Thesaurus of American Slang

by Robert L. Chapman and chapman-robert-l

Book Overview

Over 17,000 zippy synonyms for thousands of alphabetically arranged slang words--the whole nine yards--from AC-DC to zombie. Here are America's most important contemporary and historic slang words and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062720104
• ISBN13: 9780062720108
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Useful but limited...

A few years back, this book was the only game in town for anyone who wanted to scan a list of slang options for a given word. Good selection of words. Trouble is, it's extremely cumbersome to search for a word, because many words are filed under a less familiar slang word -- to look up "marijuana," you have to look under "pot." "Drunk" is found under "on the sauce." There is an index system, but it's not terribly efficient.