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The Wall Street Journal ran an article about this book and its half-completion in 2000. This article would be a great source for fleshing out the story a bit:
"Jive Shortfall: Bookworm's Thing Is Ropin' In the Lingo; Some Critters Get Away --- Dispute With Publisher Leaves Slang Dictionary in the `O'-Zone". By Jennifer Ordonez. Wall Street Journal, 07 Sep 2000