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A Categorically Arranged Dictionary Of American Slang And Popular Culture Features More Than Ten Thousand Entries That Cover Such Topics As The Internet, Extreme Sports, The Drug Culture, Politics, And Entertainment. Introduction -- Slang 101 : It Ain't No Big Thing -- 1. Auctionese : What's Your Pleasure? -- 2. Automotive Slang : How To Speak Car Talk -- 3. Aviation And Space : Words From The Wild Blue Yonder -- 4. Bureaucratese : The Talk Of The White-collar Bailiwick -- 5. Business And Finance : Buzzwords For Big Shots -- 6. Computerese : What Do You Say To A Chiphead? -- 7. Crime, Punishment, And The Law : Words You Don't Hear On The Outside -- 8. Cube-speak : The Postdigital Talk Of The Modern Office, A.k.a. The Cube Farm -- 9. Drugs : The Spacy Talk Of The Junkie, Cokehead, Druggie, Pothead, And Gen Rx-er -- 10. Fantasy, The Future, Science Fiction, Potterdom, And Cyberpunk : Coming To Terms With Parallel Worlds -- 11. Food And Drink : Words And Phrases From Haute To Not So Hot -- 12. Gaming Slang : Coming To Terms With The Track, The Table, The Wheel, The Slots, And The Bingo Jackpot -- 13. Hip-hop And Like That : An Earful Of Urban Culturez -- 14. Java-speak : Slang Of The
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- Author
- Dickson, Paul
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802715319
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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