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Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided.  \nThis informative, entertaining and sometimes shocking dictionary is an unbeatable resource for all language aficionados out there.  \nTom Dalzell is recognized as a leading expert on American slang. He is the author of Flappers to Rappers: American Youth Slang (1996) and The Slang of Sin (1998), both of which were alternate selections for the Book of the Month Club. He served as senior editor of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Routledge, 2006) . He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.  \nThe Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English  \nEdited by Tom Dalzell  \nFirst published 2009 by Routledge  \n270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016  \nSimultaneously published in the UK  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s  \ncollection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \n© 2009 new editorial matter and selection, Tom Dalzell material taken from The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition (first published 1984), E. Partridge and P. Beale estates  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the  \npublishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nThe Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English / edited by Tom Dalzell.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nRev. ed. of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed., 1984.  \nISBN 978-0-415-37182-7 (alk. paper)  \n1. English language – Slang – Dictionaries. I. Dalzell, Tom, 1951- II. Partridge, Eric. 1894–1979. Dictionary of slang and unconventional English. III. Title: Dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional  \nEnglish.  \nPE3721 . P323 2008  \n427’.09–dc22  \n2008005409  \nISBN 0-203-89513-4 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN10: 0-415-37182-1  \nISBN13: 978-0-415-37182-7  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface vii  \nAcknowledgements ix  \nEntries A to Z 1  \nBibliography 1081  \nPREFACE  \nThis dictionary is an intended consequence of a larger project, the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, in which Terry Victor and I updated the work of Eric Partridge. 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