| H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921. |
List of Words and Phrases |
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| The parts of speech are indicated only when it is desirable for clearness. The following abbreviations are used: | | |
| a. adjective | adj. adverb | art. article | n. noun
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| pref. prefix | p. pronunciation | pro. pronoun | suf. suffix |
| v. verb | vp. verb-phrase | | | | |
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| a, p., 69ff, 110, 213, 316, 350 |
| abbordato, 410 |
| aber nit, 199, 367, 384 |
| abgefaked, 407 |
| abolitionist, 98 |
| above, 244 |
| absquatulate, 96 |
| a, art., 73 |
| a, p., 11, 69, 70, 110, 111, 117 |
| abuv, 244 |
| accommodation-train, 97 |
| accouchement, 150 |
| ace, 370 |
| ace-high, 128 |
| acceptress, 88 |
| accessioned, 192 |
| achiev, 245 |
| ach Louie, 104 |
| achtel, 132 |
| acre, 231, 232, 234 |
| activ, 245 |
| acy, suf., 91 |
| ad, 176n, 185, 418, 245 |
| adamic, 88 |
| ad-card, 185 |
| addition, 61 |
| address, 209 |
| addrest, 245 |
| ad-man, 185 |
| administration, 124 |
| admitted to the bar, vp., 125 |
| adobe, 101 |
| ad-rate, 185 |
| ad-smith, 194 |
| ad-writer, 185 |
| adult, 209 |
| advertise, 237 |
| advertisement, 209, 212, 224, 236, 237 |
| advertising-agent, 145 |
| advertize, 237, 238, 246 |
| advertizement, 224, 237 |
| advertizing, 238 |
| advize, 246 |
| advocate, v., 36, 59, 61 |
| adze, 67, 241 |
| aeon, 223 |
| aero, 184 |
| aeroplane, 241 |
| aesophagus, 233 |
| aesthete, 237 |
| aesthetic, 223, 237 |
| aestival, 223 |
| aetaernall, 228 |
| aether, 237 |
| aetiology, 237 |
| aetiology, 223 |
| affetuoso, 88 |
| affiliate, 92 |
| affis, 398 |
| Aframerican, 186 |
| African golf, 130 |
| afterwards, 182 |
| again, 217 |
| against, 217 |
| agast, 246 |
| agenda, 115, 130 |
| ag’in, 106 |
| aggravate, 92, 162 |
| agile, 218 |
| a good ways off, 182 |
| a good ways on, 182 |
| ai, p., 218 |
| ain’t, 21, 180, 284, 289 |
| air-line, 97, 122 |
| airplane, 241 |
| aiscrim, 404 |
| aisle manager, 144 |
| aker, 231, 232, 234, 247 |
| Alabama, 111, 217 |
| alabastine, 195 |
| alamo, 202 |
| alarm, n., 224, 236, 253 |
| alarmist, 42 |
| alarmista, 405 |
| alarum, 224, 253 |
| alcove, 170 |
| alderman, 57 |
| alfabet, 246 |
| alfalfa, 126 |
| all by her lonesome, 177, 193 |
| all-fired, 153 |
| allot upon, vp., 39 |
| allow, 41 |
| alloy, 209 |
| allreit, 413 |
| all right, 404, 407, 413, 416 |
| allrightnick, 407 |
| all Sunday, 188 |
| all the further, 313 |
| all the later, 313 |
| ally, 209 |
| all year, 188 |
| almoner, 130 |
| almond, 211, 215 |
| alms, 215 |
| aloha, 204 |
| aloof, 219 |
| alright, 36, 247 |
| alter, 149 |
| altered, 241 |
| altfäschen, 398 |
| altho, 244, 246, 247 |
| aluminium, 253, 254 |
| aluminum, 196, 253, 254 |
| alumnae, 245 |
| alumnas, 252 |
| alumnis, 252 |
| alumnuses, 252 |
| am, 272, 288 |
| amachoor, 318 |
| amass, 110, 216 |
| amateur, 141 |
| ambassador, 226, 227 |
| ambish, 184 |
| amen, 215, 216 |
| Americanize, 92 |
| Amerind, 186 |
| amigo, 203 |
| am not, 289 |
| amoebas, 252 |
| amphitheatre, 225 |
| ampico, 196 |
| an, 73 |
| anaemia, 223, 240 |
| anaesthesia, 225, 237, 241 |
| anaesthetic, 223 |
| analisis, 246 |
| Ananias Club, 362 |
| ancestor, 227 |
| andiron, 67 |
| anemia, 223, 245 |
| anesthetic, 223, 226 |
| angry, 115 |
| anilin, 245 |
| annex, n., 222, 239; annex, v., 239 |
| annexe, n., 222, 239, 240 |
| announce, 130 |
| A No. 1, 189 |
| ansco, 196 |
| anser, 247 |
| ant, 111 |
| antagonize, 59, 162 |
| ante, v., 101, 281 |
| antennas, 252 |
| anteriour, 228 |
| ante up, vp., 101, 128 |
| anti-fogmatic, 99 |
| antiskid, 196 |
| antmire, 149 |
| anxious-bench, 98 |
| anxious-seat, 98 |
| anyhow, 404 |
| anything, 318 |
| anyway, 182 |
| anyways, 182, 307 |
| apartment, 127 |
| apern, 318 |
| apothem, 246 |
| apple, 110 |
| apparatuses, 252 |
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