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Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First Pegasus Books hardcover edition, Available .
Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First Pegasus Books hardcover edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formats
Décharné traces the colorful history of slang, from Elizabethan highwaymen to the rap and hip-hop of today. He shows how meanings change over years; introduces us to flying aces, pickpockets, and carnival geeks who have left their impression on our language; and shows how slang leaks into the mainstream to infuse language with vitality.
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