H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 14
| loaf, n., 103; v., 103, 162, 415 |
| loafer, 40, 103, 405, 406, 410, 411 |
| Loaferies, 162 |
| loan, v., 68, 192, 282 |
| loaned, 263, 274 |
| loan-office, 144 |
| loan-shark, 190, 406 |
| lobby, v., 98 |
| lobby-agent, 98 |
| lobbyist, 98 |
| lobby-display, v., 192 |
| lobster, 159, 191 |
| locate, 60, 61, 185 |
| loco, 101 |
| locoed, 94 |
| loco foco, 40 |
| locomobile, 195 |
| locomotive, 99 |
| locomotive engineer, 115 |
| locum-tenens, 130 |
| locust, 41, 56, 352 |
| lodgment, 225 |
| lofeur, 401 |
| loffari, 410, 411 |
| lofletters, 398 |
| log, 216 |
| log-cabin, 57 |
| log-house, 57 |
| logroll, v., 55 |
| lonchi, 404 |
| longa, 132 |
| long-distance-call, 115 |
| long primer, 132 |
| long-sauce, 41 |
| long-vacation, 133 |
| loophole, 67 |
| loop-the-loop, v., 281 |
| loose, 274 |
| loot, n., 369 |
| lorry, 116 |
| los, 245 |
| lose, 122, 274 |
| lost, 274 |
| lot, 39, 62 |
| loud, 305 |
| lounge, n., 122 |
| lounge-lizard, 190 |
| lounge-suit, 122 |
| love-nest, 188 |
| loved, 280 |
| love-pirate, 188 |
| low-down, 43 |
| low-flung, 94 |
| lowly, 307 |
| lozenger, 318 |
| Ltd., 123 |
| lucre, 234 |
| luffa, 415 |
| luggage, 26, 43, 113 |
| luggage-shop, 168 |
| luggage-van, 97, 113 |
| lumber, 63, 64, 115 |
| lumberjack, 64 |
| lumberman, 64 |
| lumber-room, 64 |
| lumber-yard, 64, 115 |
| luncheon, 186 |
| luster, 240 |
| lustre, 231 |
| lynch, v., 92, 162 |
| lynch-law, 39 |
| lysol, 195, 196 |
| M., 320 |
| machine, 98, 115, 125, 127, 232 |
| mackinaw, 52 |
| mad, 115 |
| Madame, 147, 252 |
| mad as a hornet, 94 |
| mad as a March hare, 94 |
| mad-dog, 94 |
| made, 274 |
| mad-house, 94 |
| maffick, 190 |
| magazine, 209 |
| magistrate, 145 |
| mail, n., 118; v., 118 |
| magis, 414 |
| mahoganized, 144 |
| maid, 168 |
| make, 274 |
| Maikai no, 204 |
| mail, n., 164 |
| mail-box, 118 |
| mail-clerk, 97 |
| mail-order, 118 |
| mail-train, 118 |
| mail-van, 118 |
| Main street, 359 |
| maiz, 232 |
| maize, 52, 63, 114, 232 |
| major, v., 192 |
| makai-ewa, 204 |
| make a kick, vp., 93 |
| makee, 377 |
| make good, vp., 159, 166 |
| make the fur fly, vp., 93 |
| make tracks, vp., 93 |
| malasi, 414 |
| male-cow, 149 |
| Mamie-Taylor, 99 |
| mamma, 209 |
| managing-director, 123 |
| maneuver, 224, 233, 240 |
| mangel-wurzel, 126 |
| man higher up, 124 |
| manitee, 52 |
| männerchor, 104 |
| manœuvre, 224, 233, 241 |
| mansions, 127 |
| mantelpiece, 115 |
| marchetto, 411 |
| mare, 148, 149 |
| marrid, 245 |
| marsh, 125 |
| mascine, 410 |
| masheen, 232 |
| maskerade, 247 |
| mass, 110, 131 |
| massive, 110 |
| mass-meeting, 39, 95, 98 |
| master, 110, 215 |
| master of properties, 145 |
| mastiff, 234 |
| matinée, 201, 249, 250 |
| matins, 130, 170 |
| matron, 145 |
| matter, 110 |
| matzoth, 198, 319 |
| mauka, 204 |
| maverick, 95 |
| may, 274 |
| maybe, 319 |
| mayonnaise, 320 |
| mayorality, 318 |
| mazuma, 198 |
| me, 291 |
| mean, n., 231; v., 274 |
| meant, 274 |
| media, 251 |
| mebby, 319 |
| mecanic, 245 |
| mediæval, 223, 240, 241 |
| medicine-man, 52 |
| medieval, 223, 245 |
| meet, v., 274 |
| meen, 231 |
| meidel, 406 |
| melancholy, 169, 210 |
| melée, 249 |
| melted, 276 |
| memo, 185 |
| memorandum-book, 127 |
| menhaden, 51 |
| ment, suf., 91 |
| menu, 200, 319, 320 |
| merchant, 144 |
| mercy, 71 |
| mes, 245 |
| mesa, 101 |
| mesdames, 252 |
| mess, n., 317 |
| messieurs, 252 |
| met, 274 |
| metal, 113 |
| metals, 97 |
| metaphor, 227 |
| meter, 222, 246 |
| Methodist, 115, 131 |
| metre, 222 |
| mews, 57 |
| mezzo-barrista, 411 |
| Michaelmas, 133 |
| might, n., 39 |
| mightily, 307 |
| mighty, 307 |
| might’a, 274 |
| mileage, 61 |
| mileage-book, 97 |
| military, 210, 212 |
| milk-shake, 166 |
| mill, 58 |
| milligram, 238 |
| mine, 291, 293 |
| minerals, 116, 99 |
| minim, 132 |
| minima, 132 |
| mining-regions, 126 |
| minion, 132 |
| minion-nonpareil, 132 |
| minister, n., 130 |
| ministry, 124 |
| minnow, 318 |
| minor-leaguer, 128 |
| minuet, 320 |
| minster, 130 |
| mirage, 217 |
| mirror, 227 |
| mis, 245 |
| mischievous, 318 |
| misdemeanour, 227 |
| miss, v., 122 |
| missionate, 39, 89, 91 |
| mission-festival, 130 |
| missionsfest, 130 |
| missus, 252 |
| Mister, 138, 252 |
| mitin, 405 |
| mixologist, 194 |
| Mlle., 320 |
| mob, 183 |
| mobiloil, 195 |
| moccasin, 42, 43, 52, 414 |
| moccasin-snake, 56 |
| molasses, 10, 67, 115, 414 |
| mollusc, 224, 237, 240 |
| mollusk, 224, 226 |
| mold, n., 222, 232, 246 |
| molt, 222, 276 |
| monarc, 245 |
| monarchy, 245 |
| money-bund, 199 |
| money-order, 118 |
| monitor, 169 |