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by H. L. Mencken


  abuv, 399

  acceptress, 75

  accession, to, 196

  acclimated, 325

  accommodation-train, 146

  accompaniment, 118

  accouchement, 304

  accumulator, 236

  ace, 182, 573; -high, 191

  achiev, 401

  acromatic, 118

  achtel, 250

  acidulous, 118

  acre, 383, 384, 386

  activ, 401, 403

  actorine, 180

  actual, 352

  Ad, 519

  ad, 170, 183, 401, 403

  Ada, 529

  Adam, 515, 519, 535

  Adam-and-Eve, to, 561

  adamic, 75

  Adamoviĉ, 490

  Adams, 490, 498

  ad-club, 170; -man, 170;

  -rate, 170; -writer, 170

  addition, 120

  address, 325

  addrest, 402, 403

  adelantado, 153

  Adelloyd, 521

  Adgurtha, 522

  adhesiveness, 118

  adioyne, 379

  adjoin, 379

  adjunct professor, 242

  adjutancy, 118

  adjutant, 283

  administration, 245

  Admire, 505

  admire, to, 25

  admissibility, 118

  admit, to, 199

  admitted to the bar, to be, 246

  Adnelle, 521

  adobe, 152

  adopted, 245

  Adrielle, 521 699

  adult, 325, 329

  adultery, 310

  adumbrate, 325

  advance, 335

  advanst, 403

  advertisement, 324, 406

  advertising-engineer, 290; -engineer, 289

  advertize, 402

  advice, 394

  adviser, to women students, 242

  advisory, 118

  advize, 402

  advocate, to, 7, 117, 118, 120

  adze, 128, 393

  ae, 405; -ae, 347; æ, 401

  A.E.F., 209

  aerocade, 179

  æsthete, 390

  æsthetic, 390

  aetaernall, 379

  æther, 390

  ætiology, 390, 411

  affetuoso, 75

  affiliate, to, 141

  Affinity, 537

  Aframerican, 171

  after, 335

  aftr, 404

  again, 339

  against, 339

  Agamemnon, 523

  agast, 402, 406

  agathokakological, 117

  agenda, 220, 239

  Agenora, 524

  agent, 278

  aggravate, to, 141, 165, 168

  aghast, 406

  agile, 341

  ag’in, 161

  Agiochook, 532

  Agnes, 509

  a-going, 443

  agree with, to, 215

  ah, 328, 335, 337, 343, 344, 349, 404

  ahead, 352

  ahem, 352

  a-holt, 438

  ahoy, 352

  Ah there, my size, I’ll steal you, 566

  ai, 341

  aid, 182, 199

  aigle, 214

  aile, 406

  Aileen, 510

  Aili, 510

  Ails, 524

  Ainse, 482

  ain’t, 51, 160, 202, 360, 377, 425, 445, 470

  ain’t got, 420

  ain’t-supposed-to-itis, 179

  air, to, 199, 586

  air, 181; -conditioned, 181; conscious, 181; -cooled, 181; -hostess, 181; -line, 146; -liner, 181; -minded, 181; -monkey, 583; -rodeo, 181

