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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Favorite slang dictionaries #160836 07/01/2006 11:21 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA If you could have only three or four reasonably-priced and readily-available slang dictionaries--preferably but not necessarily leftpond-- what would they be--Thanks again all dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Favorite slang dictionaries #160837 07/02/2006 6:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Slang changes so often that I'd rather rely on the on-line dictionaries. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fave slung dactionaries #160838 07/02/2006 7:42 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Two that I have found handy are: a. Aemilius Valliculus Beschiessenenhausius. Catholicon verborum prohibitorum et bromosorum. b. Roderick Merkyn-Bysshe-Cockerham. Thesaurus verborum eumelanicorum. They might not be in print, or available used, but no doubt a good university library should have one or the other or both. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Fave slung dactionaries #160839 07/03/2006 7:13 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Anna:There's just a whole lot of truth to that; tho OneLook is very slow to pick up on slang and neologisms dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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