Vulgar Tongues

by Max Décharné

  Hank Janson, This Hood for Hire, London: Roberts & Vinter Ltd, 1960

  Mike Jay, High Society – Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010

  B B Johnson, Death of a Blue-eyed Soul Brother, New York: Paperback Library, 1970

  Ben Johnson, Volpone, or, The Foxe, London: Thomas Thorppe, 1607

  Captain W E Johns, Biggies Takes the Case, London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1952

  Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition, London: J F & C Rivington etc., 1785 (first published 1755)

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  James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York: B W Huebsch, 1916

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  Jack Lang (Gordon Williams), The Hard Case, London: Mayflower, 1967

  Richard Layman, Shadow Man – The Life of Dashiell Hammett, London: Junction Books, 1981

  Timothy Lea (Christopher Wood), Confessions of a Private Dick, London: Futura, 1975

  John Le Carré, A Small Town in Germany, London: World Books, 1969 (first published 1968)

  ______ Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, London: Book Club Associates, 1974

  G Legman, ed, The Limerick, New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1979 (first published, 1953)

  Michael Leigh, The Velvet Underground, New York: Macfadden Books, 1965 (first published 1963)

  Curtis E LeMay & MacKinlay Kantor, Mission With LeMay: My Story, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965

  Julius Lester, Look Out Whitey! Black Power’s Gon’ Get Your Manta!, New York: Grove Press, 1969 (first published 1968)

  Ted Lewis, Carter, London: Pan Books, 1971 (first published as Jack’s Return Home, 1970)

  The Lord Chief Baron (Renton Nicholson), The swell’s night guide, or, A peep through the great metropolis, under the dominion of nox: displaying the various attractive places of amusement by night. The saloons; the Paphtan beauties; the chaffing cribs; the introducing houses; the singing and lushing cribs; the comical clubs; fancy ladies and the penchants, &c., &c. London: H Smith, 1849

  Humphrey Lyttelton, I Play As I Please – The Memoirs of an Old Etonian Trumpeter, London: The Jazz Book Club, 1957 (first published 1954)

  Alexander McArthur & H Kingsley Long, No Mean City, London, Corgi Books, 1957 (first published 1935)

  John D MacDonald, Dead Low Tide, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1969 (first published 1953)

  ______ The Deep Blue Good-By, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1964

  ______ Soft Touch, London: Coronet Books, 1967 (first published 1958)

  ______ The Neon Jungle, Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett Gold Medal, 1960 (first published 1953)

  Ross MacDonald, The Doomsters, New York: Bantam Books, 1959 (first published 1958)

  Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Four Square Books, 1962 (first published 1957)

  Clarence Major, Black Slang – A Dictionary of Afro-American Talk, London: Routledge, Keegan & Paul, 1971 (first published 1970)

  Bruce Manning, Cafe Society Sinner, New York: Beacon Books, 1960

  Patrick Marnham, The Private Eye Story, London: Fontana / Collins, 1983 (first published 1982)

  Richard Marsten (Evan Hunter), The Spiked Heel, London: Pan Books, 1958 (first published 1956)

  Groucho Marx & others (Stefan Kanfer, ed.), The Essential Groucho, London: Penguin Books, 2000

  George W Matsell, Vocabulum; Or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, New York: George W Matsell & Co., 1859

  David W Maurer, The Big Con, London: Arrow Books, 2000 (first published 1940)

  Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor; A Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not Work, Volume III, London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861 (first published 1851)

  George Melly, Rum, Bum and Concertina, London: Futura, 1978 (first published 1977)

  Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really The Blues, New York: Dell Publishing, 1952 (first published 1946)

  Spike Milligan, Adolf Hitler – My Part in His Downfall, London: Penguin Books, 1974 (first published 1971)

  ______ Monty – His Part in My Victory, London: Book Club Associates, 1976

  George Moor, The Pole and Whistle, London: Four Square, 1966

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  J J Murphy, The Black Hole of the Camera – The Films of Andy Warhol, Oakland: University of California Press, 2012

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  Bill Naughton, Alfie, London: Panther Books, 1966

  Samuel Naylor, Reynard the Fox – A Renowned Apologue of the Middle Age, Reproduced in Rhyme, London: Longmans, 1845

  Peter Nichols, Feeling You’re Behind – An Autobiography, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984

  David Nokes, Samuel Johnson – A Life, London: Faber & Faber, 2009

  Frank Norman, Bang to Rights, London: Pan Books, 1961 (first published 1958)

  ______ Stand On Me, London: Pan Books, 1962 (first published 1959)

  Rictor Norton, Homosexuality in Eighteenth Century England: A Sourcebook, Updated 12 December 2014

  Tim O’Brien, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, London: Paladin Books, 1990 (first published 1973)

  Cothburn O’Neal, The Gods of Our Time, London: Panther Books, 1964 (first published 1960)

  George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, London: Penguin Books, 1954 (first published 1949)

