TY - BOOK AU - Spears, Richard A. TI - NTC's dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions SN - 844208280 AV - PE 2846 .Sp31n 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Lincolnwood, Ill. PB - NTC Pub. KW - Americanisms KW - English language KW - United States KW - Figures of speech N1 - The most practical reference for the informal expressions of contemporary American english.--Cover N2 - NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions, by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., contains more than 10,000 definitions of terms and expressions that are likely to be heard in movies, on television, in the streets, and on college campuses. In addition, the dictionary provides nearly 20,000 example sentences to illustrate common usage of these expressions in everyday American English. www.alibris.com ER -