"The Vulgar Tongue tells the full story of English language slang, from its origins in early British beggar books to its spread in American and Australian culture in the eighteenth century"--
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Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Slang: A User's Manual -- 2. In the Beginning: The Prehistory -- 3. Lewd, Lousey Language: Beggars and Their Books -- 4. Crime and Punishment -- 5. Play's the Thing -- 6. The Sound of the City -- 7. Flash: This Sporting Life -- 8. Down Under -- 9. Sex in the City -- 10. Cockney Sparrers -- 11. America: Pioneers -- 12. Keeping Score: Nineteenth-century Slang Lexicography -- 13. Gayspeak -- 14. American Century -- 15. African-American Slang: The Flesh Made Word -- 16. Campus and Counter-Culture -- 17. War -- 18. Conclusion: As It Was in the Beginning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
