Jonathon Green Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

The revealing stories behind slang, the language that shows us at our most human

The fascinating origins of the most colourful words and phrases in the English language

A prequel to the first Anita Blake novel, "Guilty Pleasures," that shows how Anita became an "animator"--Someone who raises the dead for a living. Includes a "Guilty Pleasures" handbook, containing character profiles and a glossary.

"...broadly entertaining resource 'covers the waterfront' with 'lingo' and 'bits and bobs' from English-speaking countries, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, parts of the Caribbean, and the United States....features 70,000 words and phrases dating from the early 16th century to the present. Typical entries include parts of speech, etymology...time periods, geography, brief definitions...usage examples... occasional cross references. Entries such as 'nudnik'...'New York minute'...'La la Land'...and 'beam me up, Scotty'...will delight...readers. Libraries...will...want to purchase this resource because of its broader coverage and affordable price."-- Library Journal .

The latest in Cassell's best-selling series of recreational slang titles derived from Jonathon Green's unique database of English slang: a richly humorous collection of 5000 English slang phrases.

"Pointed, dry, witty and endlessly inventive, rhyming slang is held in greater popular affection than any other type of colloquial English language. This tome, from Britain s foremost lexicographer of slang, will tell you everything you need to know about this enduringly fascinating vernacular."

Companion to the bestselling Big Book of Filth ! An unabashed scat-fest supplies colorful and inventive metaphors, idioms, and euphemisms, along with their etymology, for every imaginable corporal emission, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. Drawing on prison jargon, street lingo, college colloquialisms, and classical literature, a leading slang lexicographer turns his attention to defecation, ejaculation, belches, boogers, and breaking wind. More than 4,500 salacious synonyms for anal, urinary, genital, and oral functions--and malfunctions--display the verbal ingenuity of slangsters through the ages.

More than 6,500 off-color phrases, all vividly, explicitly defined. Categories include body sites, arousal and frustration, masturbation, orgasm, oral, kinky, gay, bi, and safe sex, and more. Sources range from street jargon and popular music lyrics to literary allusions, fascinating etymologies, and rhyming slang.

From more than 1,000 ways to call somebody a fool to politically incorrect zingers, this is true glee for the clever and catty. “Will delight language lovers with a high-tolerance for vulgarity, ethnic slurs, and all-around contempt.”—New York Daily News. “Enlightening and entertaining.”—New York Post.

Sticks and stones may break your bones-but these zingers really hurt! This arsenal of insults features the world's all-time great poisoners, such as Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, and G.B. Shaw. More surprising is Gerald Ford's barb at Ronald Reagan: "He doesn't dye his hair; he's just prematurely orange." Insults are arranged alphabetically by the targeted people and topics.