Best slang books according to redditors

It's called "Dirty French". My girlfriend actually got me this book as a gift one year, lol.

Actually, it's from "Making out in Japanese":
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Japanese-Phrase-Book-Revised/dp/0804833966

Why wait for OP?

Not an affiliate link

Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from (Dirty Everyday Slang) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569755655/

If you want to avoid affiliate links, stop after the first multidigit number. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569755655

Dirty Chinese: Everyday Slang from (Dirty Everyday Slang)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1569757275/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_SZcVDb26K7TCC

Shit, swearing in English is just fucking punctuation these days -- no one gives a crap.

My wife speaks in Japanese and swears in English. My contribution to the blending of two cultures.

Also, Amazon...

あばよ！

Note to self: when taking the next ANA flight, read this book conspicuously

Dirty Chinese

You want this. Chapter 5. There is even an e-book version if you need it RIGHT NOW.

These are some books I own and would recommend.


Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Beginners-Spanish-Joseph-Keenan/dp/0292761937/


Multicultural Spanish Dictionary: How Everyday Spanish Differs from Country to Country https://www.amazon.com/Multicultural-Spanish-Dictionary-Everyday-Differs/dp/0884003175


Expand Your Spanish: A Lighthearted Look at a Serious Subject https://www.amazon.com/Expand-Your-Spanish-Lighthearted-Serious/dp/8489954313


Spanish Lingo for the Savvy Gringo: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to the Language, Culture and Slang https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0932653596


¿Por qué? 101 Questions about Spanish https://www.amazon.com/¿Por-qué-Questions-about-Spanish/dp/1474227910

Spanish: Inside Conversations: Talking Like a Native Speaker: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976451832

Mouthing Off in Mexico: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976451824

Spanish One-Liners: Witty Replies & Comebacks: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976451859

Spanish Name-Calling and Labeling People: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976451840/

Speaking Spanish Like a Native https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Spanish-Like-Native-Brad/dp/0976451808


Speaking Spanish Like a Native: The Sequel https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Spanish-Like-Native-Sequel/dp/0976451816

The Red-Hot Book of Spanish Slang: 5,000 Expressions to Spice Up Your Spanish https://www.amazon.com/Red-Hot-Book-Spanish-Slang-Expressions/dp/0071433015

3,000 Spanish Words and Phrases They Won't Teach You in School https://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Words-Phrases-Teach-School/dp/1510725369

Diccionario de Jergas de Habla Hispana https://www.amazon.com/Diccionario-Jergas-Habla-Hispana-Spanish/dp/1419632205

Bilingual Dictionary of Mexican Spanish https://www.amazon.com/Bilingual-Dictionary-Mexican-Spanish/dp/1886835055

Util y Muy Ameno Vocabulario Para Entender a Los Mexicanos https://www.amazon.com/Vocabulario-Enternder-Mexicanos-Manjarrez-2011-02-01/dp/B019TLUHOO

Varieties of Spanish in the United States https://www.amazon.com/Varieties-Spanish-Georgetown-Studies-Linguistics/dp/1589012135




Dictionary of Chilean Slang: Your Key to Chilean Language and Culture https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Chilean-Slang-Language-Culture/dp/1452081158

DICCIONARIO DEL HABLA DE LOS ARGENTINOS https://www.amazon.com/DICCIONARIO-DEL-HABLA-LOS-ARGENTINOS/dp/9500430282

Aiguna Palabra Dominicana (Dominican Slang): https://www.amazon.com/Aiguna-Palabra-Dominicana-Tercera-edicion/dp/1544815379

Spanish Slang Ecuador (442 pages) https://www.amazon.com/Spanish-Slang-Ecuador-Nicholas-Crowder-ebook/dp/B00VM2KL6I

El Español de los Estados Unidos https://www.amazon.com/Español-los-Estados-Unidos-Spanish/dp/1107451175

The Ultimate Spanish Phrase Finder (960 pages): https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spanish-Phrase-Finder/dp/0071433031

Big Red Book of 12,000 Spanish Idioms: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Red-Book-Spanish-Idioms/dp/0071433023

NTC's Dictionary of Latin American Spanish https://www.amazon.com/NTCs-Dictionary-Latin-American-Spanish/dp/0844279641

Textbook of Colloquial Spanish https://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Colloquial-Spanish-Stell/dp/8471433060

The Big Red Book of Spanish Vocabulary: 30,000 Words Including Cognates, Roots, and Suffixes https://www.amazon.com/Big-Red-Book-Spanish-Vocabulary/dp/0071447253

Diccionario panhispanico de dudas https://www.amazon.com/Diccionario-panhispanico-Academia-Española-Spanish/dp/8430617507

Vox Diccionario de uso del espanol de America y Espana (2000 pages): https://www.amazon.com/Diccionario-espanol-America-Espana-Dictionary/dp/0071426442

Diccionario de americanismos (2,400 pages - Amazon page count listing is wrong): https://www.amazon.com/Diccionario-americanismos-Spanish-Academia-Espanola/dp/8430617515

Diccionario del habla actual de Venezuela: Venezolanismos https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9802440973

Diccionario De Americanismos: (ABC of Latin American Spanish) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8471434423

3,000 locuciones verbales y combinaciones frecuentes https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1589017307

Spanish Vocabulary: An Etymological Approach (650 pages): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0292716680

Liven Up Your Latin American Spanish: Idioms & Expressions You Need to Know https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981775454

Hi! Check out this book dedicated to German swearing. For 9€, you'll get a great kick from it:

Dirty German: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F%# Off!": Everyday Slang from What's Up? to Fck Off!