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  Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of R.A.F, Slang, London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1945

  ______ Shakespeare’s Bawdy, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1968 (first published 1947)

  Eric Partridge (Abridged: Jacqueline Simpson), A Dictionary of Historical Slang, London: Penguin Books, 1972 (first published and revised 1937–61)

  Eric Partridge (David Crystal, ed.), Eric Partridge in His Own Words, London: Andre Deutsch, 1980

  Eric Partridge & John Brophy, Songs and Slang of the British Soldier 1914–1918, London: Frontline Books, revised edition 2008 (first published 1930)

  Laurence Payne, Birds in the Belfry, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966

  William Prynne, The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: Divided into Foure Parts, London: Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643

  Madame Fuqueau de Pussy (Francis S Williams, ed.), Le Grand-Pere et Ses Quatre Petits-Fils, Boston: Hickling, Swan & Brown, 1854

  Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, London: Taylor and Hessey, 1823 (first published 1822)

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  Richard and Quétin, English and French Dialogues, With Dialogues on Railway and Steamboat Travelling, and a Comparative Table of Monies and Measures, London: Librairie Hachette & Cie, 1876

  Brad Riley, The Intrude
rs – The Explosive Story of One Man’s Journey into a Homosexual Jungle, Hollywood, California: Private Edition Books, 1966

  J Ewing Ritchie, The Night Side of London, London: William Tweedie, 1858 (first published 1857)

  Jerry Rubin, Do It! – Scenarios of the Revolution, New York: Ballantine Books, 1970

  J D Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, London: Penguin Books, 1978 (first published 1951)

  Harrison E Salisbury, The Shook-Up Generation, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958

  Dorothy L Sayers, The Nine Tailors, London: New English Library, 1984 (first published 1934)

  Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, London: Calder & Boyars, 1968 (first published 1964)

  William Shakespeare, Shakespeare As put forth in 1623 – A reprint of Mr William Shakespears Comedies, Histones, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Onginatl Copies, London: Lionel Booth, 1864 (first published 1623)

  Joseph T Shaw, ed., The Hard-Boiled Omnibus, New York: Pocket Books, 1952 (first published 1946)

  Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 1996 (first published 1967)

  Captain Alexander Smith, A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Foot-pads, Shop-Lifts, and Cheats of both Sexes in and about London, London: 1719

  William Henry Smyth (Sir Edward Belcher, ed.), The Sailor’s Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyages, etc., London: Blackie & Son, 1867

  Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub: Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind, London: John Nutt, 1704

  J Sullivan, Cumberland and Westmorland, the People, the Dialect, Superstitions and Customs, London: Whittaker & Co., 1857

  Philip Thicknesse, The Valetudinarians Bath Guide, or, The Means of Obtaining Long Life and Health, London: Dodsley, 1780

  Hurlo Thrumbo, ed., The Merry Thought – Or, the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany, London: J Roberts, 1731

  Ralph Tomlinson, A Slang Pastoral: Being a Parody On a Celebrated Poem of Dr Byron’s, London: Printed for the Editor, 1780

  Nick Tosches, Dino – Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams, London: Seeker and Warburg, 1992

  Arthur Upfield, The Mystery of Swordfish Reef, London: Pan Books, 1970 (first published 1939)

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  ______ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Online Edition, 2016

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  Ned Ward (Paul Hyland, ed.), The London Spy, East Lansing, Michigan: Colleagues Inc. Press, 1993 (first published 1709)

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  Alexander Warrack (Betty Kirkpatrick, foreword), The Scots Dialect Dictionary, Poole, Dorset: New Orchard Editions, 1988 (first published 1911)

  John Waters, Role Models, London: Corsair Books, 2014 (first published 2010)

  John Watson, Johnny Kinsman, London: Panther Books, 1957 (first published 1955)

  Hillary Waugh, Last Seen Wearing, London: Pan Books, 1966 (first published 1952)

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  Attributed to Oscar Wilde and others, Teleny, Or the Reverse of the Medal. USA: St George Press, 2015

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  William Wycherley, The Country-Wife, A Comedy Acted at the Theatre-Royal, London: T Dring, 1688 (first performed 1675)

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  Articles, pamphlets, etc.

  Peter Ackroyd, ‘Cardboard and Chains’, The Spectator, November 17,1979

  Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, ‘From My Own Apartment’, The Tatler, October 4 – October 6, 1709

  Advert for Total Freedom by Spacing,’ Loud and Quiet, Vol 3, Issue 75, 2016

  ‘Advice To People Afflicted With the Gout’, The London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, December 30, 1773

  Harriet Agnew and George Parker, ‘Hedge Funds Boost Campaign to Keep Britain In the EU’, Financial Times, November 12, 2015

