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Naz's Underground Dictionary

Kenn W. Young

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Description:The culmination of 40 years of compiling words, phrases and their definitions by a widely traveled former musician and journalist, "Naz's Underground Dictionary" is an invaluable reference for hospitals, law enforcement officials, journalists, psychologists & psychiatrists, screenwriters, attorneys, athletic departments, social service agencies, writers' groups, linguists and language researchers. Years of association with various cultures and subcultures has provided the author with the base to publish this unique collection of slang. Daily changes in our society offer a new array of terms being used by those who choose to be antiestablishment and out of the mainstream society. Contained in this lexicon are more than 9,000 words and phrases with 35,000 definitions of the terminology of the underworld and criminal elements, prison inmates, drug culture, ethnic groups, carnivals, circuses, prostitutes, musicians, streetgangs, gamblers, horseracing, boxing, hippies, bohemians, Beatniks, travelers of the road, and many generational subcultures. Many definitions are noted by era, locale and by which sub-culture the term is used. Examples of usage in context are common. An appendix provides a brief series of episodes illustrating how this slanguage might be used on the street. This book is not only a valuable reference for professionals but an often humorous look at our slang language of the past century and more.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naz's Underground Dictionary. To get started finding Naz's Underground Dictionary, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 348

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: National Publishing Company

Release: 1992

ISBN: pYJFAAAAYAAJ

Description: The culmination of 40 years of compiling words, phrases and their definitions by a widely traveled former musician and journalist, "Naz's Underground Dictionary" is an invaluable reference for hospitals, law enforcement officials, journalists, psychologists & psychiatrists, screenwriters, attorneys, athletic departments, social service agencies, writers' groups, linguists and language researchers. Years of association with various cultures and subcultures has provided the author with the base to publish this unique collection of slang. Daily changes in our society offer a new array of terms being used by those who choose to be antiestablishment and out of the mainstream society. Contained in this lexicon are more than 9,000 words and phrases with 35,000 definitions of the terminology of the underworld and criminal elements, prison inmates, drug culture, ethnic groups, carnivals, circuses, prostitutes, musicians, streetgangs, gamblers, horseracing, boxing, hippies, bohemians, Beatniks, travelers of the road, and many generational subcultures. Many definitions are noted by era, locale and by which sub-culture the term is used. Examples of usage in context are common. An appendix provides a brief series of episodes illustrating how this slanguage might be used on the street. This book is not only a valuable reference for professionals but an often humorous look at our slang language of the past century and more.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naz's Underground Dictionary. To get started finding Naz's Underground Dictionary, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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