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Duckworth, T. (2009). //A Dictionary of Slang.// Ted Duckworth. Retrieved January 28, 2010, from []
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 * Reviewed by //Nigel//

//A Dictionary of Slang //is an online resource reference providing a wide array of slang terms used in British English. The author of the website, Ted Duckworth, provides an introductory type page for new users. On this page, the term slang is defined, and detailed information is presented in regards to etymologies, regional dialects and colloquialisms, informal expressions and a brief history of the origination of slang. Additionally, the author provides a bibliography of recommended reads. Also provided are links to other slang websites that are as diverse as U.S. slang to South African slang. The dictionary also provides users to submit slang terms, but the author warns that only terms used in the UK will be published. The website is updated with new terms after the author approves them. It is difficult to analyze the accuracy of slang terms and their definitions, but the author claims to only publish warranted UK terms. The website quickly loads, is easy to navigate and it does not have flashing advertisements that can often be distracting. The terms are organized alphabetically word by word. For each term, the part of speech, a definition, and place or date of origination is given. __Reviewer’s Opinion __ This is not a resource that I would advertise in a middle school media center. Most of my students would not relate to British slang, either. However, I do think that they would find it amusing because of the content, however inappropriate. My middle school students are not mature enough to review the slang terms with an academic purpose. Personally, I enjoyed perusing the website and getting a few laughs. My only use for this particular website would be the additional links to U.S. slang. There are many times as a teacher that I must consult the slang dictionary to determine the meaning of student phrases. __Grade Level __: High School (with a direct focus for instruction) __Subject Areas __: History and English. It could be examined in college for a variety classes ranging from gender studies to ethnic studies. __Overall Rating __: 6 (as an adult resource) ||  ||< Tiffany's comment: Nigel, when i was uploading my Dictionary resource I noticed that we had the same resource for the Dictionary entry, So i had to use a print resource. I didn't expect the slang dictionaries to be so comical but they're a hoot! It's acually amazing how these authors incorporate foreign language slang in the information, but I guess that is something we would need to be current on, especially if we are avid travelers. Actually, until I was presented with this assignment I have never used a Slang Dictionary or The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. // Kristie's // comment : Looking at this slang dictionary in comparison to the slang dictionary that I utilized, I liked the website because it was very informative but very busy in the overall design of the site. The "upbeat" feel of the site, however, I think could help draw younger students into the site in order to gather more information. ||.


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Ayto, J., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). //The Oxford- dictionary of modern slang//. New York: Oxford University Press.

This resource contains alternative vocabulary. It contains slang words on alpha order, part of speech, definition, year it was first used or heard, other forms of the word when suffixes are added, and variations of the word. It could be used as entertainment for parents to learn their child’s vernacular, or more seriously with a linguist studying adolescent language, or a teacher who wants to use this language to reach her/his students in the classroom. English slang - from Britain, North America, Australia, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world - from World War I until the present day, The //Oxford English Dictionary// identifies three types of slang. The first to which the term 'slang' was applied, in the mid-eighteenth century, was 'the special vocabulary used by any set of persons of a low and infamous character', the thieves' cant or patter of earlier centuries. This vein of slang thrives today in the vocabulary of the underworld, street gangs, and drug-trafficking. But soon after the mid-eighteenth century, the meaning of 'slang' broadened to include 'the special vocabulary or phraseology of a particular calling or profession': printers' slang, costermongers' slang, even the slang vocabulary of doctors and lawyers. Both of these types of slang served many purposes, but the predominant one was as a private vocabulary binding together members of a subculture or social group, conferring upon them individuality distinct from the rest of the community. Lastly, in the early years of the nineteenth century, the term 'slang' came to be useful much more generally to any 'language of a highly informal type, considered as below the level of standard cultured speech, and consisting either of new words or of current words employed in some new special logic. This Slang Dictionary is very broad and would probably not be really useful in the education of students nor would it relate to the standards that our Georgia curriculum supports.
 * Slang dictionary**

Subject: Literature Rating:6
 * Grade**: High school and above
 * Age**: 15 and older.

//Nigel's// comment : I liked the presentation of the origination of slang from this resource. I really liked that information was presented just as it would be in any other dictionary. As I reviewed the slang dictionaries, I wondered why wasting my time with such resources. However, a situation came up in class in which one of my students used a derrogatory term toward another student. I was able to quickly load one of the the slang dictionary websites ans show them why they should not be using the term. They were startled to find out the original meaning of the word and promised never to use it again. I understand the desire to research langauge and how it changes, buy I don't see too many uses for these dictionaries in an academic setting.

//Kristie's// comment : Looking at this slang dictionary in comparison to the slang dictionary that I utilized, I liked the website because it was very informative but very busy in the overall design of the site. The "upbeat" feel of the site, however, I think could help draw younger students into the site in order to gather more information.


 * Reviewed by //Kristie// Augarde, T. (Ed.). (1991). The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations. New York: Oxford University Press.

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations is a new dictionary which contains roughly 5,000 quotations. The dictionary is compiled of commonly utilized quotations which were found in a collection of more than 200,000 citations collected from books, newspapers, and magazines. This dictionary contains an objective selection of quotations which again are most generally used and known. Many of the quotations are utilized because they likely to be popular and/or familiar with most readers. Additionally, the quotations are pulled from poems, essays, plays, novels, speeches, films, television, radio, songs, and advertisements. These quotations are quite interesting and are some of the best known quotes from our time including history-making quotes from a speech from Churchill and Martin Luther King, Jr. If the reader is searching for quotations from literature, there are many excerpts from literature, from the novels of Hemingway and poetry of Auden and Pound. The quotations from cartoon captions add a lighter side to the dictionary. The index of the book is thorough and is designed so that the reader can easily trace quotes from important keywords. Overall, the dictionary is outlined in such a way that it is a reference tool and can be utilized for general browsing as it arranges quotations in alphabetical order by author, with attribution after every quote so that readers can go back to the original sources if need be. This book should be used by anyone who has a love of words, quotes, and ideas starting at the middle school level. My overall rating for this dictionary is 9.  Grades: 5th and beyond Subjects: Literature Rating: 9 out of 10 ||  || //Tiffany's// comment : Kristie your dictionary calls itself //T// //he// //Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations,// which I thought was really creative. It gives the dictionary more of an "official" and "serious" sounding name. It also offered more contents than the other Slang Dictionaries in which I researched. I was aware that the other Slang dictionaries used quotations however, //T// //he// //Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations incorporates a variety of// citations, exerpts from books and cartoons and quotations from a number of different generes. ||  ||<   ||


 * Subject area**: Slang
 * Rating:** 5