-861052-6 |
| Langues : |
Français (fre) |
| Résumé : |
From ambulance chaser to zoot suit, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of twentieth-century slang. Drawing on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, and packed with illustrative quotations from John Lennon to Woody Allen, it is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of over 5,000 slang words and phrases. Providing full details of origins and dates of first printed use, the text contains expressions from around the English-speaking world such as dork and cockamamie (America) and giggle-house and Jimmy Woodser (Australia). |
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang [texte imprimé] / Simpson, John, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005 . - : ill., couv. ill ; 13 x 20.5 cm. ISBN : 978-0-19-861052-6 Langues : Français ( fre)
| Résumé : |
From ambulance chaser to zoot suit, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of twentieth-century slang. Drawing on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, and packed with illustrative quotations from John Lennon to Woody Allen, it is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of over 5,000 slang words and phrases. Providing full details of origins and dates of first printed use, the text contains expressions from around the English-speaking world such as dork and cockamamie (America) and giggle-house and Jimmy Woodser (Australia). |
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