Vulgar Tongues : : an Alternative History of English Slang
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: 388 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781681774640
168177464X
SUBJECTS
English language -- Slang.
English language -- History.