The Dictionary of 1980s Slang

STRANGER THAN FICTION!Ideal for any 80s kid and anyone who wants to discover what made the 80s great!From the author of the USA #1 best-selling (unofficial) Scrabble book The Dictionary of Two-Letter Words.Packed with over 800 scrupulously-researched entries.Over 500 citations from 80s movies music and books.Incisive humorous definitions examining etymology history and more.Numerous explanatory illustrations.Bonus! Cut-out-and-play yuppie simulator card game.The 1980s: a decade of uplifting energy exhilarating confidence raw power and uncompromising style. A decade of Armani-wearing slicked-back dudes and power-dressing big-haired babes zooming down open highways in sports cars breakdancers gyrating to the sounds of the boombox neon-clad skaters and BMXers soaring through the skies in a sparkling endless Californian heatwave.It was the decade hip hop and new wave went mainstream home computing planted the seed of the Information Age and a flood of electrifying movies and music intoxicated the world with glorious visions of the chrome-plated American Dream.And the language! Every 80s movement developed its own vibrant eloquent often hilarious slang - and the mass media machine turbocharged it into the popular imagination.This bright witty dictionary is no dry lexicon - its a fresh zesty expedition into the soul of a vigorous age. You can dip in at random read it cover-to-cover or surf from one cross-reference to another in a radical journey of linguistic exploration. However you approach this unique book you will find yourself reliving an era of limitless optimism and opportunity - or discovering it for the first time!THE TOTALLY AWESOME GUIDE TO ROCKIN 80S LINGONecessarily contains moderately crude language.Proudly published in the USA by Carlile Media.