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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Décharné, Max, author.     Subjects     English language -- Slang.     English language -- Slang -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Décharné, Max, author.       by title:      Vulgar tongues : an ...         MARC Display

Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang / Max Décharné. by Décharné, Max, author. New York : Pegasus Books, 2017. Subjects English language -- Slang.   English language -- Slang -- History. ISBN:  9781681774640 (hardcover) : 168177464X (hardcover) : Description:  388 pages : illustration ; 24 cm Edition:  First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 427 De Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 427 De Checked In Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 427 De Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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