The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional EnglishReviews of the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2005: The king is dead. Long live the king! The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945 Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past 60 years is the New Partridge. James Rettig, Booklist, American Library Association Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, on the other hand, is the wee babes. Ian Sansom, The Guardian The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning its rude, its delightful, and its a prize for anyone with a love of language. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1949 |
Section 2 | 1951 |
Section 3 | 1953 |
Section 4 | 1958 |
Section 5 | 1961 |
Section 6 | 1965 |
Section 7 | 1966 |
Section 8 | 1967 |
Section 23 | 1939 |
Section 24 | 1983 |
Section 25 | 1992 |
Section 26 | 1987 |
Section 27 | 1846 |
Section 28 | 1898 |
Section 29 | 1996 |
Section 30 | 1706 |
Section 9 | 1968 |
Section 10 | 1969 |
Section 11 | 1970 |
Section 12 | 1971 |
Section 13 | 1973 |
Section 14 | 1974 |
Section 15 | 1976 |
Section 16 | 2003 |
Section 17 | 2002 |
Section 18 | 2004 |
Section 19 | 1865 |
Section 20 | 1911 |
Section 21 | 1895 |
Section 22 | 1931 |
Section 31 | 1778 |
Section 32 | 1825 |
Section 33 | 2004 |
Section 34 | 2004 |
Section 35 | 1720 |
Section 36 | 1928 |
Section 37 | 1902 |
Section 38 | 1917 |
Section 39 | 1935 |
Section 40 | 2004 |
Section 41 | 2004 |
Section 42 | 2025 |
Section 43 | 2039 |
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Common terms and phrases
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