The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-03-29
CHE 1emorrat-S Sta,
REHARKs ABoUF WORDS,
Derivation and Use Of ssme sf On, r..
Day Terms.
Hartford Globe.

Now, boys" said a Sunt.
school teacher, "who can tell
where the resi- Of The people va a'
when Noah and his family w..
Into the ark o. 'sn'
Il know p exclaimed a ron.
newsboy. %
Where were they?'
"ln de SOUPS he answered
The answer was not PERTAINS q,
actly what the teacher exrec,aa
but u described The situaiion
humanity at that time in a s,vI.
best adapted 10 the boys comb
pension.
To be chic in conyersatio,o
an attribute much admired in 81
ther The man or the woman of g..
ciety. A generous sprinklinr :,
slang Is permitted 10 enliyen tho
small talk of the hour, and a new
phrase that Is suggestive is wal.
coined with positive delight. Thu
latest that falls on the ear viii
somewhat odd effect Is sin tba
sonp." The expressian is AN eIon.
gated form of The popular "Ief y
The unsuccessful suItor. The ID.
feated political candidate. The "ay.
plodedo financial venture. IN.
overturned market basket. il
short, mishsps and disappointment,
OF all kinds, r described as 1In
the soup"
This phrase, which is supposed
10 be novel, ssYOrs strongly Of tho
expression in a pickIe.n or Gin
a Stew The use of he new term
promises TO be as widespread and
lasting as The older ones, filling a.
does a long felt want in the Eng.
Iish language.
there Is, of course, great obiec.
ion TO The use of slang in CONVEX
'atlon, especially as a steady diet
0ut one OF our most prominent
rrlierS has denominaled slang a.
he recruits of a language. and the
conclusion would appear correct
rom the avidity with which the
1lbilc accept an applicable term
nd use it. A glance ut hundreds of
in use at The time iustifes
he assertion.
There are many words, such as
'oycooiling, hustling. etc. which
re received as valuable additions
our language. Dude aad boon,
re two very comprehensive words,
'hlch will be found in future die.
innaries. BY the way, an Ilern is
ding The rounds credited to the
BOSTON Herald, and speaking of
boom" rs New American word.
robably suggested by The boom
T IA cannon" We expect Ia find
lore reliable information Than that
| Il Hub journal, published in the
ihenS OF America. They might
) well Try 10 trace lis derivation
The boom of a schooner. The
ct Is, II comes from a logging
rm, a boom being a mass of logs
down stream on a spring
eshet.
One of the very latest additions
our vocabulary of slang terms is
e expression "OntO your curves
originates from the baseball
ed, and when you Try 10 borrow
live and a man tells you he is on.
your curves you Will know what
means, for q batsman that is
ITO the curves of a pitcher is the
Ie that hits the ball for a four.
The word "whiskers" is A
lnderful thing. For some inscru-
bic reason The great American
Iblic have decided that the word
hIskers" is irresIstably comical,
d The poorest. comedian can in.
)duce 1t into The fiattest song and
lTe a hit, especially if anything
limited at about the breeze sigh.
: through, etc. EBen the most
mote allusiou produces a singu.
effect, and an Audience has
EN- thrown INTO commissions of
on hearing a man tell of
lung the wind tamper with his
nchillys." Pat Rooney is the
Jposed sponsor of The word, and
has a high position in the theat-
al vocabulary.
A short time ago the word "pot.
HOPPER" was used, and a school
cher objected TO it as slang.
e one who used 1t commended
t 1t sQueen's English, and
erred her TO any dictionary. A
nee at Webster's showed the
rd there and defined as "a voter
certain bOroughs in England
all who boil (wallOp) a pot
entitled TO vote" A similar
N in this country is the "mat.
IS voter OF New York, /. e., men
ostensibly live at two or three
erent places about election time.
his ignorance of the correct
OF words is more univer-
than one would suppose.
uld you ask a person the mean
of "iranspire' he would say it
mt TO happen" and il would be
hard 10 make him believe that
cant ito sweat" He would be
live that it is you who are
ng, thinking you have the two
ds perspire and transpire
ed up But when they hunt
The word they will be con-
ed. Ask a person the mean
of ~llvid0 and they will say
CHASTITY" they are surprised
1t means black and blue.
word ''lurid" is also very
misunderstood. The