  aisle, 236, 406; -manager, 284

  aislick, 110

  aker, 383, 384, 386

  Åkerberg, 490

  Aklus, 522

  Akron, 542; -ian, 549; -ite, 549

  Al, 183

  al, 468

  Alabama, 337, 339

  Alabamian, 548

  alabastine, 173

  Alamagordo, 534

  Alan, 507

  alarm, 415

  alarmist, 101

  alarum, 415

  alas, 614

  Alaska, 339

  Albanian, 548

  Albert, 482, 511, 515

  Albrecht, 482

  Albright, 482

  Albuquerque, 541; -an, 549

  alcalde, 152

  alcohol-lamp, 233

  alderman, 116

  ale, 600

  Alexander, 515

  Alexandria, 530

  Alf, 519

  alfabet, 402, 403

  alfalfa, 152, 263

  alfalfy, 360

  Alferita, 524

  Alfred, 513

  Algeier, 483

  Algernon, 518

  Algire, 483

  Alhambra, 534

  alibi, 210

  Alice, 506

  Alimenta, 524

  all, 159, 401

  all aboard, 239

  Allard, 516

  allay-foozee, 160

  Allegany, 539

  Alleghany, 539

  Allegheny, 528, 539

  allemande, 296

  Allen, 506, 524

  all-fired, 316

  Allgeier, 483

  Allgeiger, 483

  Allgeyer, 483

  Allgire, 483

  Alligator, 536

  alligator, 112, 372

  all of, 252

  allons, 75

  allot upon, to, 99

  allow, to, 100

  alloy, 325

  all right, 253

  allrightest, 463

  allrightsky, 222

  all set, 262

  allus, 359

  ally, 325

  Allyn, 507

  Alma, 529

  alma mater, 338, 347

  almond, 337

  almoner, 248

  almost, 468

  alms, 292, 328, 337, 349

  aloha, 373

  aloof, 344

  alphabetical soup, 209

  alright, 96, 396, 407

  Alt, 482

  Altamont, 534

  altar, 577

  alter, to, 302

  altho, 400, 402, 403

  aluminium, 396, 415

  aluminum, 396, 415

  alumnae, 347, 401

  alumnas, 413

  alumni, 243

  alumnis, 413

  alumnuses, 413

  Alves, 495

  Alvez, 495

  always, 468

  Alžběta, 511

  Am, 519

  am, 427

  Ama, 524

  Åman, 490

  amass, 334

  amateur, 294, 352

  ambassador, 395

  ambish, 169, 222

  ambition, to, 7, 119

  Ambolena, 522

  Ambrose, 519

  ambulance, 288; -chaser, 246

  ameed, to, 16

  Amelia, 507, 519

  Amélia, 509

  amen, 268, 337, 338; -corner, 150

  amendable, 118

  American-bar, 292

  Americanism, 6

  Americanitis, 179

  Americanize, to, 141

  Americano, 75

  Amerind, 171

  Ames, 483

  amigo, 153, 376

  am not, 445

  amœbas, 413

  ampere, 559

  ampico, 172

  amusement-engineer, 290

  an, 351; -an, 548, 549

  Ana, 509

  Anaca, 524

  anæsthesia, 390, 393

  analisis, 402

  analysis, 210

  analyzation-engineer, 290

  Ananias-club, 174; -fest, 218

  Anasagunticook, 531

  Ånberg, 490

  ancestor, 395

  anchor her, to, 583

  -ander, 491

  Anders, 510

  Andersohn, 477

  Anderson, 477, 493, 494

 
; Andersson, 477, 492

  and how, 219, 222, 572

  andiron, 128

  Andrea, 509

  Andreen, 491

  Andrén, 491

  Andresen, 477

  Andrew, 510, 511, 515

  Andrey, 510, 511

  Andriessen, 477

  Andy, 510

  anecdote, to, 168

  anesthetic, 394

  aneurismal, 118

  angel, 24; -food, 582

  Angeleño, 550

  Anglais, 110

  angle, 210

  angry, 143

  Anheuser, 484

  aniline, 155

  animalize, 118

  anlage, 220

  Annabel, 507

  Annamoriah, 537

  Annapolitan, 549

  Anne Arundel, 540

  Annette, 507

  Annie, 509

  Annika, 524

  announce, to, 220

  announst, 403

  A No. 1, 208, 570

  anser, 403

  anserd, 403

  ant, 335, 336, 360

  antagonize, to, 31, 118, 230

  antennas, 413

  anteriour, 380

  ante up, to, 191

  Anthracite, 536

  anti-, 180; -bounce-clip, 237; Episcopalian, 181; -Federalist, 181; -fogmatic, 149; -suffragist, 181

