I always though the OED was rather "ethnic (English)." Of course, that was when I was younger and hadn't learned that it's not nice to laugh at people who "talk funny."

There are several different "Dictionary of <insert category> Slang" and of jargon, idiom, etc. in the US market, and I would presume that there must be equivalents in the Brit. trade. British slang, or localized British (ethnic?) terminologies, would be useless here, since few of us can understand their "straight" talk with any real clarity.

Surely, if at least 17 people understand cricket, there must be a rule book - unless it's still the tradition that all disputes can be settled (or satisfactorily escalated) with a pint? That's more than enough people to found(er) an international association of... almost anything.

John