Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang /
DeÌcharneÌ, Max,
Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang / Max DeÌcharneÌ. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition - 388 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index
The mark of a decadent mind -- Vagabond speech and rogue's Latin -- The beast with two backs -- The oldest profession -- This bag of bones -- Polari missiles -- Here's to crime -- Tails you booze -- High as a kite -- Dig that sound -- It takes a record company with millions to push us forward -- Burn baby burn -- Uniform patterns of speech -- The last word
DeÌcharneÌ traces the colorful history of slang, from Elizabethan highwaymen to the rap and hip-hop of today. He shows how meanings change over years; introduces us to flying aces, pickpockets, and carnival geeks who have left their impression on our language; and shows how slang leaks into the mainstream to infuse language with vitality
9781681774640 168177464X
English language--Slang
English language--Slang--History
History.
PE3711 / .D43 2017
306 417.209
Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang / Max DeÌcharneÌ. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition - 388 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index
The mark of a decadent mind -- Vagabond speech and rogue's Latin -- The beast with two backs -- The oldest profession -- This bag of bones -- Polari missiles -- Here's to crime -- Tails you booze -- High as a kite -- Dig that sound -- It takes a record company with millions to push us forward -- Burn baby burn -- Uniform patterns of speech -- The last word
DeÌcharneÌ traces the colorful history of slang, from Elizabethan highwaymen to the rap and hip-hop of today. He shows how meanings change over years; introduces us to flying aces, pickpockets, and carnival geeks who have left their impression on our language; and shows how slang leaks into the mainstream to infuse language with vitality
9781681774640 168177464X
English language--Slang
English language--Slang--History
History.
PE3711 / .D43 2017
306 417.209