  Mike Ambrose, ‘Democracy in Danger’, Morning Star, February 4, 2002

  Kingsley Amis, ‘Dixieland Blues’, The Observer, February 9, 1958

  ‘Among The Leading “Futurologists”’, Private Eye, September 18 – October 1, 2015

  ‘An Enquiry Was Held At Kirkham’, Manchester Guardian, June 25,1904

  Jack Anderson, ‘Drug Catalog’, St Petersburg Times, June 10, 1972

  ‘Anecdote of George III’, The Times, February 3, 1835

  ‘Apothecaries Hall’, The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusements, August 5, 1841

  Christena Appleyard, ‘Sell of the Century’, Daily Mirror, September 8, 1980

  ‘Army Slang – Novelties From The United States’, Manchester Guardian, February 22, 1941

  ‘At Mr Tho. Prichard’s’, London Gazette, August 24, 1682

  ‘At the Bow Street Office...’, The Spectator, March 9, 1839

  ‘Annie Aumonier, ‘The Woman Tempted Me’, Daily Mirror, January 2, 1906

  ‘Ayr Results’, Daily Mirror, September 18, 1937

  ‘Backchat’, Daily Express, October 22, 2003

  Peter Bailey, ‘You Can’t Tell The Cops From The Robbers’, Ebony, December 1974

  Clive Barnes, ‘Mods and Rockers’, The Spectator, December 27, 1963

  ‘Behind Lines Ardennes Offensive’, Auckland Star, May 22, 1945

  Starr de Belle, ‘Ballyhoo Bros. Circulating Expo’, Billboard, January 21, 1950

  Beatrix L Bellingham, ‘Egypt’s War Against Traffic in Dangerous Drugs’, Illustrated London News, February 1, 1930

  Ross Benson, ‘Granny Get Your Gun!’, Daily Express, December 3, 1979

  Jeffrey Bernard, ‘Low Life’, The Spectator, August 13, 1983

  Jack Blanchard, ’End of the Peer’, Daily Mirror, July 27, 2015

  Dan Bloom, ‘George Osborne Said “Obvs” And It Was A Bit Awks’, Daily Mirror, April 19, 2016

  ‘Bottoms Up’, World Weekly News, January 21, 2003

  H Addington Bruce, ‘Slang’s Dangers’, The Milwaukee Journal, May 8, 1920

  June Bundy & Leon Morse, ‘CBS, NBC Share Laurels With Sock Pubserve Airers on Dope Menace’, Billboard, July 28, 1951

  Anthony Burgess, �
��About the Bush’, The Observer, August 14, 1983

  Paul Byrne and Jane Kerr, ‘Wills At 21: Happy Booze Day To You’, Daily Star, June 20, 2003

  Duncan Campbell, ‘Gutted – Slang Book is Banned’, The Guardian, June 24, 2006

  Robert Cannell, ‘Bebopcats Are Out On The Tiles!’, Daily Mirror, November 16, 1948

  Russell Gordon Carter, ‘His Own Star’, Boy’s Life, March, 1931

  ‘Casualties’, The Flying Post or The Post Master, September 24, 1700

  Ralph Champion, ‘Monday in America’, Daily Mirror, May 11, 1959

  Rudolph Chelminski, ‘Open Season On Drug Smugglers’, Life, June 26, 1970

  Ben Child, ‘Dick Van Dyke: Brits Have Teased Me For 50 years About Mary Poppins Accent’, The Guardian, October 10, 2014

  ‘China and India’, The Economist, December 30, 1843

  ‘Chunder Report’, Woroni, May 15, 1964

  ‘Cocaine Habit in Italy’, The Observer, July 3, 1921

  Alistair Cooke, ‘Increase in Drug-Taking By American Youth’, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1951

  James Cooper, ‘Probe Follows Rock-and-Roll Riot’, Daily Express, April 1956

  Douglas Coupland, ‘Generation X – The Young and Restless Workforce Following the Baby Boom’, Vista magazine, 1989

  ‘Crack Pair Jailed’, Daily Record and Sunday Mail, February 18, 2006

  Marc Crawford, ‘In a Roaring Inferno, “Burn, Baby, Burn”’, Life, August 27, 1965

  ‘Crescent Amusement Co.’ advert, Billboard, June 25, 1949

  The Critic, The Truth, December 22, 1912

  ‘Dan Burley, 54, Dies of Heart Attack in Chicago’, Jet, November 8, 1962

  Ivor Davis, ‘Margot Charges Dropped’, Daily Express, July 12, 1967

  ______ ‘This Is America’, Daily Express, September 20, 1968

  Victor Davis, ‘You Will Never See Me Starkers’, Daily Express, April 19, 1969

  Dean Martin’s Greatest Hits, Volume 2, LP sleeve notes, Reprise Records, 1968

  Lizzie Dearden, ‘Facebook Suspends The Blackcock Inn Pub’s Profile over “Racist Or Offensive Language”, The Independent, December 23, 2015

  Neela Debnath, ‘Meghan Trainor Keeps Nicki Minaj Off The Top Spot In The Singles Chart With “All About That Bass”’, The Independent, October 12, 2014