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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.
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Re: Hi, here from Snowflake.
He certainly did. The language nerd in my is utterly tickled that he spent so much time on it at the same time that I'm jealous it's a project he got to do, lol.
Very, very useful! I hope it comes in handy for you. :)