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NTC's dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

1989
"National textbook language dictionaries." Contains 9,000 terms and definitions.

The Oxford dictionary of modern slang

1992
Presents over 5,000 twentieth-century slang words and phrases from the English-speaking world.

Slang

the authoritative topic-by-topic dictionary of American lingoes from all walks of life
1998
Provides definitions for thousands of slang words and expressions that are used in the American culture.

Lite English

popular words that are OK to use no matter what William Safire, John Simon, Edwin Newman and the other purists say!
1983
An alphabetical list of words which have traversed the border from slang to the common usage, or which have acquired new usages.

The dictionary of contemporary slang

with more than 5,000 racy and raffish colloquial expressions--from America, Great Britain, Australia, the Caribbean, and other English-speaking places
1991
Contains over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of contemporary slang words and expressions from America, Great Britain, Australia, and other English-speaking nations.

Fresh fly flavor

words & phrases of the hip-hop generation
1992
Guide to rap and Hip-Hop music that contains definitions of words, extensive lists of rap and hip-hop recording artists, and more.

Juba to jive

a dictionary of African-American slang
1994
Offers a collection of African-American slang terms with definitions.

Slang to-day and yesterday

with a short historical sketch and vocabularies of English, American and Australian slang
1970

Street talk

how to speak and understand American slang
1991

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