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by H. L. Mencken


  eternal triangle, 570

  Ethel, 507

  ether, 155, 390

  etiology, 411

  etiquet, 391

  -ette, 178

  étude, 347

  eu, 484

  Euclid, 525

  Eulalia, 525

  Euliel, 522

  eunuch, 305

  European-plan, 86

  Eusona, 522

  Eva Belle, 520

  evangelizationeer, 118

  Eve, 535

  Evelyn, 518, 520

  evensong, 268

  eventuate, to, 7, 118, 232

  Everett, 516

  everything, 352, 353

  every time, 611

  evincive, 120

  evolution, 339

  ex-, 274

  exactly, 253

  exam, 183

  examin, 403

  examind, 403

  example, 334, 336

  excede, 401

  Excellentia Reverendis- sima, 282

  excess, 325

  exchange, 292

  exciting, 211

  exculpate, 325

  excursionist, 231

  excurt, to, 141

  excuse me, 267

  executive-session, 148

  ex-ex-seventh, 241

  exfluncticate, to, 145

  exflunctify, to, 568

  expect, to, 24, 99

  expenditure, 118

  experience, to, 168

  experience-meeting, 150

  expert, 291

  expertize, to, 193

  explosion, 602

  export-engineer, 291

  exposé, 409, 411

  express, to, 147

  express-car, 146

  expressman, 146

  express-office, 146

  express post, 238

  exquisite, 325

  ex-seventh, 241

  exterior, 380, 395

  exterminating engineer, 284, 290

  extra, 126

  extraordinary, 324, 328, 353

  ey, 402

  eye, 577

  eye-opener, 149

  E.Z., 209

  ez, 365

  Ezekiel, 515

  Ezra, 515

  f, 335, 375, 383, 386, 402

  face-cloth, 236

  faced, 402

  face the music, to, 119

  facile, 341

  fact, 402

  faculty, 242, 268

  fade away, to, 609

  fade out, to, 264

  fag, 573

  faggot, 392

  fail, 614

  failed, 375

  failure to compensate, 293

  fair, 466

  Fairfield, 480

  fairway, 562

  fairy, 305

  Faith, 516

  fake, 565, 609

  faker, 86

  fall, 33, 42,62, 100, 128

  fall, to, 431, 440, 578

  fall down, to, 227

  fallen, 428, 431, 440

  Fallentimber, 539

  fallen woman, 304

  fall for, to, 227, 229, 565

  fallopian, 411

  Falloppian, 411

  Fall Riverite, 549

  fambly, 353

  family welfare, 292

  fan, 191, 227, 565; -club, 586

  fancy, 334

  fandom, 178

  Fanestil, 484

  fanlight, 236

  fantan, 162

  fantom, 402, 406

  far, 335, 336

  farina, 341

  Farinholt, 503

  farmateria, 177

  farmerette, 178

  farther, 349

  farzino, 472

  fast, 336

  faster’n, 464

  fast-freight, 146

  fat-cat, 186

  Fate, 525

  father, 280, 334, 349, 371

  Father of Waters, 150

  Fats, 520

  fattigmand, 215

  faucet, 235

  fault, 397

  faut, 397

  Fava, 522

  faveur, 384

  favor, 383, 384, 386, 388, 390

  favorit, 403

  favorite-son, 148

  favour, 383, 388, 395

  favourite, 396

  F.D.R., 183

  Fearhake, 484

  feaselick, 110

  feather, 383, 384

  feature, to, 37, 227

  featurize, to, 193

  feaze, to, 141

  February, 379

  Feb’uary, 353

  fed, 431

  fed-up, 269

  feed, to, 431

  feed-plant-engineer, 290

  feel, to, 431, 439

  feeled, 439

  feel good, to, 254

  feet, 612

  Feil, 484

  Feivel, 506

  Felicity, 547

  Felix, 507

  fell, 115,431,440

  fella, 353, 425

  feller, 425

  fellow, 254

  fellow countrymen, 6

  fellowship, 98

  fellowship, to, 128, 150

  felonious attack, 304

  felt, 431, 439

  female, 184, 303, 304

  fen, 115

  fence, 386

  fences, 148

  fender, 236

  F.E.R.A., 209

  Feramorz, 516

  Ferguson, 499

  Fernall, 503

  Ferreira, 494

  ferry, 536

  fertile, 341

  fertilizer, 292

  fervour, 395

  - fest, 218

  festschrift, 220

  fetch, to, 431

  fetched, 431

  fete, 183

  fether, 384

  feuillage, 75

  few, 374

  ffarington, 504

  Ffebrewarie, 379

  ffinch, 504

  ffoulkes, 504

  ffrench, 504

  F.F.V., 208

  f.h.b., 209

  fiancée, 347, 409, 412

  fiat, 173

  fib, 126

  fiber, 388, 402

  fictioneer, 180

  fiction-engineer, 290

  Fielder, 498

  Fieldhouse, 485

  fiend, 182

  fierce, 466, 54°, 40′, 518

  fight, to, 431

  fight-fight, 373

  fightingest, 463

  figure, 345

  figure, to, 572

  fil, 403

  fild, 402, 403

  filed, 402

  filibuster, 148, 231

  filing-cabinet, 228

  Filipino, 375

  Filipowicz, 488

  fill, to, 30

  fillet, 236, 240

  filling-station, 227, 582

  fill the bill, to, 142, 558

  fillum, 353

  filmdom, 178

  film-engineer, 290

  filosofy, 406

  filthy, 467

  fin, 578

  financial editor, 244

  financial-engineer, 290

  find, 352

  find, to, 431

  Findlay, 479

  fine, 71, 352, 466

  fine, to, 431

  finger, 150

  finger, to, 578

  finif, 578

  Finis, 522

  finish up, to, 198

  finite, 405

  Finkelstein, 499

  Finly, 516

  Fionnlagh, 479

  fir, 397

  fire, 397; -assessor, 239; -brigade, 243; -bug, 145, 183, 243; -call, 243; -department, 243; -dog, 27; -eater, 62, 563; -raiser, 243; -water, 106

