A wide-reaching treasury of some 2,500 English-language colloquialisms from the past and present is culled from dictionaries, etymological treatises, historical writings, and other sources, in a volume that features such entries as 'bone-orchard' and 'chawswizzled.' Original. 35,000 first printing.

Provides a glimpse into the life and language of early nineteenth-century America, compiling slang from areas including New England, the South, and the Western frontier.

An entertaining and eye-opening collection of hundreds of new, emerging, and just invented words and phrases is designed to identify the latest trends in our social, cultural, economic, and political arenas and provide a cutting-edge glimpse of the world of tomorrow in such words as 'Mannies,' or male nannies, and 'Permalence,' the merging of permanent and freelance in the new economy. 50,000 first printing.

Product Description: "NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.

A guide to American popular culture includes information on history, folklore, and other topics