I'd like to introduce you to your new favorite series of books. Its not the best at helping with pronunciations, but if you can remember the basics from high school you're all good to go ;)

The sexless weeb's handbook for phrases he'll never use.

And the English have a book explaining how to swear in German. And French, Spanish, Italian and Russian. And probably more.

Oh my god. There is a workbook and flashcards that he wrote as well!
Díos mio. Hay un libro de trabajar y tarjetas para la memoria quel escrió tambien.

Amazon Link to Workbook [And Flashcards] (https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Spanish-Flash-Cards-Everyday/dp/1612431100/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=)

I think I also need this book tehehe

I think you want this.

http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Chinese-Everyday-Slang-ebook/dp/B003ODHOA4

This book helped me a lot with learning lots of vulgarities, the Chinasmack glossary someone else posted was pretty helpful for stuff that's used more online.

I imagine it's some kind of novelty English phrasebook with funny sayings, sort of the reverse of a book like Dirty Japanese, not a real textbook.

This a good book that taught me a lot of naughty French terminology.

What language are you looking for? Leo has some modern and up-to-date expression in German.

There's also books like this that I've seen in bookstores for German and other languages.

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.

I need this book because my bf will be so excited when I'll give it to him, he'll make out with me in japanese <3

For a Spanish phrasebook, you need look no further: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Hot-Book-Spanish-Slang-Expressions/dp/0071433015/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I57ED43B7NV0L&colid=105CLFIOVVX2Z

However, these sorts of things will likely prove to be of little use to you. Your best guidebook will come from speaking to Spaniards on the street. I don't know where you're studying, but if it's in Madrid, you can go to bars like Cafe Madrid (near Opera) where they have weekly Language Exchanges. These are perfect for meeting foreigners, learning slang, and practicing your Spanish.

No idea about the audio books, I don't really do that sort of thing. If you're looking for books to read, you could try "Goma de borrar" by Josep Montalat. It's a very recent Spanish novel, so it probably has a Spanish audiobook.

Also, I would try my hand at Spanish television shows. Gran Reserva was one of my favorites. You can watch full episodes here: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/gran-reserva/

Start with Capitulo 1, Temporada 1.

Buena suerte!

Here, enjoy: Dirty Korean by Haewon Geebi Baek

Absolutely. I'm reading a book right now called Streetwise Spanish on slang across the Spanish Speaking world. And every time I find a word I don't know but want to know, I write it and it's meaning down.

Making out in Japanese
*edit and More making out in Japanese

Currently in France. Brought this book with me. For anyone wondering what it is, it's a book called Dirty French

Eu comprei o livro Dirty Portuguese: Everyday slang from "What's up" to "Fuck off" pro meu namorado e ele esta adorando! Foi feito em 2010, entao as girias e referencias são relativamente novas.

Of course I'm biased because this is what I love to do for a living (teach about language), but I also find myself learning about language in my free time.

Here are my "Greatest Hits" of language people, programs, blogs, and readings, in no particular order (despite the fact that I've numbered them):

1. Geoff Nunberg's segment on NPR's Fresh Air. Link to the Geoff Nunberg archive on NPR
   
   
2. The "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine. I like the current columnist, Ben Zimmer, but I'm partial to William Safire. Here's a link to Safire's "How to Read a Column"
   
   
3. There are a number of good language blogs. It's probably "cheating" to put them all in one item, but here goes:
   
   

• Johnson, the language blog at The Economist
  
  
• Language Log
  
  
• Languagehat
  
  

4. Books:
   
   

• Bill Bryson: The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way and Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
  
  
• Expletive Deleted by Ruth Wajnryb
  
  

5. Random stuff: I like George Carlin's many humorous takes on language and Margaret Atwood's fiction and Dr. Seuss's many made-up and lovely sounding words.
   
   And I subscribe to /r/logophilia, which often has many amusing words, like pulchritudinous, an ugly word that means something beautiful.
   
   EDIT: And it's great to get a book on usage. I like Garner's Modern American Usage, but here's a list from Diana Hacker at Bedford of other good usage guides

I have an intermediate level of Spanish, and while I am nowhere near fluent, Ive begun associating naturally. While not in class (which I take once a week), I watch youtube channels in Spanish: mostly makeup and travel, but these are topics that interest me so it's perfect. I dont understand everything, but I'm getting there.

