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Slang: A Very Short Introduction

By Jonathon Green

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9780198729532 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2016, cover price $11.95

Dictionary of Jargon

First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon. Containing around 21, 000 entries, the dictionary encompasses a truly eclectic range of fields and includes extensive coverage of both British and U.S. jargon. Areas dealt with range from marketing to medicine, from advertising to artificial intelligence and from skiing to sociology. This is a fascinating resource for students of lexicography and professional lexicographers, as well as the general inquisitive reader.

By Jonathon Green

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9780415732758 | Reprint edition (Routledge, August 15, 2013), cover price $300.00 | About this edition: First published in 1987, the Dictionary of Jargon expands on its predecessor Newspeak (Routledge Revivals, 2014) as an authoritative reference guide to specialist occupational slang, or jargon.

9780710099198 | Routledge Kegan & Paul, December 1, 1987, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: An authoritative aid to demystification, this dictionary enables the reader to unravel the jargon of our age - the welter of specialist occupational slang ranging from deliberately deceptive euphemisms for unpalatable practices to genuine "professional" terminology.

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9780415732765 | Reprint edition (Routledge, April 7, 2015), cover price $67.95

Newspeak: A Dictionary of Jargon

Product Description: George Orwell coined the term âNewspeakâ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries â selected from the slangs and specific vocabularies of trades, professions and interests â covering such areas as the world of entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance...read more

By Jonathon Green

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9780415732710 | Routledge, August 15, 2013, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: George Orwell coined the term âNewspeakâ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance.

9780710096852 | Routledge Kegan & Paul, February 1, 1984, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: George Orwell coined the term âNewspeakâ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance.

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9780415732734 | Routledge, April 7, 2015, cover price $48.95 | About this edition: George Orwell coined the term âNewspeakâ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance.

The a - Z of Nuclear Jargon

Product Description: First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks...read more

By Jonathon Green

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9780415732703 | Routledge, April 7, 2015, cover price $48.95 | About this edition: First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon.

Language!: Five Hundred Years of the Vulgar Tongue

By Jonathon Green

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9781848878990 | Atlantic Books, April 2, 2015, cover price $20.80

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

Product Description: Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express otherwise guarded thoughts, and to convey humor in the everyday...read more

By Jonathon Green

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9780199398140 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 2014, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today's culture for people across the strata.

Cutting It Fine

By Jonathon Green

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9780099587385 | Vintage Uk, May 20, 2013, cover price $18.60

Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime

By Jonathon Green

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Hardcover:

9781847946287 | Random House Uk Ltd, October 1, 2011, cover price $24.95

Paperback:

9780099549994 | Random House Uk Ltd, December 24, 2014, cover price $14.95

Green's Dictionary of Slang

By Jonathon Green

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Hardcover:

9780550104403 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 14, 2011, cover price $625.00

Chambers Slang Dictionary

Product Description: A first U.S. release of a scholarly reference to slang expressions from all parts of the English-speaking world includes coverage of 21st-century terms, lists explanations of word origins and features a reorganized format for easier use. Original.

By Jonathon Green

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9780550105639 | Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd, July 30, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A first U.

Smut: Down & Dirty With the Filthiest Words

Product Description: 955 vaginas - 851 penises - 797 acts of self-abuse 743 acts of intercourse - 239 oral sex acts 444 breasts (that's 222 pairs) - 65 prophylactics - 15 scrota SMUT is a guide to the coarsest, the most lubricious, the downest and distinctly dirtiest of the wonderful counter-language that is slang...read more

By Jonathon Green (editor)

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9780550105240 | Ill edition (Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd, May 22, 2009), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: 955 vaginas - 851 penises - 797 acts of self-abuse 743 acts of intercourse - 239 oral sex acts 444 breasts (that's 222 pairs) - 65 prophylactics - 15 scrota SMUT is a guide to the coarsest, the most lubricious, the downest and distinctly dirtiest of the wonderful counter-language that is slang.

Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: The First Death

By Wellington Alves (contributor), Jonathon Green and Laurell K. Hamilton

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9780785134763 | Marvel Enterprises, January 28, 2009, cover price $14.99

Cassell's Slang Thesaurus

By Jonathon Green

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9780304367979 | Cassell, July 1, 2007, cover price $29.95

The Big Book of Talking Dirty

By Jonathon Green (introduced by) and Dan Pearce (illustrator)

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9780304368228 | Cassell, March 30, 2006, cover price $3.98

The Big Book of Filth: 6500 Sex Slang Words And Phrases

Product Description: Have some good "dirty" fun with more than 6,500 off-color phrases, all vividly, explicitly defined. Categories include body sites; arousal and frustration; masturbation; orgasm; intercourse in a dazzling variety of positions; oral, kinky, gay, bi, and safe sex; and many other aspects of sex...read more

By Jonathon Green (introduced by) and Kipper Williams (illustrator)

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9780304368242 | Cassell, March 30, 2006, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: Have some good "dirty" fun with more than 6,500 off-color phrases, all vividly, explicitly defined.

