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Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer Hardcover – January 1, 2014

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The world's foremost lexicographer of slang reflects on the how, why and what of his singular job. For thirty years Jonathon Green has been collecting slang- the indefinable language of the gutter, the brothel, the jail, the barroom- producing a succession of dictionaries, most recently the three-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang, that have been recognized as the most comprehensive and authoritative ever compiled. In this fascinating memoir Green reveals that he first began collecting slang in the 1970's, noticing the the contemporary authorities (notably Eric Partridge) preferred the past to the present, unaware of the huge array of new slang being coined by the counterculture. He ponders why he still does this strange, lonely job, exploring the satisfaction that can be gained by tracking down the first use of a term just encountered in one of the cheap dime novels he devours for research. The lexis leans towards pimping and prostitution, crime and imprisonment, violence and cruelty, drunken and drugged debauches; what does this say about the man who spends every day truffling for it? A fascinating look at how one man has built a lexis of 125,000 words that includes 1.740 words for sexual intercourse, 1,251 for the penis, 540 for defecation/urination, 247 for fat, 219 for vomiting and 180 for anal sex. Odd Job Man will delight all those who love the words that the conventional dictionaries leave out.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Cape; First Edition (January 1, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 022409758X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0224097581
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.67 x 1.22 x 8.74 inches
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Jonathon Green is Britain's foremost lexicographer of slang. His many publications include the Chambers Slang Dictionary, the Slang Thesaurus and Slang Down the Ages. He has also compiled dictionaries of quotations and oral histories of modern culture. His latest work is the multi-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang on Historical Principles.

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