by Max Décharné
London Chronicle or Universal Evening Post, The 203
London Journal, The 90
London Labour and the London Poor 130, 131
Long, Ferdinand 300
Long Goodbye, The 15
Long, H. Kingsley 170
‘Looking’ 249
‘Lord A-Leaping’ 214
‘Lord Coke’ 214
Lord of the Flies 280
Lorre, Peter 136
Los Angeles 23, 40, 147, 167, 168, 169, 217, 289
Louisiana 208
Lourdes 336
Love, Barbara 148
Love Boat, The 268
Lowe, Shirley 265
Lucian of Samosata 128
Luciano, Charlie ‘Lucky’ 167, 168
Lugosi, Bela 223
Luke, Sir 161
Lumet, Sidney 147
Lydon, John 278
Lynchburg TN 192
Lyndsay of the Mount, Sir David 61
Lynn, Loretta 154
Lyttelton, Humphrey 75, 244, 261, 263
McArthur, Alexander 170
McCarthy, Mary 147
McCartney, Paul 266
MacDonald, John D. 22–23, 106, 190, 219, 333–334
Macheath 159
MacDonald, Ramsay 10
Macdonald, Ross 219
McFadden, Bob and Dor 252
McGee, Travis 333–334
McGill, Donald 73
McGivern, William P. 162
McGuire, Father Dougal 14
Maclnnes, Colin 225
McKay, Peter 196
McKuen, Rod 252
McLeod, Jimmy 330
Machuki, Count 284
Madison, Frank 133
‘Main Man’ 275
Maine 326
Major, Clarence 23, 102, 243, 275
Maltese Falcon, The 136
Man of Evil – see Fanny by Gaslight
Man Plans God Laughs 292
Manchester 158
Manchester Guardian, The – see Guardian, The
Manhood, H. A. 133
Manning, Bernard 226
Manning, Bruce 94, 189
Mansfield, Jayne 150
Manual of Seamanship 320
‘Marching through Georgia’ 170
Marcus, Frank 147
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon
Margate 263
Marina, Princess, of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent 106
Marlborough College 7, 135
Marley, Bob 171, 283–284
Marlowe, Philip 15, 191
Marsden, Gerry 270
Marsten, Richard 111, 190
Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) 62
Martin, Dean 182
Mary Poppins 97
Marx Brothers, The 246
Marx, Groucho 217
Mason, Perry 83
Massinger, Philip 279
Massive Genius 168
Masterton, Tilly 142
Mathis, René 114
Matsell, George W. 167, 185
Matthews, Arthur 14
Maurer, David W. 163
Mayfair 59
Mayhew, Henry 130, 131
Maytals, The 171, 284
‘Me So Horny’ 76
Mead, Taylor 103
Meaden, Peter 263
Measure for Measure 34
Mekas, Jonas 103
Melbourne 71, 196
Melly, George 138–139, 244
Melody Maker 244–246, 281–282
Memoirs of the Right Villainous John Hall, The 302
Memorable Balls 17
Memories of New Zealand Life 289
Memphis TN 228, 248, 257, 261–262
Memphis Jug Band 84
‘Men Who Want Other Men’ 144
Menken, H. L. 322
Merchant of Venice, The 181
Merry Drollery 63
Merry-Thought, Or the Glass Window and Bog-House Miscellany, The 64
Merry Wives of Windsor, The 181
Meriymen, The 282
‘Message, The’
Messer, Mackie (Mack the Knife) 159
Metropolitan Police 301, 303, 304, 306
Mexican Mafia, The 175
Mezzrow, Milton ‘Mezz’ 224, 232, 238
MGM Records 253
Miami FL 76
‘Michael (The Lover)’ 288–289
Mickey & Sylvia 286
Middlesbrough 86
Middlesex 59
Middleton, Thomas 112
Midnight, Frank 142
Mighty Sparrow, The 282
‘Milkcow Blues Boogie’ 262
‘Milkshake’ 114
Miller, Henry 113
Miller, Max 75
Milligan, Spike 92–93, 118
Mills Brothers, The 296
Millstein, Gilbert 251
Milwaukee Journal, The 10, 166, 285–286
Minaj, Nicki 104
