It contains American and Australian as well as UK examples. A date of origin is often given and many entries are supported by illustrative quotations. This will certainly be useful for anybody learning English, as well as for people interested in the oddities of the language. This is a classic and much-loved reference book. It's a compilation of synonyms and antonyms - words which mean the same or the opposite of a word you choose.
Most people use it to find alternatives for words which they wish to avoid repeating.
It can save you hours of head-scratching. So popular that it never goes out of print. A great reassurance for anyone who might feel insecure about language matters. It contains over 60,000 entries covering slang from all parts of the English-speaking world, including Britain, North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, from Elizabethan times to the present. It gives definitions for thousands of expressions, ranging from the jargon used by criminals in Victorian London to the drugs culture of the modern world, via swear words, rhyming slang, and the colourful language of sex.