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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Richard A. Spears
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Hardcover. A guide to American slang, it offers definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as golden oldie, to coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Series: McGraw-Hill ESL References. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes ... Read more
More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
McGraw-Hill ESL References
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United States
ISBN
9780071461078
SKU
V9780071461078
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About Richard A. Spears
Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 dictionaries, including NTC's American Idioms Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-0273-8) and NTC's American English Learner's Dictionary (ISBN: 0-8442-5859-8).
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