Smaller Slang Dictionary [antikvár]

FOREWORD THE RE exists no good short dictionary of modern British slang: slang importantly current either throughout or for a longish period of the 20th century. To achieve this, I have abridged A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (16th-20th centuries)to about one-twelfth the size of the originál-a task very much more difficult than it sounds- by doing these three things: (1)by excluding all material obsolete by the year 1900; (2)by omitting nearly all the cant, as scholars call the language of the underworld; (3)by omitting absolutely all matter that could offend against propriety or even delicacy. This Smaller Dictionary, intended for generál consumption, can therefore go into any home, any school, any library. Such a dictionary was badly needed. ERIC PARTRIDGE