H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 20
| sidewalk, 15, 18, 57, 116, 127 |
| sideways, 182 |
| siding, 420 |
| sience, 246 |
| sierra, 101 |
| silk-stocking, 124 |
| silvan, 246 |
| silver, 116 |
| silver-fizz, 26 |
| simp, 184 |
| sinagog, 246 |
| sing, 275, 278 |
| single-track mind, 97 |
| sink, v., 275 |
| siphon, 223 |
| siren, 223, 237 |
| sissors, 246 |
| sit, 275, 282, 285 |
| sitten, 285 |
| sitting-room, 118 |
| siv, 247 |
| sjante, 414 |
| skeedaddle, 96, 163 |
| skeer, 316 |
| skeerce, 316 |
| skeptic, 224 |
| skibby, 333 |
| skiddoo, 107, 411 |
| skin, n., 99; v. 275 |
| skookum, 200 |
| skun, 275, 277 |
| skunk, 51, 160, 191 |
| sky-scraper, 406 |
| slack, v., 362 |
| slacker, 362, 366 |
| slam the pill, vp., 367 |
| slang, v., 275 |
| slangwhanger, 40 |
| slanguage, 186 |
| slate, 98, 117 |
| sled, 116 |
| sledge, 116 |
| sleek, 316, 218 |
| sleep, v., 32, 275 |
| sleeper, 97, 114, 184 |
| sleep good, vp., 136 |
| sleigh, 50, 116 |
| slep, 318, 275, 280 |
| slick, 81, 316, 218 |
| slid, 275 |
| slide, v., 275 |
| slily, 240 |
| slightly-used, 144 |
| slim, 94 |
| sling, n., 99; v., 99 |
| slip, n., 61, 405 |
| slipper, 63 |
| slipt, 280 |
| slit, v., 282, 275 |
| slitted, 275, 282 |
| sliver, 218 |
| slog, v., 223, 225 |
| slogger, 225 |
| s’long, 319 |
| slopped, 100 |
| slosh, 223, 225 |
| slow, 306 |
| slow down, 181 |
| slowly, 306 |
| slug, n., 223; v., 225 |
| slumgullion, 96 |
| slung, 275 |
| slush, 223, 225 |
| slush-fund, 199 |
| small, 94 |
| small pearl, 132 |
| small pice, 132 |
| small-potatoes, 41, 95 |
| small-wares, 115 |
| smart, 39 |
| smash, 99 |
| smearcase, 54 |
| smearkase, 251 |
| smell, v., 275 |
| smelt, v., 275 |
| smited, 276 |
| smith, suf., 194 |
| smithereens, 105 |
| smoker, 184 |
| smoke-room, 116 |
| smoking-room, 116 |
| snake, 124 |
| snake-fence, 95 |
| sneak, v., 275 |
| sneez, 245 |
| sneezd, 245 |
| snicker, n., 224; v., 254 |
| snew, 277 |
| snigger, v., 224, 254 |
| snitz, 104 |
| snoop, 60 |
| snoot, 317 |
| snooted, 100 |
| snout, 317 |
| snowed, 277 |
| snow-plow, 57 |
| snuck, 275 |
| so, 314 |
| soap-boxer, 147, 187 |
| S. O. B., 150 |
| sob-sister, 190 |
| soccer, 128 |
| social disease, 150, 151 |
| sockdolager, 96 |
| socket, 405 |
| sock-suspenders, 114, 118 |
| sodalicious, 196 |
| soda-mint, 195 |
| soe, 231, 232 |
| soft-drinks, 99, 116 |
| soirée, 249 |
| sold, 274 |
| soli, 252 |
| solicitor, 125 |
| solid, 61 |
| so long, 319 |
| solos, 252 |
| sombrero, 15, 101 |
| some, 136, 362 |
| someone else’s, 304 |
| someone’s else, 304 |
| some place, 182 |
| some pumpkins, 41 |
| somethin’, 318 |
| something’s up, 188 |
| somewhere, 182 |
| somewheres, 307 |
| somewheres else, 182 |
| son-in-laws, 308 |
| son-of-a-bitch, 154 |
| son-of-a-gun, 154, 411 |
| sonora, 196 |
| sons-in-law, 308 |
| soon, 219 |
| soondáe, 405 |
| soot, 219, 231, 232 |
| sophomore, 57, 121 |
| söpperéter, 412 |
| soprani, 251 |
| sopranos, 252 |
| sorgum, 247 |
| sörpreis-parti, 414 |
| sort’a, 313 |
| s o s, v., 192 |
| sot, 274 |
| sotterraneo, 410 |
| sottopressatori, 410 |
| soul-mate, 188 |
| sound, n., 125 |
| souper, 249 |
| sour, n., 99 |
| sour-braten, 103 |
| soused, 100 |
| soveran, 232 |
| sovereign, 232 |
| sovren, 247 |
| sow, n., 149 |
| sox, 248 |
| space-rates, 124 |
| spa, 217 |
| spaghetti, 199 |
| spake, 279 |
| spalpeen, 105 |
| span, n., 54, 279; v., 279, 275 |
| spanner, 115 |
| spat, 279, 282 |
| speak, 279 |
| speak-easy, 100 |
| speaking-tour, 124 |
| spearmint, 195 |
| special, v., 192 |
| speciality, 253, 254 |
| speciality, 253 |
| specie, 308 |
| specific blood-poison, 150 |
| specific stomach, 152 |
| specific ulcer, 152 |
| speck, 104 |
| sped, 282 |
| speed, v., 275, 282 |
| speeded, 275, 282 |
| speeder, 282 |
| speeding, 282 |
| speed-limit, 282 |
| speed-mania, 282 |
| speed-maniac, 282 |
| speedway, 358 |
| spell, v., 275 |
| spelling-bee, 57 |
| spelt, 275 |
| spera, 203 |
| spick, 333 |
| spiel, 319 |
| spieler, 108 |
| spigot, 116 |
| spiggoty, 333 |
| spill, v., 275 |
| split, 275 |
| spin, v., 275, 279 |
| spit, v., 275, 279, 282 |
| spittoon, 144 |
| splendiferous, 196 |
| splendor, 221 |
| splendour, 221, 227 |
| splinter-bar, 116 |
| split one’s sides, vp., 107 |
| split-ticket, 98, 124 |
| split a ticket, vp., 98 |
| splurge, n., 92 |
| splurge, v., 92 |
| spoil, v., 275 |
| spoilt, 275 |
| spoke, v., 279 |
| spondulix, 96, 163 |
| sponge, 116 |
| spoof, 153 |
| spook, 219 |
| spool, 115 |
| spool of thread, 118 |
| sporting-house, 150 |
| spot, v., 279 |
| sprang, 275, 279 |
| spread, v., 281 |
| spread-eagle, 95 |
| spreaded, 282 |