Robert L. Chapman Bücher

This edition is the standard, Roget's Thesaurus and contains more entries than any competing volumes. Index.

Includes more than 1,000 subject categories, 325,000 words and phrases, and an index-reference system

Abridged ed. of The new dictionary of American slang c1986.

Completely revised and expanded, this is the ultimate slang dictionary, giving the meaning of more than 15,000 words and phrases of modern slang.

Now updated with 20% new information, this revised thesaurus is a bestselling classic, retaining Roget's brilliant category-based organizing system, an innovative ordering of the English language to organize readers' thoughts and stimulate ideas. Includes nearly 3,000 new words.

<i>Dollars to doughnuts</i>, your reference shelf lacks a good slang dictionary, and that's a <i>fine how-de-do</i>. Whether you're a <i>stuffy</i> writer looking to <i>gussy up</i> your prose, a <i>poindexter</i> who thinks studying dictionaries is the <i>cat's pajamas</i>, or a <i>muttonheaded fogey</i> hoping to <i>get a clue</i>, Robert Chapman's <i>Dictionary of American Slang</i> fills the bill. Containing more than 19,000 terms of American slang, this lexicon represents all periods of American history, from phrases out of the 1880s, such as <i>carrot-top</i> for "redhead," to current '90s jargon such as <i>carjacking</i>. It covers the widely acceptable and the taboo, slang from cowboys and railroad workers and slang from rock &amp; rollers, corporate America, and the gay community. It includes obsolete phrases such as <i>canoeing</i> for "making-out," and up-to-date terms relating to technology, such as <i>listserv</i> for "electronic mail list." Each item features pronunciation guides, word origins, and usage examples, and words that are derogatory or impolite are clearly labeled as such. A <i>righteous</i> reference and a <i>lulu</i> of a browser, the <i>Dictionary of American Slang</i>is an elegantly produced and scholarly rigorous linguistic <i>knockout</i>. <i>--Stephanie Gold</i>