Tom Dalzell
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English
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An equal-opportunity pastime, poker is played everywhere from country clubs to penitentiaries and has even developed into a spectator sport. In this entertaining gift book for poker fanatics and students of American vernacular, a cultural historian and slang authority offers a compendium of traditional poker slang, as well as the new vocabulary of online poker and jargon from high-stakes tournaments.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Spectacular vernacular-delivered with fresh flavor."-Playboy "Hang with this slang and reep these righteous words!" This entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans, tracing slang terms and expressions from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to alphabetical listings for each decade, it features fascinating word histories and sidebars about language and culture-jazz cat jive, the argot...