Try on the internet site:
 
http://www.slanguage.com
 
Tremendous amount of material from different cities over the U.S.
 
Avi
(Lots of fun too!)
 
At 01:24 PM 11/22/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good dictionary of slang -- preferably one that
>would give good information on origins of expressions?
>MK