War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases from the Civil War to the Gulf War

ISBN-10
0788167065
ISBN-13
9780788167065
Series
War Slang
Category
Reference
Pages
403
Language
English
Published
1999-09-01
Publisher
Diane Publishing Company
Author
Paul Dickson

Description

Dickson -- the country's foremost authority on American slang and author of the critically acclaimed Slang! -- offers the first comprehensive collection of fighting words and phrases used by Americans at war. Arranged war by war, this definitive dictionary reveals military slang at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic -- and shows how language mirrors the unique experience of each war. Dickson's brief but carefully thought-out informal introductions to each section help define the flavor of the period. "An excellent compilation." An A-1 blockbuster of a book." Recommended by William Safire in his New York Times Magazine column.

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