Terry Victor

Biography

In a T&F context Terry is co-editor of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English ('.... The Best of the Best, 2006', American
Libraries Association; '....A great book' Susie Dent) (Routledge 2005 &
2012); Concise NPDSUE (2007 & 2014); Sex and Vice (2008); consultant on
Language of the 19th century for The Forgotten (2010); Unconventional
English in a Conventional Setting (Alicante Journal of English Studies,
2011); Gestural Slang, chapter in Global English Slang (Routledge,
2014). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English,
2nd Revised is the first major slang dictionary with a searchable online
database: co-design and implementation of taxonomy.
Terry also works as a writer within the performing arts.
His performed theatre work includes: Awkward Turtle Flips the Bird [an immersive exploration of gestural slang] ('....it demonstrates that a theatrical experiment performed with a gentle
flourish can be both interesting and exciting' Theatre Wales); Fragments
of Ash ('A seriously intelligent and very important piece of theatre',
Informed Edinburgh ****); Man:Evil; No Offence (a play about freedom of
expression); Who's Guilty Now? (Scotsman ****, Guardian 'pick of...í);
Two Old Corinthians (The Abacus, Cardiff); Anissia (Sherman Studio);
Memoirs of a Lunatic (King's Head, London, Sherman, Cardiff and national
tour); Well-Thumbed (Night Out); Hans My Hedgehog; The Perplexing Puzzle
of the Pedigree Pet and the Policeman (First LIFT, published by NPN);
parts of Nowhere Now Here (NTW); The Death of Golden Age Fiction
(Brooklyn, NY); parts of Punchdrunk's Masque of the Red Death (BAC); and... 40+
audience-interactive whodunnits for Murder on the Menu.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Slang, rhyming slang and areas of English use that challenge conventional standards and censorship.
Contemporary grammar usage.

Personal Interests

His Twitter profile [@TheTerryVictor] describes him thus: actor, writer, director, lexicographer, story-teller, anti-censorship campaigner, political animal; married, bespectacled, mostly happy...

He lives and works in the playground. As a professional actor his wider areas of interest tend toward the obsessive needs of needs of any particular performance and time.  He is active in the performers' union Equity.

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