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Hardcover Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang Book
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ISBN: 168177464X

ISBN13: 9781681774640

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang

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Witty, energetic and informative Vulgar Tongues traces the many routes of slang, beginning with the thieves and prostitutes of Elizabethan London and ending with the present day, where the centuries-old terms rap and hip-hop still survive, though their meanings have changed. On the way we will meet Dr. Johnson, World War II flying aces, pickpockets, schoolchildren, hardboiled private eyes, carnival geeks and the many eccentric characters...

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