  fire, to, 147, 199, 227

  fire-alarm box, 243

  fireboy, 583

  fireman, 228

  fireworks, 564

  firr, 397

  first, 346, 367, 605

  first broom, 587

  first floor, 235, 238

  first joint, 302

 
first speed, 237

  first standard, 241

  first storey, 238

  first-year-man, 242

  fish, 580; -dealer, 234; -monger, 234; -plate, 147; -slice, 260

  Fisher, 513

  Fishpaugh, 482

  Fishpaw, 482

  fisic, 402

  fit, 423, 431

  Fits-U, 209

  five-and-ten, 234

  fivebled, 25

  five minutes of three, 159

  five-o’clock tea, 155

  fix, 231

  fix, to, 26, 197, 210, 253

  fixt, 403

  fizz, 149

  fizzle, 565

  fizzle, to, 119

  fizzle out, to, 142, 232

  flag, to, 147

  flagman, 146

  flag-stop, 238

  flang,431

  flap, 586

  flap-jack, 128

  flapper, 266, 569, 586

  flapperdom, 178

  flare up, to, 99

  flat, 233; -boat, 145; -car, 146, 582; -foot, 563; -footed, 93, 143; -joint, 584

  flatten out, to, 578

  flavorous, 395

  flavour, 395

  flaw, 328, 349

  flay, 184

  flay, to, 199

  flea, 375

  flea’s eyebrows, 561

  flee, 184

  flem, 383, 402

  flesh-peddler, 587

  fletcherize, to, 193

  flew, 432

  flimflam, 557

  flimsy, 126, 583

  fling, 184

  fling, to, 431

  flip-flop, 47, 185, 263

  flippant, 126

  flirtation, 126

  flit, 184

  flivver, 263

  Flo, 519

  Floarea, 509

  floater, 148

  flong, 261

  flooey, 263

  flooie, 184

  flookum, 584

  floor, 231, 328, 349

  floor-covering-engineer, 290

  floorwalker, 234

  floozy, 176, 263, 305

  flop, to, 162

  flophouse, 162

  Flora, 509

  Floramay, 521

  Florea, 509

  Florence, 507, 509, 518

  Florentine, 551

  Florida, 526

  flour and feed store, 27

  flow, to, 432

  flowed, 432

  flowerdom, 178

  Flower moon, 106

  Floyd, 510

  flu, 170

  flume, 37, 108

  flummuck, to, 568

  flung, 431

  flunk out, to, 99

  flurry, 145, 231

  Flushing, 532

  fly, 109, 532

  fly, to, 432

  fly a kite, to, 581

  flyer, 239, 565

  Flynn, 493

  fly off the handle, to, 119, 558

  fly-time, 101, 102

  fo, 401

  F.O.B., 208

  foes, 401

  fog, 343

  Fogelsong, 484

  foist, 367, 368

  fold up, to, 585

  followd, 403

  folly, 119

  fonetic, 406

  fonograf, 403, 406

  Fonseca, 501

  Fontaine, 481

  food, 344

  foofff, 561

  fool-proof, 228

  foot, 462; -hill, 115; -path, 235, 247; -wash, 150;

