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    Dictionary of American Slang 4e

    By Barbara Ann Kipfer and Robert L. Chapman

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    We all know language changes rapidly, but to follow along requires an historical view. Chapman's Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition, provides just what is needed to trace the language of today back to its American roots.

    And make no mistake––this is a dictionary that is purely American, the place where you can trace the development of the American language, in it's highly informal format known as "slang."

    Some would ask: "isn't the language changing so fast that this book is out of date the day on which it is published?" Although it is true that changes to the language, particularly slang, happen faster and faster in the electronic age, still there is a place for an authoritative, recognized work that keeps track of and compiles the language into an historical document, as this dictionary does.

    It is true that language changes very quickly; it is just as true that today's slang may be forgotten tomorrow. In recording the changing language, and sorting out what's here to stay from what's coming and quickly going, the Dictionary of American Slang serves a useful and important purpose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 19, 2010
    ISBN9780062043245
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    Barbara Ann Kipfer

    Barbara Ann Kipfer is author of the bestseller 14,000 Things to Be Happy About. Her list books inspire, entertain, and enlighten. She has written more than seventy books and calendars, including 1,001 Ways to Slow Down, 1,001 Ways to Live Wild, Self-Meditation, Instant Karma, and 8,789 Words of Wisdom. A professional lexicographer, Kipfer holds PhDs in linguistics, archaeology, and Buddhist studies and has taught meditation.

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      Overall I find the book unsatisfying, even though it's fun to browse. For example, it doesn't have "coon's age", a term I've always wondered about--is the coon an animal or a person? Etymologies are incomplete or non-existent, some of the terms are more idiom than slang ("man-about-town"), and some are regular dictionary words (to marry, as to join or bring together).All of these nit-picks may mean I should shell out for the unabridged edition, but I think a better job could have been done on the abridgment.