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Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang / Max DeÌcharneÌ.

By: Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: 388 pages : illustration ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681774640
  • 168177464X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306
  • 417.209 23
LOC classification:
  • PE3711 .D43 2017
Contents:
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
Summary: 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
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PE3711 .D43 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001406643

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index

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

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

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