Book description
With more than 7,000 definitions , this book provides a definitive
guide to the use of slang today . It deals with drugs, sport and
contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and
bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly
acclaimed Dictionary of Contemporary Slang , language and culture expert
Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English
language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and
irreverence from the linguistic front-line.
"Thorne is a kind of slang detective, going down the streets where
other lexicographers fear to tread." Daily Telegraph Currently
Director of the English Language Centre at King's College, London, Tony
Thorne is an authority on language and culture, on which he has written
and broadcast widely.