Mindbenders, The 254
Mingay, David 283
‘Minnie the Moocher’ 233
Minogue, Kylie 309
Mission With LeMay: My Story 319–320
Mississippi River 269
‘Mister Hepster’s Dictionary’ 235
Mitchell, Guy 256–257
Mitchell, Jerry 234
Mitchell’s Jazz Kings 244
‘Mod Or Trad?’ 265
Mod Squad, The 268
Modern Jazz Quartet 265
Modern Lovers, The 276
Modernists 262–268, 274, 283
Mods – see Modernists
‘Moist’ 293
Moltisanti, Christopher 168
Monroe, Marilyn 150
Montana 249
Monterey CA 85
Monthly Review 34
Montreal Gazette, The 214
Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3–4, 100, 101, 194–195
Moon, Keith 98
Moon the Loon 98
Moor, George 146
More Work for the Undertaker 287, 323–324
Morehouse, Chauncey and His Orchestra 187–188
Mormon Pioneer Day 190
Morning Chronicle, The 180
Morris, Chris 226, 293
Morrissey 150
Morrow, Don 272
Morse, Lee 122
‘Mort’s Drinking Song, A’ 229
Mortimer, John 280
Morton, Ferdinand ‘Jelly Roll’ 220, 295
Moscow 46
Mother Clap’s Molly House 127
Motörhead 109
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 278
Mr William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio) 81, 331
MTV 22, 26
Much Ado about Nothing 80
Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh 325
Mulligan, Gerry 264
Mulvey, John 299
Munro, Pamela 238
Murder Incorporated 153, 327
Murder on the Links, The 219
Murder Underground 308
Murphy, J. J. 103
Murray, Ruby 97
Murray, William, 1st Earl of Mansfield 172
Musa Pedestns – Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes, 1536 – 1896 229
Music: Bebop 5, 18, 20, 240–242, 264; Blues 19, 27, 84, 103, 109–110, 134, 168, 187–188, 220–222, 228, 243–244, 249, 258, 286–287; Brass bands 230; Calypso 282; Classical 230, 271–272, 278; Contemporary R&B 104, 114; Country 154, 182; Disco 262, 286, 290; Folk 170, 252, 257, 269, 274, 291; Funk 102–103, 119, 231–232, 249, 275–276, 286; Garage Rock 274, 276; Glam 246, 274, 296; Goth 297; Heavy Metal 228; Hillbilly 19, 187–188, 248–249, 259, 286; Hip-hop & Rap 3, 21, 26, 45, 56, 76, 81, 104, 108, 114, 159, 168–169, 2, 40, 242–243, 245, 285–295, 298, 300, 335; indie 297–298; Jazz 5, 17–20, 23, 55, 84, 120–122, 142, 187–188, 220–224, 228, 230–239, 242–247, 249, 251–254, 257, 261–262, 271–273, 275–276, 278, 285–286, 292–293, 295–296, 327–328; Merseybeat 249, 250, 255, 265–266, 270; Motown 255, 289; Pop 26, 27, 53, 182, 213, 249, 252, 254, 255, 256
, 263; Prog rock 277, 278; Psychedelia 5, 21, 271, 273–274, 299; Punk 16, 20, 45, 77, 82, 89, 119–120, 153, 228, 246, 261, 266–267, 276–280, 283, 287, 296–297, 311; Reggae, Ska, Blue Beat & Rock Steady 170–171, 225, 281–285; Rhythm & Blues 240, 249, 257–258, 285–286, 296; Rock 5, 18–19, 102, 119, 144–145, 150, 187–188, 198, 210–211, 222, 228, 231, 235, 243, 246–249, 253, 255–256, 258260, 262, 271, 273–275, 279, 281–282, 285–286, 297–299; Rockabilly 19, 140, 241, 243, 246, 248–249, 253, 256–257, 261–262; Skiffle 232–233, 247, 268; Soul 275–276, 289, 294
Music hall 65, 73, 75, 110–111, 228
Mussolini, Benito 190
Muvver Tongue, The 143, 311
‘My Boy Lollipop’ 283
My Boy Lollipop LP 283
‘My Girl’s Pussy’ 110
‘My Handy Man’ 110
