Esta guía indispensable para 'Slang, University Wit y Pickpocket Eloquence' contiene ideas fascinantes sobre el humor y la mentalidad de sus compiladores. Enriquece tu vocabulario con los ingenios vulgares...

Compuesto hacia el final del primer milenio, el poema anglosajón Beowulf es una de las grandes epopeyas del norte y un clásico de la literatura europea. En su nueva traducción, Seamus Heaney ha producido...

Francis Grose's '1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue' is a comprehensive and entertaining collection of slang and vulgar language used in the streets of London during the early 19th century. Grose's...

Throughout history, most dictionaries have served the purpose of preserving the purity of the language, usually preferring the erudite vocabulary of the affluent upper classes to the salty, constantly...

Originally printed as a guide to street slang for men of quality, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a gem! The avowed purpose of the dictionary was to give men 'of fashion' an insight into the inappropriate...

Throughout history, most dictionaries have served the purpose of preserving the purity of the language, usually preferring the erudite vocabulary of the affluent upper classes to the salty, constantly...