• ISBN13: 9780199679171
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: May 16, 2014
• Pages: 368
• Original Price: INR 599.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 431 grams

About the Book <em>Bad-ass, bee's knees, and bomb-diffity - slang rules</em> <p/>Teachers, politicians, broadcasters, and parents complain of the slang-infested language of today's teenagers. But slang has been around for centuries, always troubling those who take a purist line on the English language. In this entertaining book, Julie Coleman traces the development of slang across the English-speaking world and explores why and how it flourishes. She makes use of a marvellous array of sources, including newly available online records of the Old Bailey, machine-searchable historical newspaper collections, slang users themselves, scholarly works, and the latest tweets. It is a book guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shold never use in polite company.<br>