The Dictionary of 1980s Slang by Rick Carlile

The Dictionary of 1980s Slang by Rick Carlile

STRANGER THAN FICTION

• Ideal for any '80s kid, and anyone who wants to discover what made the '80s great
• From the author of the USA #1 best-selling (unofficial) Scrabble book The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words.
• Packed with over 800 scrupulously-researched entries.
• Over 500 citations from '80s movies, music and books.
• Incisive, humorous definitions examining etymology, history, and more.
• Numerous explanatory illustrations.
• Bonus Cut-out-and-play yuppie simulator card game.

The 1980s: a decade of uplifting energy, exhilarating confidence, raw power, and uncompromising style. A decade of Armani-wearing, slicked-back dudes and power-dressing, big-haired babes zooming down open highways in sports cars, breakdancers gyrating to the sounds of the boombox, neon-clad skaters and BMXers soaring through the skies in a sparkling, endless Californian heatwave.

It was the decade hip hop and new wave went mainstream, home computing planted the seed of the Information Age, and a flood of electrifying movies and music intoxicated the world with glorious visions of the chrome-plated American Dream.

And the language Every '80s movement developed its own vibrant, eloquent, often hilarious slang - and the mass media machine turbocharged it into the popular imagination.

This bright, witty dictionary is no dry lexicon - it's a fresh, zesty expedition into the soul of a vigorous age. You can dip in at random, read it cover-to-cover, or surf from one cross-reference to another in a radical journey of linguistic exploration. However you approach this unique book, you will find yourself reliving an era of limitless optimism and opportunity - or discovering it for the first time

THE TOTALLY AWESOME GUIDE TO ROCKIN' '80S LINGO

Necessarily contains moderately crude language.

Proudly published in the USA by Carlile Media.

Rick Carlile is a writer, publisher and entrepreneur. He spends most of his time on a tropical island at the epicenter of WW3's Indo-Pacific theater. He is the son of Richard Carlile, author of the 1971 rock horror cult classic DRUMMER (also available from Carlile Media).

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ISBN 13	9781949117219
ISBN 10	1949117219
Title	The Dictionary of 1980s Slang
Author	Rick Carlile
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Carlile Media
Year published	2021-06-18
Number of pages	152
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