Green's Dictionary of Slang

As a historical dictionary it covers not only slang words in use in the present day but also those from the past which are no longer used, and illustrates its definitions with quotations.

[3][4] In 1993 Cassell commissioned Green to create a new dictionary, this time broadening the focus to include slang terms from approximately 1500 onwards, but without citations.

[7] In 2009 the dictionary was ready to be published in its first edition,[3] and was released in 2010 in Great Britain by Hachette (the new owners of Chambers Harrap) and in 2011 in North America by the Oxford University Press.

[3] However, having found a suitable partner through an appeal posted on the website Language Log, an updated and fully searchable online edition of the dictionary was launched in 2016 as an independent publication.

[21] Upon launch of the online edition in 2016, the new version also garnered praise in the International Journal of Lexicography[22] and positive news coverage in publications including Time,[23] Qz.com,[24] and Slate.