I'm in the minority on this. But if I want you to get all the words for heroin that are out there, I want the ones you know. Not the ones you remember from reading Burroughs in college.
- -- Jesse Sheidlower, via Bryan Curtis
The above comes from an article on Slate, about a man who spent thirteen years in prison assembling a slang dictionary. Recommended.
2 comments:
Actually, that would be a great writing reference.
I completely agree. I'd love to have a collection of slang dictionaries. I also like regular dictionaries, the older the better.
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