A dictionary of slang and unconventional English -- 8th ed.

Partridge, Eric (2002)

The 8th thoroughly updated edition of a comprehensive dictionary of colloquial and linguistically unconventional English, excluding dialects.

Proportionally, slang and colloquialisms represent approximately 85% of the collection, and the rest of the entries are solecisms, malapropisms, catch-phrases and vulgarisms.

Keywords are defined and explained in terms of register and style, main users and date of the first recording.

EN DICO 16 Open access