Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-04


A lecture recently delivered in Cariisle, b. tie
/ Rev. A. Mursea, contained the following amusing
but instructive passage The point to which hsFs
next 70 direct attention, smaniless insPeech Ihers
are many young mea Who seen to consider & essen
tial 20 manlines5, that they should Be masters ol
/ slang. Nov just listen for moment 70 cur fass
young ma1, or the ape Of a fast young Eal. who
thinks that % Be max, be must speak in che dark
phraseology Of slang. Il be dsss anything On bis
own responsibility, he does Is en- his shook The
sees anything remarkably good, he calls it astun-
neEs The supsrlatVe Of Whichis regular simmer
If man Is requested to pay tavern bi he s asked
If he will "Sland Sam" II be meets q savage
looking dog, be calls him an ftugly customer" if
he meets aR eccentric nan, he calls aim orumny
old cove" A sensible nan Is q nehap that s. upt5
snuff" A man not remarkable for good sense IS g
'fcaks"-a fhat'-a i'spoon"-a sssti0E'-s'his
mother does not know he "a CUT doubtful asser-
ton Is to be ''told 70 The marines" An insrsisis
statement is call Cannon" Our young friend never
sccds bat isbloBs up'-nsFef psys. but ''ztuup1
up'-neEer dEds il difficult % psy, but q 'hsrdup
-nevsF fees fstigusi, bal 8 sussd up Ii has
no hat, bat shelters his head 5ensath "tiis- He
wears neeksloth, but surrounds his throat Hiiha
''oh0keF.R He lives nowhere, but there is some
place where be shaRgs cut" he never goes away
or WilhdraWs, but be ''bolts -he ''slcPe5 he
''mizzles'-hs ''makss himself ssarce"-ho 'Walks
his chalks'-hs amakes traoks''-ha tic1ts lie
sliek'-oF what Is he same thing, be Hcuis his
luokyF' The highest compliment you can pay him
is 70 tell him thar he is regular brick &c does
''plueky." Money is aW0rd which he has forgotten,
but he talks good deal about 'tin, SAD ithe
needfnl," fthe rhino," aud the ''ready Hhena
speaks he ''spouts' when he holds his peace,
be 'ishuts up-When be is Inundated, he E rtaken
down 9 peg or two" and smade 20 sing small he
calls his hands paws" his legs "pins." Tobsp5f
picked, Is to be ''fummaxed' 10 5e Disappointed
is 70 be ''dished-to be cheated, is 10 be sold -
70 be cheated olsVeFly 8t0 be ''done brown" Whst
soever is 6ne is 'snObby, '-WhatsoeVer % shabby,
is 'seedy, whatsoever is pleasant, is 'J0lly Re
says "Blesssd If he does this, t1b0Wed e be does
that" changed" If he does the ether things or he
s1claims s'5ly eyeip--s'my stars 70 IL Tou asked
him which we're his stars, he would be 'humnaxedr
Then he sgears, ''By Gsorge'-''by the PREF
select occasions be selects the piper thas played
before Moses" Now good deal Of this slang 8
harmlsss.--many Of The terms are think, very eZ-
pressiVe yet there is much in slang that is Obi ceod
able For example, as Arohdeaoon Hare observes
in Of bis sermons the word ''goV5rnoF" as
applied 10 father, is 10 be reprehendsd have
heard young man call his father the relieving
officer" Does il not bstray the part Of young
grsst ignorance Of the patsrnal and fiial reia-
iOuships, or great contempt for themG Their fstheT
Is to such young men merely goysrnor-meralY
the representative Of authority IRnOcsnty enough,
the expression is used BY thousands Of young men
who EeneEate and love their parents; but 0nll iuk
Of it, ami y0u win aiulit that lt - cold,
heartless word when thus applied, and enc shat
ought forthwith 20 be aband0ned-epira 81 hs
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