First published in 1933, this book explores both contemporary and historical slang, focusing on the characteristics and quirks of the English and American languages. As well as ...

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from ...

Rev. ed of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed.1984.

This work covers the bawdiness in Shakespeare's plays. It includes an extensive glossary and is a comprehensive directory of allusion and double-meanings, many of which have ...

A handbook of advice on the proper use of the English language. Includes a section on vogue words that have acquired a power and influence beyond what they originally possessed.

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.