For readers who want to be on the cutting edge of the English lexicon or for dedicated word geeks, The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English presents more than 750 words that have unofficially ...
Slang is language with its sleeves rolled up, colorful, pointed, brash, bristling with humor and sometimes with hostility. Here, John Ayto has brought together over 10,000 slang words and phrases c...
Different areas of America have different terms, just as they do in Britain. For example, someone in Massachusetts might say "Yous guys," but you get laughed at if you say something like that in Or...
"EDITED BY Paul Kesten, Paul Hollister, Robert Strunsky, Douglas Coulter, William Lodge, William Gittinger, William Ackerman, John Churchill, Elmo Wilson, Gilbert Seldes, Howard Chinn, Earle McGill...
This is a short essay I wrote as an assignment for an English language class. It's about the use of language in the television series "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" (created by Joss Whedon).
This es...
WARNING: Contents contains swear/curse words! Do NOT read/open if you are under 18 years of age or are easily offended.
A slang dictionary I did for my Intro to Linguistics class. My teacher sai...
This book is for people who have free-floating guilt and low-level depression. Whenever something bad or uncomfortable happens between them and other people, they think, I must be at fault. I must...