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| H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921. |
List of Words and Phrases |
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| gin-fizz, 99 |
| ginger-ale, 99, 405 |
| ginger-beer, 99 |
| ginger-pop, 99 |
| ginseng, 108 |
| gink, 163 |
| ginx, 163 |
| giorge, 410 |
| gipsy, 224, 240, 246 |
| giraf, 245 |
| girl for general housework, 117 |
| git, 71 |
| girt, 280 |
| giv, 231, 245 |
| give, 231, 273, 283, 285 |
| give him the glad hand, vp., 366 |
| given, 283 |
| glad-eye, 159 |
| gladiola, 252 |
| gladiolus, 252 |
| glamor, 221 |
| glamour, 221 |
| glas, 245 |
| glass, 110 |
| glass-arm, 128 |
| glebe, 130 |
| gleiche, 400 |
| glide, v., 273 |
| glissade, 370 |
| globbo, 411 |
| glode, 273, 277 |
| gmilath chesed, 407 |
| guillotin, 232 |
| guillotine, 232 |
| go, 273, 377 |
| go-aheadativeness, 36 |
| goatee, 96 |
| gob, 370 |
| go back, vp., 193 |
| go back on, vp., 93, 193 |
| go big, vp., 181 |
| God, 218, 216 |
| God damn, 154 |
| God-damned, 153 |
| go finish, 383 |
| go for, vp., 93 |
| going some, 34, 136 |
| going strong, 384 |
| go into service, vp., 133 |
| go it blind, vp., 93 |
| go it one better, vp., 128 |
| gol darn, 154 |
| goldarned, 153 |
| golden-slipper, 99 |
| gold-fish, 369 |
| golf-flend, 194 |
| golfitis, 187 |
| gologne, 401 |
| gon, 245 |
| gone coon, 41 |
| goner, 59 |
| gonorrhea, 233 |
| gonorrheal, 233 |
| gonorrhœa, 151, 233 |
| gonorrhœal, 233 |
| goober, 54 |
| good, 135 |
| good and hard, 136 |
| good-afternoon, 134 |
| good-by, 222 |
| good-bye, 134, 222, 253, 405 |
| good-day, 134 |
| good-form, 170 |
| good-night, 367 |
| goods, 114, 159 |
| goods-manager, 114 |
| goods-waggon, 97 |
| goods-wagon, 114 |
| goo-goo, 194 |
| go on the war-path, vp., 60 |
| goose, 333, 219 |
| G. O. P., 188 |
| gopher, 53 |
| gormand, 249 |
| gost, 246 |
| got, 133, 273, 216, 286 |
| gother, 276 |
| go the whole hog, vp., 93 |
| go through, vp., 93 |
| gotta, 270 |
| gotten, 41, 133, 176, 273, 285 |
| go to hell, vp., 405 |
| go-to-meeting, 94 |
| goul, 246 |
| goulash, 199 |
| go up Salt River, vp., 98 |
| gourmand, 249 |
| government, 123 |
| governor, 116, 168, 227 |
| grab, n., 98, 188 |
| grab-bag, 95 |
| grade, 114, 120 |
| gradient, 114 |
| gradual, 112 |
| grafonola, 195 |
| graft, n., 15, 161, 366, 406, 414; v., 161 |
| grain, 114 |
| grain-broker, 114 |
| grain-market, 164 |
| gram, 222, 226, 238, 245 |
| gramme, 222, 238, 241 |
| grand, 39 |
| grandificent, 196 |
| grandmother, 211 |
| grand-stand-play, 128 |
| grapefruit, 126 |
| grape-juice-diplomacy, 190 |
| grass, 110, 184, 214 |
| gray, 224, 226, 240 |
| greaser, 41, 95, 333 |
| great-coat, 115 |
| great God, 153 |
| great primer, 132 |
| great Scott, 153 |
| great shakes, 107 |
| Great White Father, 100 |
| Greek, 334 |
| green, 39 |
| greenback, 401, 404 |
| greenhorn, 67, 162 |
| grewsome, 238 |
| grey, 224, 240 |
| grimbaque, 404 |
| grip, n., 249 |
| grip-sack, 95 |
| gris-mill, 318 |
| groceries, 114, 117 |
| groceriteria, 187 |
| grog, 184 |
| grollo, 411 |
| groom, 219 |
| groop, 232 |
| grosseria, 410 |
| grotesk, 247, 232 |
| grotesque, 232 |
| ground-floor, 117 |
| ground-hog, 41, 56 |
| grounds, 182 |
| group, 231, 232 |
| grow, 273 |
| growed, 273, 276, 277 |
| growler, 122, 411 |
| grub-stake, 95 |
| gruesome, 241 |
| guard, n., 26, 97, 114, 168 |
| guardeen, 317 |
| guardian, 317 |
| gubernatorial, 36, 37, n., 50, 61, 162 |
| guess, v., 39, 41, 43, 68, 81 |
| guinea, 333 |
| gulch, 95, 352 |
| gully, 95, 352 |
| gumbo, 54, 126 |
| gum-shoe, n., 95; v., 34 |
| guy, n., 153, 166, 406; v., 153 |
| guyascutis, 96 |
| gym, 184, 188 |
| gypsy, 224, 226 |
| h, p., 72 |
| Habana, 249 |
| haberdasher, 122 |
| haberdashery-shop, 168 |
| haberteria, 187 |
| hablaing, 203 |
| hacienda, 39 |
| hack, 126 |
| had, 273 |
| hadda, 287 |
| hadden, 273, 285 |
| hæmiplegia, 233 |
| hæmorrhage, 223, 233 |
| hafta, 287 |
| haf to, 287 |
| hainous, 231, 232 |
| halbe, 132 |
| hale, 204 |
| half, 214 |
| half-breed, 57 |
| hallelujah, 216 |
| halloo, 92 |
| ham, 185 |
| hamburger, 103 |
| hammer, 110 |
| hand-car, 97 |
| hand down a decision, vp., 125 |
| hand him a lemon, vp., 365, 366 |
| hand it to him, vp., 365 |
| handle without gloves, vp., 93 |
| hand-me-downs, 42 |
| hand-out, 193 |
| hand out a decision, vp., 125 |
| hand-shaker, 369, 370 |
| handsome, 211 |
| handy, 61 |
| hang, 273 |
| hang-bird, 41 |
| hanged, 273, 278 |
| han’kerchief, 317 |
| Hannover, 249 |
| happify, 36, 60 |
| happy hunting ground, 100 |
| happy pair, 147 |
| harang, 246 |
| hav, 245 |
| have money in the stocks, vp., 123 |
| have the brokers in the house, vp., 123 |
| harass, 209 |
| harbor, 239 |
| harbour, 239 |
| hard, 111, 305, 306 |
| hard-boiled, 370 |
| hard-cider, 100 |
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