The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Reviews of the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2005:The king is dead. Long live the king! � The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945� Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past 60 years is the New Partridge. James Rettig, Booklist, American Library AssociationMost slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges