Download or read book Pocket Dictionary of Jazz Terms and Slang Words written by Patrick L. Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket essential vocabulary is your ultimate resource in jazz universe. In less than 50 pages, get countless essential jazz terms and slang words right at your fingertips.
Download or read book Jazz Words written by Patrick L Williams and published by Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket dictionary is your ultimate resource in the jazz universe. Here you will find the most up-to-date terms and jazz slang words you need to know. In less than 50 pages, get countless jazz facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.
Download or read book 700 Slang Words written by Jason Sloss and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to explore the slang words and phrases in the 1920s, then this book is for you. You will find this pocket guide great for: - Quick Reference - Murder Mystery Parties - Theme Parties - Reference for Writing (e.g. stories, plays, etc.) - Fun!
Download or read book Explore Words And Phrases Of Jazz Age written by Daniel Macqueen and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to explore the slang words and phrases in the 1920s, then this book is for you. You will find this pocket guide great for: - Quick Reference - Murder Mystery Parties - Theme Parties - Reference for Writing (e.g. stories, plays, etc.) - Fun!
Download or read book 700 Slang Words written by Linnie Bendel and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to explore the slang words and phrases in the 1920s, then this book is for you. You will find this pocket guide great for: - Quick Reference - Murder Mystery Parties - Theme Parties - Reference for Writing (e.g. stories, plays, etc.) - Fun!
Download or read book Explore Words And Phrases Of Jazz Age written by Marylyn Rockey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to explore the slang words and phrases in the 1920s, then this book is for you. You will find this pocket guide great for: - Quick Reference - Murder Mystery Parties - Theme Parties - Reference for Writing (e.g. stories, plays, etc.) - Fun!
Download or read book Dictionary of Jazz Slang and Terminology written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Terry Victor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 2232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews 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.
Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 3622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge’s own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning. New to this second edition: a new preface noting slang trends of the last eight years over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia, reflecting important developments in language and culture new terms from the language of social networking from a range of digital communities including texting, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and online forums many entries now revised to include new dating and new glosses, ensuring maximum accuracy of content. The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Download or read book Pocket Dictionary of American Slang written by Harold Wentworth and published by . This book was released on 1982-07-03 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 15065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
Download or read book Slang A Very Short Introduction written by Jonathon Green and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word 'slang' itself, the ideas that a make a word 'slang', the long-running themes that run through slang, and the history of slang's many dictionaries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Download or read book The Language of Jazz written by Neil Powell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "jazz" did not appear in print until around 1915 and was only grudgingly admitted into polite discourse.The Language of Jazzexplores the vocabulary that has grown up around it. It includes words unique to jazz (bebop, Dixieland, ragtime); ordinary words with specific jazz meanings (cool, jam, stride); musical terms adopted by jazz (bar, rhythm, swing); instruments associated with jazz (alto, clarinet, trombone); nicknames of outstanding musicians (Bird, Duke, Satchmo); place-names linked to movements in jazz (Chicago, Harlem, Storyville); record labels (Dial, Okeh, Savoy); and notable venues (Birdland, Cotton Club, Blue Note, Minton's). Neil Powell's book is for jazz lovers and provides for the unconverted, too, a witty, informative tour of the subject.
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English J Z written by Eric Partridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entry includes attestations of the head word's or phrase's usage, usually in the form of a quotation. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book Stereotypes and Slang written by Christian Peer and published by ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theoretical basis of this book is the assumption that stereotyping is a phenomenon which manifests itself primarily through language. It is further based on the observation that slang provides a large number of expressions that imply particular stereotypes.The focus lies on investigating the nature of both stereotyping and slang, illustrating the subject by a survey that analyses how certain national stereotypes are expressed in selected slang terms.
Download or read book Jousse s pocket Dictionary of Italian French and English musical terms with a copious list of the abbreviations in general use Fourth edition revised and improved written by J. JOUSSE and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
