Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge (1894 – 1979) was a New Zealand-born lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. After studying at Oxford University, he was based in the United Kingdom.

Publications

 * Slang Today and Yesterday (1933)
 * Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1937) Routledge & Kegan Paul
 * From Sanskrit to Brazil Hamish Hamilton
 * Here, There and Everywhere Hamish Hamilton
 * Name into Word Secker & Warburg
 * A Dictionary of Catch Phrases Routledge & Kegan Paul/Stein and Day
 * A Dictionary of Clichés Routledge & Kegan Paul
 * A Dictionary of RAF Slang Michael Joseph, 1945; new edition Pavilion Books, 1990 ISBN 978-1851455263
 * Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
 * Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1958) Reprint: Greenwich House, New York, 1983 ISBN 0-517-41425-2. Reprint: Random House Value Publishing(1988)
 * Shakespeare's Bawdy London, Routledge & Kegan Paul (1947)/New York, E. P Dutton & Co. (1948), Reprint: Routledge (1991) ISBN 0-415-05076-6
 * Slang Today and Yesterday. Routledge & Kegan Paul
 * A Smaller Slang Dictionary
 * You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and its Allies
 * Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books. Reprint: W. W. Norton & Company (1997) ISBN 0-393-31709-9
 * Name This Child Hamish Hamilton
 * Name Your Child Evans Bros
 * Eric Partridge in His Own Words Edited by David Crystal 1980. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York ISBN 0-02-528960-8