Vulgar tongues: an alternative history of English slang

Introduction : The mark of a decadent mind

Slang origins : Vagabond speech and rogue's Latin

The beast with two backs

The oldest profession

This bag of bones

Polari missiles

Here's to crime

Tails you booze

High as a kite

Dig that sound

It takes a record company with millions to push us forward

Burn baby burn

Uniform patterns of speech

The last word.