The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Pocket)
avJohn Ayto, John Simpson, John Ayto
ISBN: 9780199232055 - UTGIVEN: 201005Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern[...]
Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words (Häftad)
avJohn Ayton, John Ayto
ISBN: 9781611450538 - UTGIVEN: 2011-04What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson originally comes from the name of tiny scale insects, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is made? That Yankee began as a nickname for Dutchmen?[...]
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (Inbunden)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780061121203 - UTGIVEN: 2006-08Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is one of the world's best-loved reference books. First published in 1870, this treasury of 'words that have a story to tell' has established itself as one of the great reference classics—the first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases and [...]
Oxford School Dictionary Of Word Origins (Pocket)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780192733740 - UTGIVEN: 2013-05-02This new edition of the Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins, now available in paperback, is an engaging, funny, and absorbing history of thousands of words and phrases used in everyday language. It is perfect for additional language reference and helps develop an insight into the words we use e[...]
The Oxford Dictionary Of Rhyming Slang (Pocket)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780198607519 - UTGIVEN: 2003-10-09Rhyming slang is a subject of perennial interest to the general language-conscious public. Entries are arranged in subject areas, such as clothing, food and drink, and animals. John Ayto explores the range and development of rhyming slang during its 150-year history, from traditional Cockney Rhyming[...]
The Oxford Dictionary of Slang (Storpocket)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780198607632 - UTGIVEN: 2003-10Our longstanding love affair with the undignified bits of our language - the unguarded vocabulary of conversation, the quirky slang of in-groups, the colourful outbursts of lexis in extremis - has assured us a continuing tradition of collecting such words together in dictionaries. Rather than using [...]
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms (Pocket)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780199543786 - UTGIVEN: 201007Did you know that 'flavour of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlours in the 1940s, when a particular flavour would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to the rather messy practice of writing impromptu notes on[...]
The Diner's Dictionary (Inbunden)
avJohn Ayto
ISBN: 9780199640249 - UTGIVEN: 201212Did you know that 'croissant' literally means 'crescent' or that oranges are native to China? Do you realize that the word 'pie' has been around for seven hundred years in English or that 'toast' comes from the Latin word for 'scorch'? From absinthe to zabaglione, this lively guide presents the mean[...]