  Antiskid, 173

  antithetical, 118

  antmire, 302

  Antone, 509

  Antonietta, 509

  Antonin, 511

  Antonio, 508, 509

  Antti, 493, 510

  Anvil, 523

  anxious-bench, 148, 150; -seat, 148, 150

  any, 471

  anything, 352

  anyways, 204, 468

  Anzonetta, 522

  apartment, 233, 247

  apartment-hotel, 233; -house, 233

  Apathy, 505

  Aphnah, 524

  Apokeepsian, 550

  apothem, 402

  apparatus, 338

  apparatuses, 413

  appearance-engineer, 289

  appellor, 118

  appendic, 461

  appendices, 412

  appendictis, 341

  appendixes, 412

  apple, 336; -butter, 115; -fest, 218; -jack, 149; -knocker, 577; -pie, 85; -sauce, 263, 561

  application-engineer, 291

  appreciate, to, 7, 118

  appreciation, 118

  approach, 576

  approbate, to, 128

  ar, 399, 401, 403

  Arab, 295, 560

  aracoune, 104

  arboreal, 395

  arborescent, 118

  arborization, 118

  arbour, 395

  arch, 614

  Archambault, 495

  Archie, 506

  architect, 401

  architecture, 382

  Ardis, 522

  ardor, 386

  ardour, 395

  are, 328, 349, 401, 427

  a’ready, 352

  are not, 428

  aren’t, 202, 349, 428, 445

  argify, to, 129

  Arginta, 524

  argon, 559

  Arillah, 522

  Arkansas, 541

  Arkansawyer, 552

  arkitecture, 382

  Armand, 508

  Armella, 522

  Armina, 521

  Armistead, 479

  armoir, 214

  armonica, 120

  armory, 395

  armour, 395

  arms, 328, 349

  Armstädt, 479

  Arnold, 507

  arnswer, 351

  arrange, to, 302

  Arrazeta, 521

  arriv’d, 438

  arroyo, 152

  arse, 302, 308

  art, 349

  arterial road, 546

  Arthur, 506, 515, 524

  Artice, 524

  ary, 129; -ary, 325

  as, 458, 472

  Asbury, 535

  ascended, 604

  ascertainable, 118

  as cross as a b’ar with two cubs and a sore tail, 137

  as drunk as a Pole, 296

  ash-can, 115, 233; -cart, 233; -man, 233; -truck, 233

  Ashshi, 496

  as if, 203, 458

  ask, 334, 335, 336, 352

  Askew, 503

  askt, 403

  Åslund, 490

  asp, 336

  asphalt, 339, 389, 390

  asphalte, 389, 390

  ass, 302, 309

  as scarce as hen’s teeth, 563

  assistant-instructor, 242; -master, 241; -profes- 242; -treasurer, 289

  associate-editor, 289; -professor, 242

  associational, 98

  ast, 352

  as though, 203

  at, 404

  a tall, 471

  at all, 471

  ate, 431, 442, 614

  athaletic, 353

  Athan, 512

  Athanasios, 512

  Athenian, 551

  Ather, 523

  -ative, 325

  Atlantans, 548

  atomiser, 233

  atta-boy, 263, 471, 564

  attaché, 409; -case, 246

  attack, to, 199

  attackt, 428

  attackted, 420, 428, 438

  attend, to, 435

  au, 335 336 360

  Aubert, 516

  Aubrey, 518

  Audrivalus, 524

  August, 505, 519

  Augusta, 529

  Ault, 482

  aunt, 334, 335, 336, 338, 344, 349, 371

  au revoir, 348

  authentic, 343

  author, to, 93, 192, 195

  auto, 169, 170

  auto, to, 191, 192

  autocade, 179

  autocar, 173

  autocracy, 343

  autogenius, 353

  automobile, 233

  automotive-engineer, 290

  autsch, 158

  autumn, 33, 42, 62, 128

  Avaline, 521

  avenue, 546, 547

  average up, to, 198

  Averill, 521

  avigator, 179

  aw, 335, 339, 343, 344

  away, 256

  a-wee, 378

  awe-strickened, 193

  awful, 466, 614

  awfully, 210, 264

  a.w.o.l. 209, 573

  ax, 352, 386, 389, 394

  axe, 389, 393

  Axel, 510

  axle-grease, 582

  -ay, 347

  Ayscough, 503

  ayuntamiento, 153

  az-nu, 407

  b, 353, 368, 401, 402

  baa, 349

  babbling brook, 578

  Babe, 523

  babies’ class, 241

  Baby, 519

  baby-bound, 561

  baby-carriage, 233, 256

  baby-lifter, 583

  bacardi, 173

  bacaze, 339

  baccaliaos, 373

  bach, 482

  bach, to, 192

  Bache, 500

  bachelor, 395

  Bachmann, 479

  bacillis, 413

  bacillus, 155, 559

  back, 115, 343; -country, 115; -field, 115; -garden, 250, 256; -land, 115; -lane, 115; -line, 115; -log, 115; -lots, 115; -number, 144, 187; settler, 115; -street, 115; -talk, 62, 144; -taxes, 144; -woods, 57, 115, 231; -yard, 250, 256

