The Oxford dictionary of American political slang
By: edited by Grant Barrett ; [with an introduction by James Carville and Mary Matalin].
Contributors: Barrett, Grant.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780195304473
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Slang -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Political aspects -- United States -- Dictionaries.; Politicians -- United States -- Language -- Dictionaries.; Political science -- United States -- Dictionaries.; United States -- Politics and government -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Other titles: American political slang; Hatchet jobs and hardball.
Description: Includes more than 600 slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and usage citations, some going back more than 200 years.--From publisher description.
Notes: Originally published in a hardcover ed. in 2004 with title: Hatchet jobs and hardball : the Oxford dictionary of American political slang.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 302).