| 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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