Scope and Contents The physical and social setting: The Boont region and Harpers of the ling -- A brief history of the lingo: Rise and recession, research and revival -- Boontling: An American English jargon -- Vocabulary resources -- Names of people -- Names of places -- Phonemic reshaping -- American dialect and slang -- The Nonch Harpin's -- The open vocabulary: Lexical dynamism in Boontling