Another thing I recommend, is getting a Spanish dictionary. Not a Spanish-English, but Spanish-Spanish, with word descriptions in ... well, Spanish. This is the one I have, and I love it. Being able to look up unfamiliar words and understand their meaning with simpler words that describe them, help form a connection in my mind.

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Oh boy. Definitely this.

Here's a good preview of what's to be expected when conversing in Singapore.

This isn't an academic source, but it may be interesting nonetheless:

http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Japanese-Everyday-Slang-Whats/dp/1569755655

You can find it floating around on the internet as well.

Hey there! Happy early anniversary! I know more about Germany (lived there twice), than I do about relationships, so here are some fun cheap German-y ideas:

• A fun book to get things started ;)
  
  
• The best candy in the entire world
  
  
• Traditional Lebkuchen
  
  
• I think this pick would be perfect
  
  And now I'm homesick for Deutschland! Hope you enjoy some of the ideas!

Linky link: https://www.amazon.com/Streetwise-Spanish-Speak-Understand-Everyday/dp/0844272817

get this book.

• Get ready for signs that read no no gaijin,
  
• if you go to Roppongi there will be large black man who try to drag you into titty clubs
  
• if you get to drunk and miss your train you can stay at a capsule hotel (but you have to find one that allows americans who dont speak japaness)
  
• most bars wont close until early in the A.M.
  
• family mart has great drunk food
  
  
  I lived in japan for some time (06-09), I am sure i can think of a million tips so feel free to ask away

This book will help

As for colloquial phrases/slang, I have the book Dirty German.

Just a warning that, as could be expected, some words and phrases are regional. My bf is from MV and lived in Berlin for five years, and there are some words and phrases that he says he has never heard in use before. The writer is also not a native speaker, and my bf has laughed at some of his example sentences. But overall, there's a lot of slang to be gleaned from the book in a lot of different categories (friends, the body, sex, partying, etc.).

it must be https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1569757275/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483113585&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=dirty+chinese

I just recently returned a copy of The Devil's Dictionary I had stolen from my high school library about 7 years ago

Edit:fixed link

Maybe pick up this book.

My favorite HS teacher (French teacher) loaned me that book once.

It was a hilarious read.

(For anyone looking, here it is.)

Try this.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1569755655/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510567304&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=dirty+japanese

http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-German-Everyday-Slang-Whats/dp/1569756732/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303788809&sr=8-1

• Ça va? / Tu vas bien?
  
• Je viens du -insertbirthplacehere- et je suis monté comme un âne
  
• Mais je ne l’ai baisée qu’une fois!
  
• T’es sûr que tu as dix-huit ans?
  
  Et le dernier, mais non le moindre
  
  
• Quand tout va mal, éjac’ faciale
  
  source:
  http://www.amazon.com/Dirty-French-Everyday-Slang-Whats/dp/1569756589

https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Chinese-Everyday-Slang/dp/1569757275/


https://www.amazon.com/Niubi-Chinese-Never-Taught-School/dp/B0046HAJ8Q/

https://www.amazon.com/Frumspeak-Dictionary-Yeshivish-Chaim-Weiser/dp/1568216149

Just buy this book

Here is the book if you want to get it: https://www.amazon.com/Mexislang-understanding-mexican-friends-saying/dp/1983014176/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

somethin like that.

you need this

Italian Made Simple

https://www.amazon.com/Italian-Made-Simple-Revised-Updated-ebook/dp/B003E8AJ10/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PR8OAVSBJ0KH&keywords=italian+made+simple&qid=1558719662&s=gateway&sprefix=italian+made+sim%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1

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There are books where you read text in Italian and English and they say they are for beginners, but they are really not. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Italian-Reader-Premium-2nd-ebook/dp/B010CHIFSE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TJ33Q7FU7W5W&keywords=easy+italian+reader&qid=1558719713&s=gateway&sprefix=easy+italian+read%2Caps%2C176&sr=8-1

We actually have our own dictionary. Check out frumspeak it really helps.

Next time you could try to google it: Dirty Korean Book

I know that in English there exists a series of books called Hide This [Language] Book that goes over pick-up lines, swear words, how to curse and have sex and acquire illegals in other languages. This may very well be the Chinese/Mandarin equivalent.

http://www.amazon.com/Hide-This-French-Book-Editors/dp/B0085SL4E0

Bonsoir ! Tu dois acheter ce livre pour apprendre des bonnes phrases sales: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1569756589?pc_redir=1406923083&robot_redir=1

C'est vraiment super ! Je l'appartiens.

Yea my French is still very basic. I need to set more time to learn. If you want to learn a few more important statements like j'aime gros Seins, check this book out http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1569756589

Honestly when in Quebec City I always like the simple tu es tres jolie when striking up a conversation with a female.

Grobarism.
Edit: I guess I'm the assahoru https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Japanese-Everyday-Slang/dp/1569755655