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1、DICTIONARYOFJOHNAYTOTheworldsmosttrustedreferencebooksOxfordPaperbackReferenceSLANGContainingover10,000wordsandphrases,thisistheidealreferenceforthoseinterestedinthemorequirkyandunofficialwordsusedintheEnglishlanguage.Includingsurprisinglyoldwordssuch
2、asboozeandguzzletothemostup-to-datewordslikehumongousandlunchbox,thisfascinatingbookissuretoprovideastonkinggoodreadforall.•Thematicallyarrangedbychapterforeasybrowsing•Wordsarearrangedchronologicallywithintheirthemetoshowhowthelanguagehaschanged•Cont
3、ainswordorigins,illustrativeexamplesfromliterature,andaneasy-to-useA-Zindex'hoursofhappybrowsingforlanguagelovers'ObserverISBN0-19-280104-XOXPORDUNIVERSITYPRESS801043www.oup.com£7.99RRPS13.95USATheOxfordDictionaryofSlangJOHNAYTOJohnAytoisaprofessional
4、lexicographerandauthor.HispublicationsincludeTheOxfordDictionaryofModernSlang(withJohnSimpson),TheOxfordEssentialGuidetotheEnglishLanguage,TheLongmanRegisterofNewWords,TheBloomsburyDictionaryofWordOrigins,andTwentiethCenturyWords(publishedbyOUP).OXFOR
5、DUNIVERSITYPRESSOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESSGreatClarendonStreet,Oxford0x26DPOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity'sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingworldwideinOxfordNewYorkAthens
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7、edtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountriesPublishedintheUnitedStatesbyOxfordUniversityPressInc.,NewYork©JohnAyto1998ThemoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenassertedDatabaserightOxfordUniversityPress(maker)Firstpublished1998Paperbacke
8、dition1999Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthepriorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappr
