American slang

By Robert L. Chapman and Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of colloquial American English--no jokeThis fully updated and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060961600
• ISBN13: 9780060961602
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.1" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

A must for ESL learners

I recommend this book as an essential guide to ESL learners who aren't famillar with American slangs. Though abridged, this reference carries helpful usages of words and phrases. This book can beat other bulky and expensive dictionaries out, I believe.