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      Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer

      Jonathon Green

      For thirty years Jonathon Green has been collecting slang - the indefinable language of the gutter, the brothel, the jail, the barroom - producing a succession of dictionaries, most recently…

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      The A - Z of Nuclear Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

      Jonathon Green

      First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics…

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      Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

      Jonathon Green

      Contains over 21,000 entries on the jargon of the age, both British and American. Deals with everything from specialist occupational slang to genuine professional terminology.

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      Newspeak (Routledge Revivals): A Dictionary of Jargon

      Jonathon Green

      George Orwell coined the term ‘Newspeak’ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to…

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      Dictionary of Jargon (Routledge Revivals)

      Jonathon Green

      Contains over 21,000 entries on the jargon of the age, both British and American. Deals with everything from specialist occupational slang to genuine professional terminology.

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      Days in the Life: Voices from the English Underground, 1961-71

      Jonathon Green

      Focusing on the 1960s, this work addresses the question: how did it feel in that dawn to be alive?

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      Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime

      Jonathon Green

      The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first collection of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as…

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      The Stories of Slang: Language at its most human

      Jonathon Green

      The revealing stories behind slang, the language that shows us at our most human

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      Sounds & Furies: The Love-Hate Relationship between Women and Slang

      Jonathon Green

      Women as slang creators and users is perhaps the last, and very important, piece of the slang jigsaw. Women in slang is a pretty sorry story, but women and slang…

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      Slang: A Very Short Introduction

      Jonathon Green (Independent scholar)

      What words qualify as slang? Should slang be acknowledged as a language in itself? And what does the digital revolution mean for the future of slang? In this Very Short…

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      The Vulgar Tongue: Green’s History of Slang

      Jonathon Green (Independent scholar)

      Once the language of thieves and beggars, slang is an ever present part of today’s culture for people across the strata. It allows us to connect to others, to express…

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      Cutting It Fine

      Andrew Parkinson,Jonathon Green

      What happens if no one orders the sea bass? How do you deal with a complaint about food poisoning? How indeed can five people in a small hot kitchen produce…

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      Decolonising State & Society in Uganda: The Politics of Knowledge & Public Life

      Key book on the debates surrounding the knowledge economy and decolonialization of African Studies, that brings the subject up to date for the 21st century.

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