H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 15
| monkey-nut, 115, 126 |
| monkey-wrench, 115, 414 |
| monolog, 226 |
| monoplan, 242 |
| monoplane, 242 |
| monsignori, 251 |
| monsignors, 251 |
| Montana, 217 |
| mont-de-piété, 144 |
| mony, 246 |
| moon, 52 |
| moon-shine, 100 |
| moor, 57, 122, 125 |
| moose, 51, 126, 352 |
| moral, 218 |
| more better, 308 |
| more queerer, 309 |
| more than, 183 |
| more ultra, 309 |
| more uniquer, 309 |
| more worse, 309 |
| morgage, 247 |
| morning-coat, 119 |
| mortgage-shark, 95 |
| mortician, 144 |
| moslem, 249 |
| mossback, 57 |
| Most Hon., 140 |
| motor, 127 |
| motor-car, 127 |
| mould, n., 222, 235, 237, 240, 241 |
| moult, 222, 241 |
| moustache, 222, 240, 241 |
| movie, 35, 166, 176, 184 |
| moving-picture-theatre, 115 |
| mow, v., 274 |
| mowed, 274 |
| mown, 274 |
| Mr., 141, 145, 253 |
| Mrs., 65 |
| mucker, 43, 153 |
| muck-raker, 362 |
| mud-hen, 56 |
| mud-scow, 58 |
| muff, 130 |
| mufti, 122 |
| mugwump, 98 |
| mum, 184 |
| municipal, 318 |
| munke-rins, 414 |
| mush, 57 |
| music-hall, 116, 123 |
| mushquash, 160 |
| music-hall, 201 |
| muslin, 249 |
| muss, n., 40, 67, 317, v., 92 |
| mustache, 222, 226, 240 |
| mustang, 101 |
| mutt, 184, 191 |
| muzhik, 249 |
| my, 291, 377 |
| my dear, 142 |
| myself, 303 |
| nabisco, 195, 196 |
| naite, 410 |
| naïve, 250 |
| naïvete, 249, 250 |
| nameable, 42 |
| naphtha, 211 |
| narcissis, 252 |
| narcissuses, 252 |
| nasty, 170, 307 |
| nature, 71, 112 |
| nature-faker, 190, 362 |
| naught, 223 |
| naughty, 307 |
| navvy, 95, 114 |
| near, 32, 187, 231 |
| near-accident, 44 |
| near-beer, 187 |
| near-silk, 32, 205, 306 |
| necco, 196 |
| necessarily, 169, 210 |
| neck, 56, 352 |
| necktie, 115 |
| née, 320 |
| neer, 232 |
| negative, v., 60 |
| neger, 232 |
| negligée, 250 |
| negro, 232 |
| neighbor, 221 |
| neighbour, 221, 227 |
| neighbourhood, 225 |
| neighbourliness, 225 |
| neighbourly, 225 |
| neither, 112 |
| neolin, 195 |
| neolinize, 191 |
| nephew, 211, 212 |
| nest-of-drawers, 114 |
| net, adv., 222, 237 |
| nett, adv., 222, 237 |
| Nevada, 217 |
| never mind, 407 |
| new, 219 |
| news-agent, 115 |
| news-dealer, 115 |
| newspaper-man, 115 |
| next-doorige, 407 |
| N. G., 31, 188 |
| nib, 115 |
| nice, 362 |
| nickel, 420 |
| nice, 310 |
| nick, suf., 407 |
| nickel-in-the-slot, 172 |
| nigger in the woodpile, 124 |
| night-rider, 43 |
| nine-pins, 116, 128 |
| nineteenth hole, 130 |
| niter, 225 |
| nix, 199 |
| nix come eraus, 104 |
| nixy, 199 |
| no-account, 36, 55, 59 |
| nobby, 216 |
| no good, 410 |
| no-how, 55, 59 |
| no kerry, 203 |
| non-committal, 93, 163 |
| nonconformist, 130 |
| nonconformist conscience, 131 |
| none, 311 |
| nonpareil, 132 |
| noodle, 54, 103 |
| nook, 219 |
| no place, 182 |
| normal income tax, 126 |
| no sir, 407 |
| no-siree, 107 |
| notch, n., 56, 352 |
| nothin’, 318 |
| nothing, 311 |
| notify, v., 63, 133 |
| notions, 115 |
| not nothing, 269 |
| not on your life, 107 |
| nought, 223, 240 |
| noways, 307 |
| nowheres else, 182 |
| nucleuses, 251 |
| nun gidde, 410 |
| nuptial ceremony, 147 |
| nurse the constituency, vp., 124 |
| nursing-home, 114, 119 |
| nursing-sister, 119 |
| nut, 362 |
| nutty, 309 |
| o, p., 218 |
| ö, p., 330 |
| oatmeal, 115, 404 |
| obligate, 39, 59, 91, 162 |
| oblige, 71 |
| obsequies, 147 |
| occurred, 241 |
| ocelot, 52 |
| oclysmic, 196 |
| octoroon, 54 |
| odor, 221 |
| odorous, 227 |
| odour, 221, 227 |
| odsblood, 154 |
| oecology, 223 |
| oecumenical, 223 |
| œdema, 223 |
| of, 286 |
| offal, 67 |
| offence, 224, 226 |
| offense, 224, 234 |
| offensive, 226 |
| office-building, 126 |
| office-holder, 35, 42, 43, 115, 121 |
| offices, 115 |
| office-seeker, 98 |
| offset, 39 |
| off’n, 313, 317 |
| often, 210 |
| oh, oh!, 134 |
| oi, p., 315, 329 |
| oil, 315 |
| oi-yoi, 198 |
| O. K., 31, 188, 306 |
| okeh, 189 |
| old boy, 169 |
| old dear, 170 |
| Oldsmobile, 195 |
| Old-Stick-in-the-Mud, 101 |
| old top, 168 |
| oleo, 184, 196 |
| oleomargarine, 144 |
| olraite, 404 |
| omelet, 237 |
| omnibus-bill, 42, 124, 366 |
| once, 106 |
| oncet, 106 |
| onc’t, 318 |
| one another, 178 |
| one, 310 |
| one best bet, 176 |
| one-he, 177 |
| one-horse, 59, 191 |
| onery, 34, 318, 106 |
| one-step, 103, 405 |
| on his legs, vp., 124 |
| onry, 318 |
| on the bench, 128 |
| on the fence, 98 |
| on the Fritz, 104 |
| on the hoof, 95 |
| on the job, 166, 176 |
| on the Q. T., 189 |
| on the rates, 122 |
| on time, 134 |
| on to his curves, 128 |
| ontologist, 144 |
| on top, 216 |
| oo, p., 219 |