Dictionary of American Slang
The Dictionary of American Slang was edited by
English professor[4] Albert H. Marckwardt called the first edition a "highly useful work". He critiqued it for inconsistencies on what constitutes slang, but compared it favorably to Eric Partridge's Smaller Slang Dictionary because of the latter's lack of offensive terms.[5] Linguistics professor Madeleine Mathiot criticized the exclusion of "fad" terms, which were omitted because the authors required two usages of a term separated by at least five years for it to be included.[6]
The dictionary was banned from some schools in California in 1963[7] as part of larger concern with its potential obscenity, including concern from Los Angeles City Councilman John C. Holland.[8] It was banned from certain schools in Colorado in 1981.[9]
References
- ^ Reynolds, Horace (30 July 1960). "HOW TO DIG THE HIPS' YACKETY-YAK". New York Times. pp. 41, 57. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Kipfer, Barbara Ann; Chapman, Robert L. "Dictionary of American Slang 4e". HarperCollins US.
- LCCN 97002771.
- ^ "Dr. Albert H. Marckwardt Dies; Taught English and Linguistics (Published 1975)". The New York Times. 22 August 1975. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- JSTOR 453802.
- ISSN 0002-7294. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Langguth, Jack (12 July 1963). "SLANG DICTIONARY SPELLS TROUBLE; California Debates Issue of Its Access to Youth Opposes Book Burning". New York Times.
- ^ "Council Asks Dictionary of Slang Study: Wants to Find if Book Violates Obscenity Laws". Los Angeles Times. 21 June 1963. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Topics; Chuckles, Zones and Bones; Strangling Language". The New York Times. 31 December 1981.