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1、TheOfficialDictionaryofUnofficialEnglishACrunkOmnibusforThrillionairesandBampotsfortheEcozoicAgeGrantBarrettCopyright©2006byGrantBarrett.Allrightsreserved.ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.ExceptaspermittedundertheUnitedStatesCopyrightActof1976,nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedorditribut

2、edinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.0-07-149163-5ThematerialinthiseBookalsoappearsintheprintversionofthistitle:0-07-145804-2.Alltrademarksaretrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.Ratherthanputatrademarksymbolaftereveryoccurrenceof

3、atrademarkedname,weusenamesinaneditorialfashiononly,andtothebenefitofthetrademarkowner,withnointentionofinfringe-mentofthetrademark.Wheresuchdesignationsappearinthisbook,theyhavebeenprintedwithinitialcaps.ABOUTTHEAUTHORGrantBarrettisanAmericanlexicographeranddictionaryeditorspecializinginslangandn

4、ewwords.HeispartoftheteamoflexicographersthatmakethenewonlinedictionaryWordnik.compossible.Grantisalsoco-hostoftheAmericanlanguage-relatedpublicradioshow"AWayWithWords"http://www.waywordradio.organdeditorofthe"OxfordDictionaryofAmericanPoliticalSlang"(2004,OxfordUniversityPress),andiswell-knownfor

5、hisprize-winningonlineDouble-TonguedDictionary.Besidesbeingawidelyquotedlanguageauthority,GranthaswrittenonlanguageforsuchnewspapersastheWashingtonPostandtheNewYorkTimes,hascontributedtotheBritishbookseries"TheLanguageReport,"andisapublicspeakeraboutdictionariesandslang.Healsowritesafortnightlycol

6、umnaboutEnglish-languageslangfortheMalaysiaStar,abi-monthlydictionaryupdateforthejournalCopyediting,andhasworkedasabusinessandmusicjournalist.HeservesasvicepresidentoftheAmericanDialectSociety,anacademicorganizationdevotedsince1889tothestudyofEnglishinNorthAmerica.HealsoischairofitsNewWordsCommitt

7、ee,editsthe"AmongtheNewWords"columnofthesociety'sjournalAmericanSpeech,isamemberofthejournal'seditorialreviewboard,andhelpsorganizethesociety'sannual"wordoftheyear"vote.HeisalsoamemberoftheDictionarySocietyofNort