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 common to 20th-century English, to provide a comprehensive and highly engaging guide "The Oxford Dictionary of Slang" to the most outspoken corner of our language.This comprehensive look at informal English from around the world and across the centuries is organized thesaurus-style into sections for easy browsing by category.