  -wear, 227

  foots, 170

  fop, 126

  foppish, 564

  forbid, to, 432

  force, 101

  Ford, 483

  fordize, to, 193

  fore, 562

  forego, 394

  Foreman, 483

  Forest, 492

  forestal, 380

  for ever, 350

  forgather, 392

  forget, to, 432

  Forgetto, 505

  forgo, 392

  forgot, 432

  forgotten, 428, 432

  fork, 101, 115, 536

  for keeps, 95, 232, 609

  fork over, to, 99

  form, 241, 268

  former, 274

  formulæ, 412

  fornication, 303

  For Rent, 266

  Forrest, 492

  forsake, to, 432

  forsaken, 428, 432

  forsook, 432

  forte, 585

  forth and back, 215

  fortnight, 250

  Fort Riley, 529

  forty-rod, 149, 568

  forward, 204

  forwards, 204, 468

  fosfate, 406

  fotch, 431

  foto, 406

  fotograf, 402, 403, 406

  Foucher, 547

  fought, 431

  found, 431

  Fountain, 481

  fourbled, 25

  four-flusher, 187, 191

  Fourth of July, 577

  fowl-run, 234

  Fox, 499, 552

  fox-fire, 128

  fox-grape, 115

  fox-trot, 155

  foyer, 237

  fragile, 341

  frame, to, 263, 264

  frame-house, 57, 116, 234, 263

  frame-up, 227, 565

  frame up, to, 564

  franchize, 402

  Francis, 513, 515, 519

  Francisco, 508, 509

  Frank, 505, 507, 508, 509, 513, 515, 519, 520

  frankfurt, 220

  frankfurter, 155, 186, 220

  Franklinton, 529

  Franz, 505

  Franzosen, 296

  frat, 170, 242

  fraternal-order, 239

  Frates, 494

  frau, 347

  Frazier’s Bottom, 535

  frazzled, 568

  F.R.C.S., 272

  Fred, 515, 519

  Frederick, 507, 515, 520, 524

  Fredericktonian, 550

  Freedman, 483

  free-lunch, 85

  freez, 401

  freeze, to, 432

  freeze on to, to, 142, 565

  freeze-out, 86, 167, 232

  freeze the hub, to, 583

  freight, 238; -car, 146; -train, 609

  freinschaft, 159

  Freitas, 494

  Frémont, 484

  Frémont, 484

  French, 296

  French-bean, 235

  French letter, 296

  French Lick, 535

  frend, 381

  fresh, 158, 572

  fresher, 242

  freshet, 122

  freshman, 242

  Fresser, 501

  fretful, 564

  Friday, 496

  fried, 568

  Friedmann, 483

  friendly-society, 239

  frier, 240

  frijol, 152

  frijole, 152

  Frisco, 543

  frisk, to, 566

  Fritz, 110, 506, 519

  friz, 432

  frizzgig, 118

  Frog, 573

  frog, 96, 146, 294

  froggie, 294

  Frogtown, 554

  frolick, 383, 386

  frolicksome, 386

  from hell to breakfast, 314

  from here, 468

  from the hoofs up, 259

  from there, 468

  from where, 468

  frontier, 324

  front-lot, 121

  front-room, 579

  Front Royal, 537

  froze, 432

  frozen, 432

  fruit-dealer, 234

  fruiterer, 234

  fruiterer’s, 234

  fruiteria, 177

  fruit-seller, 234

  fruit-store, 234

  fry, to, 581

