The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Thus, while the core of entries have been kept in place, new research has ensured that many aspects, whether dating, definitions or etymologies, have been notably improved. Jonathon's research has not only uncovered many thousands of new slang words and expressions (12,000 of which will appear in CDS2), but has also enabled him to make a myriad improvements to the existing dictionary text.
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The research has thrown up some fascinating results - not least the revelation that much of the slang lexicon is far older than scholars have been hitherto aware.The full fruits of this research will appear in due course in a vast multi-volume publication but its first fruits can be seen in Cassell's Dictionary of Slang: 2nd edition (CDS2).
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This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard. With Urban Dictionary, Peckham purports to record current street slang, selecting the "funniest, wittiest, and truest" entries from the website, promising the reader "street cred." Any hope that in book form Peckham would transcend the chaos and anarchy of the website is quickly dashed by the complete lack of editorial structure and lexicographical methodology.With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. For a slang lexicographer, however, the open-source website is chaotic and inconsistent, and it serves at most as a starting point for terms that might be worth searching for elsewhere.
It has become, Peckham claims, "the irreverent calling card of a linguistic generation." The website is popular with radio talk show hosts and and who need a quick answer, right or wrong.
, an online dictionary with user-submitted journalists who are not inclined to consult acknowledged authorities on slang definitions, in 1999. the A:aron Peckham, compiler of slangUrban Didionary, launched urban. Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America Dictionary Society of North America ġ 78Reviews Urban Dictionary: Fuhrious Street Slang Defined. Headwords are a challenge - the singular and plural forms of nouns are used without apparent reason, active and passive With Urban Dictionary, Peckham purports to record current street slang, selecting the "funniest, wittiest, and truest" entries from the website, promising the reader "street cred." Any hope that in book form Peckham would transcend the chaos and anarchy of the website is quickly dashed by the complete lack of editorial structure and lexicographical methodology. Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, and: Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (review) Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined, and: Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (review)ġ 78Reviews Urban Dictionary: Fuhrious Street Slang Defined.
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