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by H. L. Mencken


  mecanic, 401

  mecca, 183

  media, 412

  mediæval, 393

  medic, 170

  medical lady, 272

  medical man, 272

  medical woman, 272

  medicine-man, 106

  medieval, 391, 401

  mediocer, 402

  Meek, 523

  meen, 381, 384

  meeou, 184

  meet, to, 433

  megaphonia, 175

  Meier, 500

  Meilach, 498

  Meilachson, 498

  Meister, 485

  melancholy, 267, 325

  mêlée, 409

  Melkonian, 497

  Melrose Abbey, 522

  melt, to, 436

  melted, 436

  Melvin, 508, 516

  member, 242

  memo, 170

  memorandum-book, 247

  memorial-park, 288

  Memphian, 549

  mendery, 176

  Mendes, 506

  menhaden, 104, 105

  ment, 381, 433

  mental-hygiene, 588

  menu, 347

  merchantor, 179

  Mercy, 516

  mercy, 339, 340

  merged, 561

  Merl, 522

  Merrimac, 527

  mes, 401

  mesa, 152,153

  mescal, 152

  Mesdames, 412

  Meshach, 515

  meshuggah, 216, 217, 580

  meshummad, 217

  mesquite, 152

  mess, 346

  Messiah, 524

  Messieurs, 412

  Messrs., 282

  Mészáros, 496

  met, 433

  metals, 147

  metaphor, 395

  Metella, 522

  meteorological-office, 239

  meter, 402

  Methodist, 462

  Methodist New Connexion, 249

  meticulous, 211

  Metsa, 492

  Meyer, 477

  mezzo-brow, 186

  Miamian, 548

  Michael, 507, 511, 512, 518

  Michaelis, 483

  Michaels, 483

  Michal, 511

  Michayil, 510

  Michel, 498

  Michigan, 532; -der, 552

  michigouen, 106

  mick, 295

  middle-aisled, 561

  middle-aisle it, to, 259

  Middlemarch, 537

  middle-neck, 236

  middle-rump, 236

  Middletown, 536

  midsommarfest, 215

  Miechyslawa, 510

  Mielnik, 488

  might, 99

  mightily, 467

  mighty, 467

  Miguel, 514

  Mihai, 509

  mijn, 379

  Mike, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513

  Mikha’il, 512

  Miklavec, 489

  Mikul´š, 511

  mil, 403

  Mila, 524

  Milavič, 489

  Mildred, 510, 519

  mile, 462

  mileage, 120, 147, 231, 389

  mileage-book, 147

  Miles, 524

  Miley, 524

  militaire, 75

  militia-armory, 239

  milk-churn, 260

  milk-engineer, 290

  mill, 116

  Millar, 477

  millenial, 16

  Miller, 477, 478, 484, 485, 486, 488, 494, 520

  milliard, 255

  Millicent, 519

  Millie, 519

  milligram, 391

  Millin, 499

  millinteria, 177

  mills, 539

  Milton, 505, 506, 515, 516

  min, 449

  Minas, 524

  mince, 260

  mince-pie, 578

  Minda, 524

  mind-set, 588

  mine, 379, 447, 449

  Miner, 482

  minerals, 86, 149, 237

  minestrone, 222

  Mingo, 524

  minim, 250

  minima, 250

  minion, 250

  minion-nonpareil, 250

  minister, 245, 249

  ministry, 245

  Minnesota, 526

  minni, 353

  minnow, 353

  minor-leaguer, 191

  minster, 248

  minum, 449

  mirage, 338

  Miriam, 507

  Mirnada, 521

  Mirrle, 522

  mirror, 395

  mis, 401

  Mis’, 124

  mischievious, 353

  mischievous, 325

  misdemeanour, 396

  miserable, 465

  Misha, 508

  misogynist, 341

  mistaken, to, 193

  Miss, 124

  missil, 406

  missile, 406

  missionary, 24

  missionate, to, 98, 140,150

  mission-festival, 220

