Life of slang
By: Julie Coleman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780199571994
Subjects: English language; Slang; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-323) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: What is slang?; title: Spawning; title: Development; title: Survival and metamorphosis; title: The spread of slang; title: Prigs, culls, and blosses : cant and flash language; title: Jolly good show : British slang to the twentieth century; title: Whangdoodles and fixings : early American slang; title: Bludgers, sooks, and moffies : English slang around the world; title: Top bananas and bunny-boilers : the media and entertainment age; title: Leet to lols : the digital age; title: Endsville.