Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Eric Partridge and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enumerates slang words, provides quotations both to illustrate use and to date origins, cites other authorities, and applies usage labels. Included are slang and cant, colloquialisms, solecisms, catchphrases, nicknames, and vulgarisms.