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Trash cash, fizzbos, and flatliners : a dictionary of today's words /

From street slang to scientific developments and geopolitical name changes, from MTV whimsy to Washington politics, this book offers a generous sampling of the English of the 1980s and early 1990s. The definitions are enhanced with examples of actual usage, historical background, and pronunciations...

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Main Author:	Lerner, Sid
Corporate Author:	American Heritage Publishing Company
Other Authors:	Belkin, Gary S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1993]
Subjects:	English language > New words > Dictionaries. English language > Slang > Dictionaries. Americanisms > Dictionaries.

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