An edition of The slang dictionary
(1864)
The slang dictionary, or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society
many with their etymology, and a few with their history traced
by John Camden Hotten
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Within this work, one will find the Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words issued in London in 1859. This 1869 edition now contains "nearly 100,000 words and phrases commonly deemed 'vulgar' but which are used by the highest and the lowest, the best, the wisest, as well as the worst and most ignorant of society." Included is a glossary of "back slang" words used by the costermongers of London and rhyming slang – a secret language of chaunters and patterers!
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
A SHORT HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE.
Slang at Babylon and Nineveh — Old English Slang — Slang in the time of Cromwell, and in the Court of Charles II. — Swift and Arbuthnot fond of Slang — The origin of "Cabbage" — "The Real Simon Pure" — Tom Brown and Ned Ward — Did Dr Johnson compile a Slang Dictionary? — John Bee's absurd etymology of Slang — The true origin of the term — Derived from the Gipsies — Burns and his fat friend, Grose — Slang used by all classes, High and Low — Slang in Parliament, and amongst our friends — New words not so reprehensible as old words burdened with strange meanings — The poor Foreigner's perplexity — Long and windy Slang words — Vulgar corruptions, 33-42
Fashionable Slang, 42
Parliamentary Slang, 45
Military and Dandy Slang, 47
University Slang, 48
Religious Slang, 49
Legal Slang, or Slang amongst the Lawyers, 52
Literary Slang — Punch on "Slang and Sanscrit," 53
Theatrical Slang, or Slang both before and behind the curtain, 56
Civic Slang, 57
Slang Terms for Money — Her Majesty's coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms — Old Slang terms for money — The classical origin of Slang money-terms — The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century, 58-61
Shopkeepers' Slang, 61
Workmen's Slang, or Slang in the workshop — Many Slang terms for money derived from operatives, 62
Slang Apologies for Oaths, or sham exclamations for passion and temper — Slang swearing, 63
Slang Terms for Drunkenness, and the graduated scale of fuddlement and intoxication, 64
DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS; many with their etymologies traced, together with Illustrations, and references to authorities, 65-274
Some Account of the Back Slang, the secret language of Costermongers — The principle of the Back Slang — Boys and girls soon acquire it — The Back Slang unknown to the Police — Costermongers' terms for money — Arithmetic amongst the Costermongers, 275-279
Glossary of the Back Slang, 280-284
Some Account of the Rhyming Slang, the secret language of Chaunters and Patterers — The origin of the Rhyming Slang — Spoken principally by Vagabond Poets, Patterers, and Cheap Jacks — Patterers "well up" in Street Slang — Curious Slang Letter from a Chaunter, 285-288
Glossary of the Rhyming Slang, 289-292
The Bibliography of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language, or a list of the books which have been consulted in the compilation of this work, comprising nearly every known treatise upon the subject, 293-305
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Revised and enlarged edition of: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words.
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