Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century
Ostler, Rosemarie Publisher: Oxford University Press Year Published: 2003 Pages: 239pp Price: $41.50 ISBN: 0-19-516146-7 Resource Type: Book
Covers almost 3000 words are covered here, mainly American white slang from fads and trends that came out of technology, music, the armed forces, rhymes, and animals.
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