Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms

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Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

Stunned Mullets and Two-pot Screamers

A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms

Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired), University of Sydney, Australia)

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Oxford University Press
01 May 2008

Dialect, slang & jargon; Reference; Reference works

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Amusing and informative, Stunned Mullets & Two-pot screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is a revealing guide to the richness and colour of the Australian language. Now available in this updated and considerably expanded edition, it records the distinctive and inventive slang of Australia, and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture.

This famous dictionary, first published in 1978, combines the earliest and most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of sources and each entry is in context, with origins and derivations. Enduring colloquialisms have as many as ten citations from original works, illustrating changing meanings and emphases.

Stunned Mullets & Two-pot Screamers: A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is the ideal companion to the Australian language that no lover of words can afford to be without.

By: Wilkes (Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired) Challis Professor of English Literature (Retired) University of Sydney Australia)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780195563160
ISBN 10: 0195563166
Pages: 422
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active