A handbook of advice on the proper use of the English language. Includes a section on vogue words that have acquired a power and influence beyond what they originally possessed.

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from ...

This work covers the bawdiness in Shakespeare's plays. It includes an extensive glossary and is a comprehensive directory of allusion and double-meanings, many of which have ...

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.