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9780304363872 | Cassell, June 1, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Visceral, raw, and utterly lewd and rude, these more than 6,500 off-color phrases provide a guided tour of sexual wordscapes.

The Big Book of Being Rude: 7000 Slang Insults

By Jonathon Green

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Hardcover:

9780304368259 | Cassell, February 28, 2006, cover price $3.98

9780304355143 | Cassell, March 1, 2001, cover price $9.95

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

A dictionary of English slang.

By Jonathon Green

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Hardcover:

9780304366361 | 2 edition (Cassell, February 13, 2006), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A dictionary of English slang.

Paperback:

9780304351671 | Cassell, August 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: ".

Slang Down the Ages

Coined in the spontaneity of the everyday spoken act, slang exists as a testament to human nature's inventive and subversive instinct.

By Jonathon Green

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9781856266376 | Gardners Books, August 25, 2005, cover price $17.60 | About this edition: Coined in the spontaneity of the everyday spoken act, slang exists as a testament to human nature's inventive and subversive instinct.

The Encyclopedia of Censorship

A complete reference detailing the history and current status of censorship around the globe and throughout all periods of history, beginning with the creation of the office of the censor in Ancient Rome.

By Jonathon Green

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9780816044641, titled "Encyclopedia Of Censorship" | 2 revised edition (Facts on File, April 1, 2005), cover price $95.00 | About this edition: A complete reference detailing the history and current status of censorship around the globe and throughout all periods of history, beginning with the creation of the office of the censor in Ancient Rome.

9780816015948 | Facts on File, January 1, 1990, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A complete reference detailing the history and current status of censorship around the globe and throughout all periods of history, beginning with the creation of the office of the censor in Ancient Rome

Cannabis: The Story of a Weed That Rocked the World

Product Description: Twelve millennia since it appeared, cannabis remains one of the most popular and controversial drugs consumed today. This revised, paperback edition of the successful Cannabis is an informative and entertaining guide to the history of 'weed'...read more

By Jonathon Green

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9781862056909 | Gardners Books, April 24, 2005, cover price $15.45 | About this edition: Twelve millennia since it appeared, cannabis remains one of the most popular and controversial drugs consumed today.

The Big Book of Bodily Functions

By Jonathon Green (introduced by) and Dan Pearce (illustrator)

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9780304366064 | Cassell, September 1, 2004, cover price $7.95

The Big Book of TALKING DIRTY: 5000 Slang Phrases for Every Occasion

Product Description: âDirtâ cleans up! Jonathon Greenâs previous compilation, The Big Book of Filth, sold more than 100,000 copies.Smuttier, ruder, and better than ever, with 5,000 richly humorous phrases. Drink and drugs, scatology, sex, insults, money: these are the main preoccupations of the delightfully dirty slang so colorfully defined and illustrated in this no-holds-barred follow-up to the bestselling Big Book of Filth...read more

By Jonathon Green and Dan Pearce (illustrator)

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9780304366774 | Cassell, March 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: âDirtâ cleans up!

Talking Dirty: 5000 Slang Phrases

The latest in Cassell's best-selling series of recreational slang titles derived from Jonathon Green's unique database of English slang: a richly humorous collection of 5000 English slang phrases.

By Jonathon Green

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9780304364749 | Orion Pub Co, September 11, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The latest in Cassell's best-selling series of recreational slang titles derived from Jonathon Green's unique database of English slang: a richly humorous collection of 5000 English slang phrases.

Slang Down the Ages: The Historical Development of Slang

Product Description: Coined in the spontaneity of the everyday spoken act, slang exists as a testament to human nature's inventive and subversive instinct. This history of English slang documents our verbal predilections for the racier side of life, at the expense of the more quotidian, let alone respectable - it is no coincidence that the longest chapters in thiis book concern parts of the body, sex and drink and drunkenness...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jonathon Green

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9781856264792 | Kyle Cathie Ltd, May 1, 2003, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Coined in the spontaneity of the everyday spoken act, slang exists as a testament to human nature's inventive and subversive instinct.

9781856261609 | Reprint edition (Trafalgar Square, February 1, 1995), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This history of the development of slang is intended as an enjoyable guide for the writer, the student of words, the crossword-puzzle addict and the compulsive browser.

Big Book of Being Rude

Product Description: With more than 7,000 zingers, the right crushing retort is always at hand! No more thinking of an apt reply after it's too late: just store up a collection of choice rejoinders from over 1,000 ways to call somebody a fool and 600 ways to say someone's acting stupid...read more

By Jonathon Green (introduced by) and Dan Pearce (illustrator)

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9780304363681 | Cassell, March 1, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: With more than 7,000 zingers, the right crushing retort is always at hand!

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