 First edition | |
| Author | Eric Partridge |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Slang |
| Publisher | Routledge |
Publication date | 1937 |
| ISBN | 978-0-415-29189-7 |
| OCLC | 499105143 |
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a dictionary of slang originally compiled by the noted lexicographer of the English language Eric Partridge. The first edition was published in 1937 and seven editions were eventually published by Partridge. An eighth edition was published in 1984,[1] after Partridge's death, by editor Paul Beale; in 1990 Beale published an abridged version, Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.[2]
The dictionary was updated in 2005 by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor as The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English,[3][4] and again in 2007 as The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English,[5] which has additional entries compared to the 2005 edition, but omits the extensive citations.
- ^ Beale, Paul; Partridge, Eric (1984). A dictionary of slang and unconventional English: colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-594980-2.
- ^ Partridge, Eric; Beale, Paul (1990). A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English: from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-605350-0.
- ^ Victor, Terry; Partridge, Eric; Dalzell, Tom (2006). The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25937-1.
- ^ "As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language", Vauhini Vara, The Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2011
- ^ Victor, Terry; Dalzell, Tom; Partridge, Eric (2008). The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-21259-6.