  fudge, 317

  fuhrer, 411

  führer, 411

  Führmann, 483

  fulfill, 348

  full-house, 191

  full professor, 242


  fumigating-engineer, 290

  fun, 126

  function, to, 210

  funds, 244

  funeral-car, 287

  funeral-director, 287

  funeral-home, 287

  funeralize, to, 140

  funk-hole, 573

  funny, 464

  funny-bone, 239

  Funny Louis, 533

  funster, 178

  fur, 359

  furlo, 402, 403

  furnished-roomateria, 292

  furnishing-engineer, 290

  furnitor, 179

  furniture-engineer, 290

  Furth, 483

  further, 372

  furtherest, 463

  fuse, 389, 394

  fust, 346

  fuze, 389

  g, 348, 352, 368, 377, 389, 402, 405, 484

  G.A., 206

  gabblefest, 218

  gabfest, 218

  gadget, 211

  gaffer, 584

  gag, 394, 586; -rule, 148

  gage, 394, 411

  gaiety, 392

  gaily, 467

  Gainsborough, 500

  gal, 346

  Galgenvogel, 501

  Gallagher, 504

  Gallipolis, 530

  Gallo, 493

  gallon, 462

  Galloway, 493

  galoot, 144

  galoshes, 235

  Galway, 582

  gambling, 126

  game-chicken, 302

  gandy-dancer, 582, 584

  gang, to, 564

  gangster, 178

  gangway, 236

  ganov, 578

  ganze, 250

  ganz gut, 157

  gaol, 383, 389, 390, 392, 393

  gaoler, 389

  gape, 335

  G.A.R., 208

  Garabedian, 497

  garage, 215, 338

  garantee, 402

  garbage, 233, 582; -incinerator, 234

  Garcia, 494, 543

  gard, 399, 402

  garden, 547, 583

  garden-lot, 121

  gargle, 359

  garmenteria, 176

  Garnett, 479

  Garnette, 521

  garter, 234, 309; -snake, 114

  gas, 169, 170, 183, 236, 334, 559, 564, 566, 585

  gasoline, 236, 256

  gassed, 199

  gastly, 402

  gat, 259

  gate, 583

  gate-money, 191

  gather, 338

  gauge, 411

  gauz, 401

  gave, 432, 440

  gavel, to, 195

  gavot, 401

  Gawd, 305

  Gawd-a-mighty, 308

  gayety, 394

  Gay-pay-oo, 209

  gay Quaker, 100

  gazer, 579

  gazet, 401, 403

  gazooney, 582

  G.B., 208

  G.b.F., 209

  gear-lever, 236

  gear-shift, 236

  Geary, 542

  gebummelt, 156

  gee, 257

  geechy, 113

  gee-gee, 240

  geek, 584

  gee-whiz, 158, 316

  Geez, 305

  gefilte-flsch, 217

  geflop, 146

  Geisdorff, 514

  gelastics, 117

  Gelbfisch, 500

  Geldschrank, 501

  gelt, 578

  gem, 183

  gemütlich, 157

  gemütlichkeit, 409

  general, 274, 283, 340, 379, 583

  general expert, 292

  generally, 467

  generator, 236

  gentil, 411

  Gentle Judge, 525

  gentleman, 69, 294; -author, 294; -clerk, 294; -cow, 301; -player, 294; -rider, 294

  gentlemanly, 120

  gentlewoman, 294

  gent’man, 352

  genuin, 403

  genuine, 347

  genuinely, 406

  genuinly, 406

  Geoghan, 504

 

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