Now available in softbound, the revised and updated third edition of this comprehensive slang dictionary has more than 800 new expressions. Realistic example sentences - provided for each sense of every entry - show how expressions are used in current, everyday American English. Pronunciations and cautionary notes are provided as needed, and a Phrase-Finder Index helps users locate entries quickly.
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Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 ESL dictionaries.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Neatly printed and easy to use. It has approximately90 per cent of the slangexpressions that I have"looked-up" and is a goodbuy for the price.
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Good, But Consider Two Other Slang Dictionaries
27 Feb 2000
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In the library, I did a side-by-side comparison of this book (Spears: NTC's Dictionary..., 3rd ed., 2000) with: (a) Green, Jonathon: Cassell Dictionary of Slang, 1998, and (b) Chapman, Robert: Dictionary of American Slang, 3rd ed., 1995. The advantages of this dictionary over the other two are: (1) some words/phrases are in this book but not the other two (e.g., "kipe," "WYSIWYG"); (2) it has more examples of usage in context (usually two per entry); and (3) it is less expensive. On the other hand, this book has: (1) far fewer pages (xv+560) and entries (about 10,000) than the other two books; (2) only a rare indication of when a word/phrase was first in common usage; (3) little info on what sort of people (e.g., "students") originated or might use the word/phrase; (4) a "Phrase-Finder Index" (pp.485-560) whose entries should have been integrated in the body of the dictionary; and (5) wasted space in the "Phrase-Finder Index" when a given word is at the beginning of a phrase (e.g., under "aces" it's good to have "hold all the aces" but worthless to have "ace boom-boom," "ace boon-coon," and "ace in the hole" since these are on pp.2-3). Hey, buy all three from Amazon.com!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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One of the better slang dictionaries.
5 Sep 1999
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Format:Paperback
Neatly printed and easy to use. It has approximately90 per cent of the slangexpressions that I have"looked-up" and is a goodbuy for the price.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A neat and useful dictionary!
11 Dec 1999
By Jay
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Format:Paperback
I like this little dictionary very much. It contains most of the up to dated slang or expressions that we heard from movies, co-workers and TV. I can find more than 95% of the expressions I want to know in this neat and useful dictionary. It is also made of good quality paper and won't wear out easily. I recommend it to all foreign students, new comers just arrive North America, or even to those who want to know our latest colloquial expressions.
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