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Jonathon Green is a British lexicographer who specializes in the documentation and study of slang. He compiled the three-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang, which was published in print in 2010 and launched as a digital online resource in 2016. The dictionary is a comprehensive historical survey of English-language slang. Green has also authored works on cannabis culture and the history of slang.
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What makes Green's Dictionary of Slang different from a normal dictionary?
It is a historical dictionary that documents slang through dated quotations rather than merely defining current expressions. Its evidence covers material from the English-speaking world and stretches back several centuries.
Why is Jonathon Green known as Mister Slang?
Green has spent decades collecting and documenting informal, taboo, criminal, and subcultural vocabulary. He also used Mister Slang as the title of a book about the nineteenth-century slang collector John Camden Hotten.
How does Jonathon Green prove when a slang term was used?
He cites dated examples from sources such as novels, newspapers, song lyrics, court records, and personal correspondence. Those quotations show how a word's meaning and spelling changed over time.
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