Available for the first time in the United States this brand-new edition Chambers Slang Dictionary is an exhaustive update of a work first published in 1998.  Covering the full range of slang from all parts of the English-speaking world, this collection has won universal acclaim for both its scholarly credentials and the sheer delight that only a big book of dirty words can hold. This new edition, which is fully updated to include 21st century slang, retains all the verve and percision of the earlier work, and has been completely overhauled and restructured to make it an easy as possible to find what you are looking for.  Every entry includes the date that the first usage was recorded and  the interesting explanations of the words origins. "To winch the dictionary onto your knee and open its pages is like entering an orchard full of strange fruit." - Seven Magazine, Sunday Telegraph