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200 14$aThe City in Slang$b[electronic resource] $eNew York Life and Popular Speech
210   $aCary $cOxford University Press$d1995
215   $a1 online resource (320 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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327   $aContents; PART I: Manhattan in the Mirror of Slang; 1. New York City Life and Popular Speech; 2. The Social Meaning of City Streets; PART II: The Modern Ruptures of Traditional Life; 3. The Bright Lights; 4. New Ways of Urban Living; 5. Tall Buildings; PART III: The Shadow Worlds of Social Class in City Life; 6. Mean Streets; 7. The Sporting Life; PART IV: The Naming of Social Differences; 8. Social Types in City Streets; 9. Us and Them; 10. The Contempt for Provincial Life; Notes; References and Bibliography; Index of Words and Phrases; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S
327   $aTU; V; W; Y; Author and Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
330   $aThe American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York. In The City in Slang, Irving Lewis Allen traces this flowering of popular expressions that accompanie
606   $aAmericanisms -- New York (State) -- New York
606   $aCity and town life -- Terminology
606   $aEnglish language -- New York (State) -- New York -- Slang
606   $aEnglish language -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
606   $aEnglish language -- Spoken English -- New York (State) -- New York
606   $aNew York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
606   $aPopular culture -- New York (State) -- New York
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615  4$aCity and town life -- Terminology.
615  4$aEnglish language -- New York (State) -- New York -- Slang.
615  4$aEnglish language -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
615  4$aEnglish language -- Spoken English -- New York (State) -- New York.
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