SLANG

THESAURUS

Presenting the only slang thesaurus live on the internet. Of all the tools in a writer's arsenal, slang is the one that is most useful. But a slang dictionary is pretty much useless for creative writers . It provides only a list of slang words and their meanings and etymologies. Professional writers need a slang thesaurus with its lists of words linked to keywords, and ours at Writer's Dreamtools has upwards of 23,000 entries. Slang phrases and slang terms add color and verve to one's writing and help writers relate to their audience.

The Slang Thesaurus contains both American slang and English slang including Cockney rhyming slang. There is also a wealth of Australian slang, gay slang, black slang, Yiddish slang, surfer, skateboarder and some West Indian.

The Slang Thesaurus on Writer's Dreamtools is one of a series of writer's tools which includes a daily calendar of history going back to the pre-Christian era, a cultural history of fads, fashions and facts organized by decades, a dictionary of clichés and catch phrases, an enormous collection of lists that writer's find indispensable, a small (3,300+) collection of humorous quotations, and a section of classic humor pieces that have circulated via the Internet for years. The historical databases and web humor are free. Collection of Lists, Clichés and Catch Phrases, Slang Thesaurus and Humorous Quotations are offered together on a bargain subscription of only $20 to individuals, $99 to companies.

WARNING : The Slang Thesaurus is unexpurgated. It is not suitable for children. Please do not subscribe to Writer's Dreamtools if you would be offended by any sexist, racist, homophobic, profane, blasphemous or sacrilegious words.

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Introduction to Slang Thesaurus

Quotes about Slang:

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy.' I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
J. B. Priestley

What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English - swell and lousy.
Vicki Baum

Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.
George Eliot

Slang is a poor man's poetry.
John Moore

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
G. K. Chesterton

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
Carl Sandburg

Do suburban ladies who use the phrases to show where they're at know that 'funky' at first meant sex smells, or that 'up tight' referred to the contraction of the testicles in times of stress?
Arthur Herzog

SLANG, n. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.
Ambrose Bierce