Pocket Books. Used; Very Good. The only book on contemporary American slang that is arranged by category, this newly revised edition -- with more than twice as many entries as before -- truly encompasses the whole colorful range of current slang. Divided into twenty-nine broad categories -- including the newest additions of prison, college, the Internet, and computers -- these are the words that make American English as expressive as it is fascinating.-- "Like dictionarist Samuel Johnson, Paul Dickson is good at words, great at definitions". . 1998. HARDCOVER.