The most extensive dictionary of its kind ever published, The Dictionary of Sexual Slang is designed as a serious work of unconventional lexicography that covers coarse sexual slang in old and new English-language speech and written discourse. Thou it will inevitably satisfy prurient interests as well. With more than 10,000 entries, this dictionary is a necessary supplement to the ordinary dictionaries and slang dictionaries that, to a large extent, omit sexual terminology. The Dictionary of Sexual Slang is essential to understand how speakers and writers of the English language actually expressed themselves.
Designed for scholarly as well as personal interest, this book thoroughly examines sexual slang in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, and in countries where English is a second language, Categories include literature of all varieties, homosexual speech, camp, jail talk, graffiti, movies, music videos, rap music, prostitution, and many others.
