New York Times Artsbeat blog, “The Dulpickles and Nigmenogs of 1699” (Apr. 1, 2011)
In this week’s Book Review, I consider the most recent — and most ambitious — effort to compile a dictionary of English-language slang. But such efforts have been underway for centuries. Several months ago, Oxford University’s Bodleian Library republished the earliest known foray: “The First English Dictionary of Slang, 1699,” with an introduction by John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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