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thrillingdetectivetales) wrote2020-01-21 09:42 am
thrillingdetectivetales) wrote2020-01-21 09:42 am
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Snowflake Challenge #11: A Fannish Resource
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snowflake_challenge prompt is to rec a favored fannish resource. As someone who mostly writes in the realm of period fiction, my personal favorite resources tend to be period-specific slang dictionaries, and of the many, many, many of them out there, none is so robust or delightful—in my personal opinion—as Green's Dictionary of Slang.
I have trawled it so many times, and reference the timelines of vulgar slang built from Green's dictionary so often that I probably ought to be paying Mr. Green a stipend.
It's truly an exceptional resource to help you pad your world with enough contextual slang to make your period story really feel grounded, cannot recommend highly enough.
snowflake_challenge prompt is to rec a favored fannish resource. As someone who mostly writes in the realm of period fiction, my personal favorite resources tend to be period-specific slang dictionaries, and of the many, many, many of them out there, none is so robust or delightful—in my personal opinion—as Green's Dictionary of Slang.I have trawled it so many times, and reference the timelines of vulgar slang built from Green's dictionary so often that I probably ought to be paying Mr. Green a stipend.
It's truly an exceptional resource to help you pad your world with enough contextual slang to make your period story really feel grounded, cannot recommend highly enough.