‘My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice’ 271–272
‘My Humps’ 114
‘My Old Dutch’ 228
‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’ 268
‘My Pencil Won’t Write No More’ 110
My Secret Life 59
‘My Way’ 281
Myrrour of the Worlde, The 280
Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The 196
Mystery of Swordfish Reef The 196
Mystery of the Leaping Fish, The 212
NAACP 290
Nabokov, Vladimir 57
Nadsat language 60
Naffzinger, Mildred 68
Nahson 29
Nam 319
‘Name The Mod Swinging Group!’ 267
Nat Cole Trio – see Cole, Nat ‘King’
Nation’s Nightmare, The 218–219
National Anthem 118
National Health Service 104
National Shuffleboard Open Championship 190
Native American language 174
Naughton, Bill 294
Navy: General 3, 35, 155, 179, 199, 257, 270, 320–323; Royal Navy 91–92, 113, 118, 131, 138–140, 183–184, 320; Royal New Zealand Navy 321; United States Navy 322–323
Naylor, Samuel 232
Nazi Lowriders, The 175
‘Nazis Threaten To Try Fliers As “War Criminals”’ 326
NBC 245
Neat, Octavian 92–93
‘Negro Cocaine Victims’ 213
Neighbours 194
Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson 323
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle 174
Neon Jungle, The 219
Nerds 20, 330
Nerdist 333
Nerissa 181
Nerve Control and How to Gain It 10
Netflix 214
Nettles, Bill 188
Neu! 299
Never Mind the Bollocks 77, 119, 280
New, dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, A 38–39, 40, 82–83, 87, 125–126, 157, 159, 202, 223, 232, 238, 261, 288
New England Journal of Medicine, The 336–337
New English Dictionary, The 216
‘New Far-Out Beatles, The’ 273
New Hampshire Chamber of Commerce 21
New Orleans 26, 188, 219, 220, 231–232, 247, 295
New Sexual Underground – The Real Book about Hippie Love-Ins, Group Sex Parties, Nude Happenings, Wife Swaps!, The 59
New South Wales 196
New York 102
New York Amsterdam News 237
New York City NY 26, 46, 94, 103, 135, 138, 141, 144–145, 152–153, 164, 166–168, 173, 175–176, 186, 191, 208, 213, 219, 221, 223, 230, 235, 246, 261, 277, 283–284, 286, 288, 292, 329
New York Dolls 276
New York Times, The 251, 260, 293
New York World, The 185
New Yorker 67
New Zealand 174, 195, 289, 312, 317, 321
Newcastle 74
Newman, G. F. 304
Newman’s Hotel 49
Newspapers 2, 8–9, 10, 25, 35, 38, 59, 70, 86, 89, 134–135, 153–154, 156, 158–160, 177, 193, 195–196, 201, 203, 214, 216, 241, 245, 250–251, 256, 258, 264–265, 271, 273, 283–284, 289, 297, 299, 310, 315, 317, 322, 333
Newspeak language 11–12
Newton, Isaac 14
Nicholls, P.C. 303
Nichols, Peter 118, 139–140
Nichols, Red 187
Nicholson, Renton 6
Night Light 249
Night Side of London, The 130
Nighthawks 166
Nightingale, Annie 106
Nightseed 133
Nimming Ned 41
Nine Tailors, The 307
Nineteen Eighty-Four 11–12, 15
Niven, David 183
‘Nix on Those Lush Heads’ 188
Nixon, Richard M. 206–208
NME 283–284, 332
No Beast So Fierce 153
No Mean City 170
Noble, John W. 212
Norfolk 24
Norman, Frank 98, 142, 143, 155, 310
Norman Conquest 1, 101, 107
North Carolina 11, 221, 248
North, Hattie 110
Northern Structure, The 175
Norton, Rictor 127
Norwegian language 107
Norworth, T. 177
