Law Of The Playground is quite marvellous. I found the site some time ago and then pretty much forgot about it. I was looking for a reference to explain the phrase "fucking Ada" for my wife (who, being American, thought it was "fucking hate her" - I had a similar problem with the Oregon accent, so don't be too hard on her). Law Of The Playground wasn't much help, but it reminded me that my teenage years had been documented in startling detail.

You want universality? Forget that yokel Thomas Hardy: go to Law Of The Playground.