McGraw-Hill's Super-mini American Slang Dictionary
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2007-07-30 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0071594922 |
With more than 2,100 clichés, proverbs, and informal expressions, this is a super source of everyday American idioms.
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2008-01-28 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0071589341 |
Better understand American English by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,500 entries and more than 5,000 examples The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations to further increase your grasp of each entry's meaning
Author | : Richard Spears |
Publisher | : Mcgraw-hill |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2008-01-07 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780071497855 |
Understand American English better by mastering its slang This authoritative reference offers thousands of American English slang expressions. Entries include definitions and examples of slang used in context. With help from McGraw-Hill's Essential American Slang Dictionary, you will become familiar with English as it is used in the media, at work, around the house, and in everyday conversations. This knowledge will help you comprehend English as it is spoken in the United States and add variety to your word usage. Inside you will find: 2,000 entries with examples of everyday usage The latest slang used in the American lexicon Fun illustrations that show the humor of taking expressions too literally
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2005-10-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071612076 |
More bling for the buck! The #1 guide to American slang is now bigger, more up-to-date, and easier to use This new edition of McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions offers complete definitions of more than 12,000 slang and informal expressions from various sources, ranging from golden oldies such as . . . golden oldie, to recent coinages like shizzle (gangsta), jonx (Wall Street), and ping (the Internet). Each entry is followed by examples illustrating how an expression is used in everyday conversation and, where necessary, International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciations are given, as well as cautionary notes for crude, inflammatory, or taboo expressions. This edition also features a fascinating introduction on “What is Slang?,” a Thematic Index that cross-references expressions by standard terms--such as Angry, Drunk, Food, Good-bye, Mess-up, Money, and Stupidity--and a Hidden Word Index that lets you identify and locate even partially remembered expressions and phrases.
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Education |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-07-20 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780071461085 |
For the 411 on American slang, this guidebook is the top banana From "head trip" to "foot in mouth," American Slang Dictionary gives you the complete definitions of thousands of uniquely American words and phrases, ranging from golden oldies such as "catch some rays" and "take the fifth" to more up-to-the-minute coinages like Wall Street's "jonx," the Internet's "ping," and the gangsta's favorite, "shizzle." Inside you'll find more than 12,000 words and expressions from a wide variety of sources, including gangsta rap, the blogosphere, and the U.S. prison system. In a New York minute, you'll be down with the colloquialisms, vulgarities, and substandard English that make everyday interactions in contemporary American life so colorful. BSOD or blue screen of death the blue computer screen that appears after a programming or operational error crunk wild; crazy; out of control kvetch to complain left-handed monkey wrench a nonexistent tool word of mouse a message spread by e-mail
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Americanism |
ISBN | : 9780844209173 |
Presents 1,700 entries, including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses. Each entry in this dictionary has two examples.
Author | : McGraw-Hill Education |
Publisher | : National Textbook Company |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2000-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780658001246 |
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2007-07-30 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0071594930 |
The 411 on the latest American slang This up-to-date dictionary presents you with 2,100 entries including colorful words and phrases from television and movies, as well as the streets and campuses.
Author | : Richard A. Spears |
Publisher | : Mcgraw-hill |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 1999-07-11 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780844208336 |
This "thesaurus of slang" contains more than 9,000 expressions. Entries are illustrated by at least two English sentences each and are organized by topic, which makes finding the right expression quick and easy. Includes an alphabetical index.