H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 16
| open-shop, 137 |
| open up, vp., 193 |
| operate, 192 |
| operatori, 410 |
| opossum, 41, 51 |
| oppose, 59, 61 |
| opuses, 252 |
| or, suf., 186 |
| orange, 216 |
| orangeade, 195 |
| orate, 185 |
| oratory, 81 |
| oratour, 228 |
| orchestra, 115, 123 |
| ordain, 130 |
| order, n., 125 |
| ordinary, 106, 318 |
| ordinary tax, 126 |
| ornate, 68 |
| orré, 410 |
| oslerize, 191 |
| ossified, 100 |
| ostent, 88 |
| ostler, 224, 225, 240 |
| otemil, 404 |
| ouch, 104 |
| ought’a, 289 |
| oughter, 289 |
| our, 291 |
| ourn, 269, 291, 293 |
| ours, 293 |
| ous, suf., 91 |
| outbuildings, 115 |
| outfit, 369 |
| out-house, 10, 162 |
| outré, 250 |
| over, 176, 183 |
| overcoat, 115 |
| over his signature, 134 |
| overhalls, 318 |
| ow, p., 318 |
| own self, 303 |
| owski, suf., 332 |
| oyster-stew, 126 |
| oyster-supper, 95, 126 |
| paatikkel, 412 |
| package, 115 |
| padrone, 199 |
| pahea oe, 204 |
| paid, 274 |
| pail, 171 |
| paint the town red, vp., 93 |
| pajamas, 223, 233, 239 |
| pale, n., 39 |
| pale-face, 52 |
| palm, 215, 217 |
| Palmerism, 187 |
| palmetto, 54 |
| palmolive, 195 |
| pan, v., 192 |
| panel-house, 43 |
| pan-fish, 57 |
| pan out, vp., 93, 162 |
| pantasote, 196 |
| pantry, 110 |
| pants, 36, 127, 160, 406 |
| papa, 209 |
| papoose, 52, 421 |
| paprika, 199 |
| par, 125 |
| paraffin, 113 |
| paralize, 246 |
| parcel, 115 |
| pard, 184 |
| pardner, 318 |
| paresis, 209 |
| parlor, 115, 118, 122, 168, 221 |
| parlor-car, 43, 115, 221 |
| parlour, 227 |
| parson, 130 |
| partiolist, 88 |
| partridge, 63, 64 |
| pas, 245 |
| pasea, 203 |
| pass, n., 352; pass, v., 111 |
| passage, 43, 358 |
| passage-way, 43 |
| pass-degree, 121 |
| passenger-coach, 97 |
| pastor, 110 |
| patent, 212 |
| patent-inside, 43 |
| patent-outside, 43 |
| path, 70, 127, 169, 111, 214 |
| pa’tridge, 318 |
| patrolman, 43, 115 |
| patter, 183 |
| pau, 203 |
| pavement, 18, 116, 127 |
| pawn-shop, 144, 172 |
| paw-paw, 51, 52, 352 |
| pay, 274 |
| pay-day, 115, 163 |
| pay-dirt, 41, 43, 95 |
| paying-guest, 113, 117, 144 |
| P. D. Q., 31, 43, 188 |
| peach, 159, 365 |
| peacharino, 196 |
| peach-pit, 54 |
| pea-nut, 56, 115, 126, 410 |
| peanut-politics, 126 |
| pearl, 132 |
| pearline, 195 |
| peart, 94 |
| peas, 222 |
| pease, 222, 237 |
| pebeco, 196 |
| pecan, 51 |
| ped, 276 |
| pedagog, 244 |
| pedlar, 224 |
| pedler, 224 |
| peep, v., 282 |
| peeve, 175, 185 |
| peewee, 54 |
| peg, 217, 393 |
| pemmican, 52 |
| pen, 184 |
| pence, 172 |
| pennant-winner, 128 |
| penny, 41, 172 |
| penny-ante, 128, 172 |
| penny-arcade, 172 |
| penny-bill, 58 |
| penny-dreadful, 114 |
| penny-in-the-slot, 172 |
| pennyr’yal, 126 |
| penny-whistle, 172 |
| pen-point, 115 |
| peon, 101 |
| peonage, 101 |
| pep, 184 |
| peptomint, 195 |
| perambulator, 164 |
| per, 201 |
| per-diem, 98 |
| perfect, 209 |
| perhaps, 319 |
| period, 115 |
| permanent-official, 122 |
| permanent-way, 97, 115 |
| persimmon, 41, 51, 126 |
| pesky, 94 |
| peter out, vp., 93 |
| petrol, 114, 164 |
| petted, 241 |
| ph., p., 211 |
| phantom, 231 |
| phenix, 225 |
| phenomena, 252 |
| phenomenons, 252 |
| phial, 223, 237 |
| phlegm-cutter, 100 |
| phone, n., 184, 188, 194; phone, v., 175, 185, 194, 281 |
| phoney, 176 |
| photo, n., 176; v., 175, 185 |
| physick, 230, 234 |
| P. I., 150 |
| pianist, 209 |
| piano, 215, 216 |
| pianola, 195 |
| pica, 132 |
| picayune, 94, 101, 122 |
| pickaninny, 54, 383 |
| picket, 223 |
| picco, 410 |
| picturesk, 247 |
| picturedom, 187 |
| picture-palace, 115 |
| picturize, 191 |
| pie, 26, 63, 115, 421 |
| pie-counter, 98 |
| piezelmietje, 418 |
| pifflicated, 100 |
| piffled, 100 |
| piggery, 114 |
| pigmy, 224, 237 |
| pike, 184 |
| piker, 191, 406 |
| pill, 129 |
| pillar-box, 115, 118 |
| pill-box, 369 |
| pimp, 150 |
| pine-knot, 57 |
| pinhead, 154, 175, 177 |
| pinozze, 411 |
| pinocle, 103 |
| pint, 122 |
| pipe del gasso, 411 |
| pipe-hospital, 194 |
| pipe-of-peace, 52 |
| piquenic, 404 |
| piquet, 223 |
| pisen, 315 |
| pismire, 149 |
| pissoir, 150 |
| pit, 54 |
| pitch-pine, 56 |
| pitcher, 26, 115, 171, 318 |
| placate, 59, 162 |
| place, n., 63, 358 |
| placer, 101 |
| plaguey, 39 |
| plaintiff, 234 |
| plane, 184 |
| planing-machine, 42 |
| plank, 98 |
| plank down, vp., 93 |
| plant, n., 70, 115 |
| planted to corn, 134 |
| plataforma, 405 |
| plate, 116 |
| platform, 98, 163, 405 |
| play ball, vp., 128 |
| played-out, 93 |
| play for a sucker, vp., 175 |
| play ’possum, vp., 93 |
| plaza, 101, 319, 359 |
| plead, 274 |
| pled, 277 |
| plebe, 185 |
| pled, 274 |