  back, to, 199

  back and fill, to, 142, 609

  back and forth, 98

  Back Bay Fens, 115

  backbone, 145

  Backhaus, 487

  backside, 302

  backslider, 74

  backwardize, to, 193

  back water, to, 142

  bacterium, 155

  bad, 25, 465

  baddest, 463

  Badeau, 495

  bad-lands, 108, 263

  bag, 308, 377

  bagatel, 403, 406

 
; bagatelle, 406

  baggage, 85, 99, 102, 233, 254; -check, 146; -master, 146; -room, 146; -smasher, 146

  bagoong, 373

  bah, 349

  bahay, 110

  bah Jove, 269

  bailee, 118

  Bailey, 481

  Bailey’s Switch, 529

  bailif, 406

  bailiff, 386, 406

  bailment, 118

  bakalingo, 113

  bakehead, 583

  Bakehouse, 487

  bake-house, 233

  Baker, 485, 497

  baker, 368

  baker’s shop, 233

  bakery, 176, 233

  baking-engineer, 290

  Bakken, 492

  bakt, 414

  balance, 120, 165

  balcony, 228

  Bald, 529

  Bald Knob, 529

  balk, 389

  ball-and-chain, 561

  ballast, 238

  ballat, 360

  ballistics-engineer, 290

  balloon, 582

  bally, 270, 568

  ballyhoo, 188, 191

  bally-stand, 584

  balm, 182, 335, 336, 349, 359

  bologna, see boloney

  baloney, see boloney

  balony, see boloney

  Baltimore, 530, 531, 540

  Baltimoron, 552

  bam, 184

  bamboozle, to, 126

  ban, 182

  ban, to, 199

  banana, 112

  Bancamerica, 172

  Bancorporation, 172

  band-box, 581

  bandits, 412

  banditti, 412

  bandwagon, 37

  bang, 184

  banjo, 113

  bank-account, 244; -bill, 99; -holiday, 237; -note, 99. 233

  banking-account, 233, 244

  bank -management - engineer, 291

  bank on, to, 227

  bankrup, 352

  banner-line, 584; -state, 148

  banter, 126

  Baptist, 462

  bar, 334, 335, 339, 349

  bar, to, 199

  Baraboo, 533

  Barb, 519

  barb, to, 192, 374

  Barbara, 519

  barbaratorium, 179

  barbecue, 112, 247

  Barber, 486, 496

  barber, 373

  barberia, 177

  Bar–B–Q, 209

  bard, 349

  Barefoot, 505

  bargain, to, 269

  bargain-counter, 227

  Bar Harbor, 391

  baritone, 390

  bark, 390

  Barkly, 503

  bark up the wrong tree, to, 100, 143

  barly, 402

  barm, 349

  barmaid, 243

  barman, 236, 243

  bar-mitzva, 217

  barn, 7, 12, 122

  Barnegat, 533

  Barnum, 537

  barque, 390

  barracon, 153

  barrel, 359; -house, 149

  barren, 536

  barrens, 115

  barrister, 245

  barrow, 235

  bartender, 37, 150, 236, 243

  Bartholomew, 515

  Bartolomeo, 509

  Barton, 489

  Bartoszewicz, 489

  Baruch, 500

  barytone, 390

  Bashie, 521

  Basil, 511, 512

  basin, 260

  basketeria, 177

  bas-relief, 338

  bassaris, 214

  basswood, 115

  bastard, 293, 314

  bat, 150

  batfest, 218

  bath, 233

  bathe, 252

  bathing-suit, 233

  bathtub, 233

  bathtub-gin, 580

  batl, 399

  batman, 30

  Baton Rouge, 537, 542; -an, 550

  batteau, 108, 151

  Battenberg, 500

  battery, 236

 

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