  mission-stiff, 582

  Mississippi, 526, 528

  Missouri, 525, 532, 541

  Missouri Compromise, 517

  misstep, 231

  Missus, 412

  Mister, 273, 274, 280, 412

  mistook, 442

  Mitchell, 490, 498, 507, 512

  mit-joint, 584

  MiXail, 490

  mixer, 227

  mixologist, 179

  mizzen-brow, 186

  Mile., 348

  Mlynář, 486

  mob, 126, 169, 182, 368, 558

  -mobile, 180

  mobile police, 226

  mobster, 178

  moccasin, 101, 102, 105

  mocho, 153

  model, to, 194

  moderately, 253

  Modjeska, 489

  Modjeski, 489

  modren, 353

  Modrzejewski, 489

  mods, 243

  Moe, 507

  mohel, 217

  Möhr, 477

  Mohr, 477

  Moiseyev, 498

  Moishe, 506

  moke, 296

  molasses, 62, 128, 235, 462

  mold, 386, 402

  moldering, 388

  mollagausauger, 568

  Möller, 477

  Mollie, 519

  mollusc, 390

  mollusk, 394

  molt, 436

  momentum, to, 194

  momzer, 218

  monarc, 401

  monarchy, 401

  monastery, 325

  Monat, 482

  mon cher, 75

  Monday-man, 585

  moneybund, 219

  money-to-burn, 227

  moniker, 582

  Monimea, 524

  monitor, 268

  monkey-doodle, 176

  monkey-house, 583

  monkey with, to, 232

  monkey-wrench, 235

  monolog, 394

  monologuist, 178

  Monongahela, 526

  monoxide, to, 196

  Monroe, 506

  monsignori, 412

  monsignors, 412

  Montagu-Stuart-Wort-ley-Mackenzie, 502

  Montana, 339

  Montereyan, 549

  Monte Vista, 534

  Montréalais, 550

  Montrealer, 549

  Monumental City, 101, 553

  mony, 402; -mony, 325

  Mood, 524

  moom-pitcher, 561

  moonshine, 576

  Moor, 477

  moor, 115

  Mooradian, 497

  Moore, 477, 497

  Moosa, 524

  moose, 104, 536

  moosu, 104

  Mop, 582

  mop, 368

  Morais, 494

  moral, 341

  Móran, 504

  Morariu, 494

  Mord, 522

  More, 477

  more, 328, 349, 463, 538

  more better, 420, 463
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  more looser’n, 464

  more queerer, 463

  more ultra, 463

  more uniquer, 463

  more worse, 463

  Morgan, 499

  morgen, 110 Morgenthau, 500

  morgue, 563

  Mork, 490

  Mormon, 57

  moron, 174, 570

  Moroni, 516

  moronize, to, 193

  morphician, 289

  morphine, 155

  morphology, 155

  Morris, 494, 506

  mortgage-shark, 144

  mortician, 86, 178, 284, 287

  Mortimer, 507

  Morton, 506, 507

  moscheto, 112

  Moscowite, 549

  mose, 104

  Moses, 506, 507, 513, 535

  Mosetta, 522

  mosey, to, 152

  Mosie, 507

  moslem, 409

  Mosnička, 486

  mosquito, 112

  moss-back, 116, 145

  most, 463, 468

  most Almighty God, 463

  Most Hon., 277

  most principal, 463

  Most Rev., 282

  mote, 347

  Motel, 506

  mother, 349

  motorcade, 179

  motor-car, 233, 247

  motoritis, 179

  motortorium, 179

  mototeria, 177

  mought, 347

  mould, 386, 390, 393

  mouldering, 388

  moult, 393

  mound mainstay, 570

  mountain-dew, 568

  mountainious, 353

  Mountbatten, 500

  Mount Ohio, 530

  mourners’ bench, 150, 250

  moustache, 392, 393

  mouth-organ, 120

  mouthpiece, 576

  moveable, 380

  movey-star, 108

  movie, 95, 169, 170, 187;

  -cathedral, 188, 292;

  -filling-station, 188;

