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Author Décharné, Max, author.

Title Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang / Max Décharné.

Publication Info. New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
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Edition First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Description 388 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-357) and index.
Summary Décharné traces the colorful history of slang, from Elizabethan highwaymen to the rap and hip-hop of today. He shows how meanings change over years; introduces us to flying aces, pickpockets, and carnival geeks who have left their impression on our language; and shows how slang leaks into the mainstream to infuse language with vitality.
Contents The mark of a decadent mind -- Vagabond speech and rogue's Latin -- The beast with two backs -- The oldest profession -- This bag of bones -- Polari missiles -- Here's to crime -- Tails you booze -- High as a kite -- Dig that sound -- It takes a record company with millions to push us forward -- Burn baby burn -- Uniform patterns of speech -- The last word.
Subject English language -- Slang.
English language -- Slang -- History.
English language -- Slang. (OCoLC)fst00911645
HISTORY / Social History.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Vocabulary.
HISTORY / Social History.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781681774640 (hardcover)
168177464X (hardcover)
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