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The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal

By John Camden Hotten

2019-06-05 20:18:14

All ridiculous words make their first entry into a language by familiar phrases; I dare not answer for these that they will not in time be looked upon as a part of our tongue.”— SPECTATOR. " Rabble-charming words, which carry so muc ... Read more
All ridiculous words make their first entry into a language by familiar phrases; I dare not answer for these that they will not in time be looked upon as a part of our tongue.”— SPECTATOR. " Rabble-charming words, which carry so much wildfire wrapt up in them.SOUTH. Slang derivations are generally indirect, turning upon metaphor and fanciful allusions, and other than direct etymological connexion. Such allusions and fancies are essentially temporary or local; they rapidly pass out of the public mind: the word remains, while the key to its origin is lost. Many of these [slang] words and phrases are but serving their apprenticeship, and will eventually become the active strength of our language. BUCKLE. Less

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File size824.783 KB
Print pages481
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2008-10-06
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1547052279
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John Camden Hotten
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John Camden Hotten (12 September 1832, Clerkenwell – 14 June 1873, Hampstead) was an English bibliophile and publisher. Hotten was a compiler of an English language dictionary of slang, first pub...

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