  -house, 237; -mosque, 188; -parlor, 188; -synagogue, 188

  moviedom, 178

  mow, to, 433

  mowed, 433

  mown, 433

  moyder a skoyt, to, 263

  Mozingo, 524

  mozo, 153

  M.P., 573

  Mr., 275, 278, 281, 413

  Mraáčk, 487

  Mr. Chief Justice, 279

  Mr. Justice, 279

  Mrs., 124

  Mrs. ex-Senator, 274

  Mrs. Major, 283

  Mrs. Professor, 274

  Mt. Rainier, 532

  Muccia, 494

  much, 110, 374

  mucilage, 235

  mud, 582; -guard, 236;

  -hen, 114; -scow, 116;

  -show, 585; -splasher, 573

  mudhop, 583

  Mueller, 484

  muffler, 237

  mug-joint, 584

  mugquomp, 106

  mugwump, 106, 107, 148, 231

  Mühler, 477

  Muir, 477

  Mulcahy, 504

  mule-skinner, 167

  muletress, 168

  Muller, 484

  Müller, 477

  mulligan, 582

  multiple-shop, 234

  Mummy, 269

  muncheon, 171

  Munger, 503

  municipial, 353.

  munnawhattecug, 105

  Munsing Underwear, 525

  Muqabba’a, 496

  Murdena, 522

  Murphy, 477, 478, 504, 520

  murphy, 566

  Murray, 507, 508

  mus, 104

  Musallem, 496

  muscato, 112

  muscle in, to, 198, 580

  mush, 116

  music, 380, 603

  music hall, 237

  muskeito, 112

  musketa, 112

  muskmelon, 360

  Muskogeean, 549

  Muskrat, 552

  muskrat, 114, 360

  muslim, 409

  musqueto, 112

  muss, 99, 128, 346

  muss, to, 142

  must, 443

  musta, 443

  mustache, 325, 394

  mustang, 152

  mutt, 169

  mutual, 168

  mutual-society, 239

  my, 447, 449

  my dear, 311

  My Lady’s Manor, 537

  Mylonas, 485

  My Lord, 279

  Myra, 507

  Myron, 511

  Myroslava, 511

  myself, 459

  Myšička, 488

  Myčka, 488

  my word, 269

  n, 335, 375, 397, 405, 425, 445, 451; -n, 549; ñ, 543

  na, 469

  nab, to, 199

  nabisco, 172, 173

  nabor, 383, 406

  naborhood, 406

  Nadia, 511

  næfth, 469

  naht, 469

  naïve, 410

  naïveté, 409, 410

  name, to, 109

  nameable, 101

  nance, 305

  Naneta, 524

  nanitch, 150

  -naper, 180

  naphtha, 352, 407, 408

  Napoli, 493

  Nappy, 520

  narcissis, 413

  narcissuses, 413

  narrator, 325

  narrow, 359

  nary, 129, 470

  Nash, 490

  Nassau, 533

  nasty, 268, 464, 467

  Nat, 519

  nat, 469

  Nathan, 506, 512

  Nathaniel, 506

  nation, 614

  nativ, 403

  natur, 345

  nature-faker, 174

  naturelogues, 171

  naught, 393

  naughty, 467

  Nauwagesic, 514

  naval-yard, 239

  Na villa, 522

  navvy, 239

  navy-yard, 239

  Nazarene, 524

  Nazary, 503

  na zdar, 216

  Nazi, 183, 209

  Nazro, 525

  nch, 446

  nd, 438

  ne, 469

  near, 93, 384, 466

  near-, 180, 181; -accident, 103, 181; -antique, 181; -beer, 181; -champion, 181; -finish, 181; -leather, 181; -mahogany, 181; -porcelain, 181; -seal, 181; -silk, 181; -silver, 181