Notable Discovery of Coosnage, Now daily practised by Sundry lewd persons, called Connie-catchers, and Crosse-biters, A 31, 78
Notes and Queries 231
Notorious B.I.G. 104
Nottingham 230, 280
‘Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue’ 277
Nuestra Familia 175
Numero Uno 66–67
Nureyev, Rudolf 250
Nuthouse, The 261
NWA 169, 335
NYU 292
Oasis 298
Obama, Barack 72
Obote, Milton 71
O’Brien, Conan 97
O’Brien, Tim 319
‘Obscene Phone Caller And How To Handle Him, The’ 273
Observer, The 8, 108, 213, 264, 269, 311
Odds Against Tomorrow 162
Offspring, The 287
‘Oh Bondage, Up Yours!’ 278
Oh Boy! 235
‘Oh! Sister, Ain’t That Hot!’ 244
Oklahoma 330
Old English 80–81, 85
Old Saunders 181
Old Scrotum 119
Old Sparky 176
Oldham 259–260
Olias of Sunhillow 278
On Board the ‘Rocket’ 257
On the Road 241, 251
‘One Eyed Trouser Snake’ 194
O’Neal, Cothburn 143
Ono, Yoko 103
Ordinary of Newgate, The 41
Oregon State Motor Vehicles Division 215
Orwell, George 11–12, 15, 118
Osborne, Gideon Oliver ‘George’ 335
Osbridge, Mrs 88
O’Shea, Sugarpuss 236
Othello 33
Otley 257
Outer Hebrides 208
Ovoutee Orooney 292
Oxford 2, 105
Oxford University 62, 196, 233
Oxford English Dictionary 1, 33, 107, 115, 173, 194-–195, 197, 214, 219, 270, 288, 293, 2.99, 307, 310, 312, 322
Oz 50, 208, 271, 273
Paddick, Hugh 141–142, 146
Palin, Michael 4
Pallary – see Polari
Palm Beach Post, The 207
Palmer, Earl 253
Pandosto 32
Paramount Pictures 223
Paris 46, 69, 265
Parker, Charlie 20, 224, 242
Parker, Jack 8
Parkhurst Prison 98
Parlare – see Polari
Parlyaree – see Polari
Partridge, Eric 1, 7, 46, 51, 105, 125, 312–315, 325–326
Paskins, George 88
Passing English of the Victorian Era 23, 156, 231
Patch, Harry 313
Patch, Tom 25
Patrico 229
Paxton, W. 198
Paviour, Robert 128
Payne, Cecil 249
Payne, La
urence 157
PC Magazine 330, 332
Peaky Blinders 173
Pearl The 65–66, 105
Pearl Harbor 317
Peck, Gregory 96
Peckinpah, Sam 66
Pedlar’s French 3, 28, 30
Peel, John 119
Peel, Sir Robert 303
Pendennis 269
Penelope Pulls It Off 72
Penguin Book of Australian Slang, The 54–55
Pennsylvania 176
Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times, The 315
Penzance 25
Pepys, Samuel 18, 37, 130, 178, 202–203
Perceval, George Moore, 11th Earl of Egmont 310
Perine, Effie 136
Perkins, Carl 248, 257
Perry, Lee ‘Scratch’ 285
Perverse Pussy 17
Pharez 28
Phelan, Jim 143
Philadelphia PA 293
‘Piano Has Been Drinking, The’ 183
Piccadilly Jim 234–235
‘Piccadilly Palare’ 150
Picture Post 247
Piers Plowman 201
Pimp 94
‘Pin in Your Cushion’ 110
‘Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie’ 285
Pinkerton National Detective Agency 151
Pippa Passes 18
Pitt, William (the Younger) 42
Pitt-Street Auctioneers, The 198
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The 187
Pittsburgh Press, The 327
Plastercaster, Cynthia 5
‘Plastered in Paris’ 188
Plastic Ono Band, The 281
Playboy 57
‘Pleasures of Opium, The’ 201
Poe, Edgar Allan 146
Poetry for the Beat Generation 252, 272
Pogue Mahone 319
Pogues, The 319
Poirot, Hercule 218
Polari 123, 130–132, 136–139, 141–142, 146–147, 150
Polari – The Lost Language of Gay Men 131