Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, vol. 2.(Brief Article)

Vol. 2. Random. 1997. 735p. ed. by J.E. Lighter. bibliog. ISBN 0-679-43464-X. $65.

In 1947 Random House launched its first dictionary, the celebrated American College Dictionary. Today, half a century later, the publisher is recognized as one of the premier lexicographic houses in North America, noted for its careful attention to new vocabulary, both standard and non-standard. Fittingly, Random House marks its 50th anniversary in the dictionary business with these two major publications, both of which will be familiar to librarians. Volume 2 (H-O) of the slang dictionary, which adds about 10,000 main entries to the corpus, maintains the impressive quality that …