  nearby, 229

  Neary, 496

  neat, 466

  Nebraska, 532

  necessarily, 267

  necessary, 325

  neck, 115

  neck, to, 199, 309, 564, 565

  necktie, 235

  née, 347

  Needa, 521

  needle, to, 580

  needless, 401

  neer, 381, 384

  negative, to, 118, 232

  neger, 385

  négligé, 287, 347

  negligée, 409

  Negolia, 524

  Negress, 300

  Negro, 299, 385

  ne-hæfth, 469

  neighbour, 383, 395

  neither, 341, 472

  neither don’t, 471

  Nell, 511

  Nelly, 511

  Nelson, 477

  neolin, 173

  N.E.P., 209

  nephew, 352

  Nephi, 516, 518

  nerts, 226, 309, 572

  nerve, 367

  nervous, 126

  nerz, 367

  ne singan, 469

  -ness, 178

  nestes, 360

  net, 390, 396

  net, to, 199

  nether-garments, 302

  netop, 106

  nett, 389, 390

  Neuta, 522

  Nevada, 339

  New, 529

  New Amsterdam, 532

  Newberlin, 539

  New Boston, 528

  Newbranch, 491

  New Dorp, 532

  Newer, 487

  Newhouse, 485

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p; ne-wiste, 469

  Newlake, 492

  New London, 528

  Newman, 485, 487, 499

  Newmann, 485

  ne-wolde, 469

  New Orleans, 531, 541

  Newport, 528

  Newport News, 537

  newspaperdom, 178

  newspaper men, 228

  Newt, 519

  New Thought, to, 196

  Newton, 492, 519

  New York, 532; -er, 549

  Ney, 499

  ng, 348

  N.G., 92, 205, 208

  ’ngombo, 113

  Niagara, 527, 531

  Nias, 523

  nib, 239

  nice, 71, 210, 464, 557

  Nicholas, 486, 511, 515

  nichts kommt heraus, 157

  Nick, 511

  Nicolo, 509

  Niemi, 492

  Nieuwhuis, 485

  nifty, 581

  nigger, 296, 299, 305

  night-rider, 102

  nigmenog, 577

  Nikolaou, 486

  Nils, 510

  nine-pins, 237, 248

  Nineveh, 530

  nip, 35

  nipple, 303

  Nira, 209

  nit, 157

  nite, 406

  niter, 394

  nitsky, 157

  nix, 157, 573

  nix come erous, 157

  nixie, 157

  nixy, 157

  N.M., 206

  no, 469

  no-account, 114, 117

  Noble, 484

  nobody home, 561

  no-end, 269

  no flies on, 232

  no-how, 114, 117, 470

  noise, 367

  noive, 367

  no kerry, 376

  nolde, 469

  Nolte, 487

  nominated, 245

  non-committal, 143, 231

  non-committalism, 143

  non-committally, 143

  nonconformist, 248, 249

  nonconformist conscience, 250

  none, 451, 469, 471

  Non Intervention, 536

  nonpareil, 250

  Noodle, 536

  noodle, 112, 155

  noodle-hook, 359

  nook, 344

  nope, 229, 354

  Nopie, 522

  no place, 204

  Norfolk-Howard, 310

  Norlina, 537

  Norman, 507

  Norse, 183

  Norsworthy, 503

  North, 529

  north and south, 578

  North Clove, 532

  north-east corner, 247

  Norwich, 540

  nose-paint, 568

  no-siree, 161

  no slouch, 232

  Nosodak, 537

  not, 343, 445, 446, 469

  notaseme, 407

  notch, 115

  note, 233

  note-case, 239

  not has, 469

  nothin’ doin, 95

  nothing, 469, 470

  nothing doing, 227

  notice, to, 7

  notify, to, 6, 122

  notions, 254

  not my funeral, 232

  not nothing, 424

  no (t) -one, 451

  Notre Dame, 525

  not so hot, 585

  not to sing, 469

  no two ways about it, 99, 232

  nought, 392, 393

  nourish, to, 303

  Novák, 487

  novel, 343

  noways, 468

  nowheres, 22

  nowheres else, 204

  N.R.A., 209

  nt, 446; n’t, 445

  nucleuses, 412

  nuf sed, 407

  null, to, 199

  number-dummy, 583

  Number Four, 536

  number-grabber, 583

  numbers, 222

  Nunes, 495

  Nunez, 495

  Nurse, 240

  nurse, 240

  nurse, to, 303

  nurse a constituency, to, 245

  nursery, 235

  nursery-school, 235

 

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