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Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs : The Secret Life of the English Language
Martin H. Manser
Hardcover - $23.95
"Fine words butter no parsnips" is an expression dating back 400 years. "Twocking" and "chav" are popular new arrivals in the ever-growing vocabulary of British slang. What do words and phrases like these have in common, and what sets them apart? Tha ...