Promotional Information

A fully revised and updated edition of Jonathon Green's magisterial survey of four hundred years of English slang. Includes 12,500 new headwords, drawn from all parts of the English-speaking world. Many etymologies have either been improved, embellished or, where necessary, entirely rewritten on the basis of the author's research; similarly, numerous usages have been antedated on the basis of citation research. Cassell's Dictionary of Slang is now acknowledged as having superseded Eric Partridge's Dictionary as the authoritative dictionary of English slang.

About the Author

Jonathon Green is Britain's leading lexicographer of slang. Among his many language-related publications are the Macmillan Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, The Slang Thesaurus, Slang Down the Ages, The Dictionary of Jargon, and Chasing the Sun: Dictionary-Makers and the World They Made. The first edition of the bestselling Cassell's Dictionary of Slang appeared in 1998.

Reviews

mightily impressive - IRISH TIMESNew, lewder, fatter, gorsser. Green's appetite for lex from the wrong side of the tracks is massive. - EVENING STANDARD - Jonathon MeadesMagnificent... I felt quite pale after a while at the endless catalogue of things we do to each other. - THE INDEPENDENT - Miles KingtonDr Johnson would have moaned with delight. - DAILY TELEGRAPH - Andrew Marrthis magnificent book will guarantee you hours and hours of enjoyment, expoloring the vulgar inventiveness of living language. Every home should have a copy. - THE HERALD (GLASGOW)