Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-05-29

SLANG AMONG IouNG MEN.-Ihe horatory
Titcomb recently exposed to rdicule and rebuke
the slang talk of fast or careless young wo-
man. y lecture by an English clergyman does
a like service for the corresponding habits of
young men in an equally effective style -
"The point to which have next to direct at
tenton is manlnesS in speech. There are many
young men who seem to consider it essential to
manliness, that they should be masters of slang.
The sporting world, like its brother, the swell
mob, has language of its own but this dog
English extends far beyond the sporting world.
1t comes with its hordes of barbarous words,
threatening the entire extinction of genuine Eng
ish Now Just listen for moment to our fast
young man. or the ape of a fast young man.
who thinks that to he man he must talk in
the dark phraseology of slang. If he does any
thing OH his own responsibility, he does it on
his own hook If he sees anything remark
ably good he calls it sumner the superla-
tive of which is a regular sumner If man
is requested to pay tavern bill, he is asked if
he will stand Sam p If he meets savage
looking dog, he calls him an ugly customer.
If he meets an eccentric man, he calls him a
rummy old cove A sensible man is a chap
that is up to snuff A man not remarkable for
ROOu StllSC Is IL cpoOii
stick his mother does not know he is out.
A doubtful assertion is TO be : told to the ma
rines An incredible statement is all gam
mon.' Our Young friend never scolds, but blows
up'-never pays, but stumps up'-never finds
it difficult to pay, but is hard up'-never feels
fatigued, but is used up He has no hat but
shelters his head beneath tile He wears
no neckcoth. but surrounds his throat with a
choker.' He lives nowhere, but there is some
place where he hangs out He never goes
away or withdraws, but he bolts'--he slopes
he mizzles'-he makes himself scarce-he
walks his chalks'-he makes tracks-he cuts
his stick'-or what is the same thing, he cuts
his lucky The highest compliment you can
pay him is TO tell him that he is a regular brick.
He does not profess to be brave, but he prides
himself on being plucky,' Money is word
which he has forgotten, but he talks good deal
about tin and the needful,' the rhino, and
the ready When man speaks, he spouts
when he holds his peace, he shuts up'-when
he is humiliatcd, he is taken down peg OF
two and made to sing small He calls his
hands paws, his legs pins To be perpleXed
is to be flummaxed-to be disappointed, is to
be dished'-to be cheated, is to be sold'-to
be cheated clearly is to be done brown What
soever is fine, is 'nobby'-whatsoever is shabby
is seedy-whatsocve is pleasant, is Jolly.
He saws blessed if he does this blowed if h,
does that hanged if he does the other thing
or he exclaims MY eyer my stars If yor
asked him which were his stars, he would bt
fummaxed.' Then he swears BY George
by the ppcr'-on select occasions he selects
the piper that played before Moses Now, {
good deal of this slang is harmless many o.
the terms are, think, very expressive; YET
there is much in slang that is Objectionable. Foi
example, as Archdeacon Hare observes in on.
of his sermons, the word governor, as applied
to father, is to be reprehended. Ihaye heard
young man call his father the relieving Off
oeir.' Does it not betray on the part of young
men great ignorance of the paternal and fl fila
relationships, orgreat contempt for themP Iheii