Green's Dictionary of Slang
Green's Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Greenby Jonathon Green
Shares rank 7 of 15 reference books by recommenders
People recommend it as a slang dictionary that moved successfully from print to the web. One commenter notes that some of its sources are not very good.
People recommend it as a slang dictionary that moved successfully from print to the web. One commenter notes that some of its sources are not very good.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Successful move from print to web
“it's a project that started as a book but has now migrated successfully to the Internet”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Green’s Dictionary of Slang - Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue” Praised as a great project
“Those are both great projects”
Comment from 21 Apr 2026 in “Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica” Brings back good memories
“Nice! Brings back memories”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Green’s Dictionary of Slang - Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue”
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What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Those are both great projects”
“Interestingly there are some not so good sources”
“it's a project that started as a book but has now migrated successfully to the Internet”
“Nice! Brings back memories”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.