New-York tribune., 1892-01-07
Slang OF HIGH DEGREE.
From The Kansas City star.


Tho present age has tendency toward sacrificing
elegance for aptnesS in its daily converoo ana ~
dives rise TO many pop1ia pg & Viz 0 men VIII u
arp known SLANG The n w wqId i 'rs 1 = Si OBSCURE
slang whanger" IS noisy tni iD%n'an' % s'I'i ~
whose language is not of the Dest ana ,'d"- i'7oi
generally considered dlsreputoblc Eut there are Hlu
tiles classes. distinctions. and dnercnc@ syen IA III Nh
There Is the low, vulgar slng whose ViI-' - d ~ 80,
graded Above this is the di, ionary Na.T 'i h"o""
pedigree and traced descent. often chHsl'ai; oi.o
people fssrs seSeIsy Is saik X aroS"d c
sated,' especially in charAeier A.u va, t,@ and
npper crust meaning the higher Glass If ,ocleS'
which are said in the dictionary to- BE- from
"unper ten thousand" and tho latter calTAlns VIZ ~ ~ ~
the suggestive superiority OF tle ian'S 'op '"s' -
The @brlck, is merry citizen rarely one on me
simmer ten and usually grade or two bel3W % @ um'
d@dP4ty @PPsF Tny IA and sY laugh ee 9qsn as
world of'ea enI0yio ts iov S good feSw f and lacks
friends. Nm ~ T6askeTy hack tc h 51c q.ed tS GH Sick in
Sis T. an expression applied 10 an intoNcaied perso
nrobably from the fact that In that condition ne @ nern
feels as heavy and useless a. b"ch "o'u oo " WI"
The dickens does not come from the pane G%fns II me
genial nove't IL Go, but and T ncre Only polite
of saving the devil" WohSt calls u ar,fo Win
lection "To play the devil means % & '1 nnc and this
expresson is given in solemn seriousness p tuo s
old dictionary without gnS sn o' sSod Encs al
thougb II would not add TO the elegance oi u'""i"-
'Vo Pusssl BARTLETT In his dictionary OF Anerloa
isms is authority for the statement tit vi ~,
ni, ynasns nv himself or his own respNlSl'hIiN
and John Milton. stately and p'nderono; - M crol,
having originated the phrase "bN no,n vi =. ~ e.,
which means In anv by any methpo anu ~ ~
this way that Americans are sFusru =" WESTON fat
almighty dollar, this last he.Hg an eN!eIs7 1 - has
cred nv Washington Irving which - so a.' 'h"' " "'''
mar The modern use of the word rats a. an nterl"cunh
can hardly be explained. sometimes III IN" ,. s,n tbo
and is uttered diSlaYfully lust after to
cmax ~ an exaggerated statement sometimes IL ~
rsed to express disgust and If rigltlv n"tun.;;'
effective It's use noun naS y pile w 'ar ,tnx u'
sry OF slang as who deserts ms parry OF "'
among printers one who works AT less 'i'l oS''o"'"
lord Stanhope, also known as Lord Mahon an , tnis
,ixb Statesman and historian who dl"d IN le'o; wv
this interesting history coAc"rhhs !. ~" It, -, W,n
over some of the brown. that Is the ''rho Or NoI"S
r.,ts were first brought over to ms cnhlW w ",o .
timber il Is slid). and being much stronger 'n lno
black or till then the common I, uPN VI ~, T' ~ ~,
nom and verb to ratl frS aS we nave seen;
ered al the converts 70 the Government ri "eo'g" 'u
has bv degrees. obtained wider meaning ara cun'S
to he applied to any sudden ana mercen"N c''"S' j."
politics "a. ,.ouo.rro ovtor4 and
.ccoriinp 10 John J. ingalls, highest product on of
The human intellect, appear~ IN" sentence; - ah
escaned with the skin Of nv teeth which Is moerf'l
row escsne one 80 close be lust hv the thickness
Of the skin on the teeth which l. so INN ''' u" ~"
croscopist has vet been able ~ find IT, TO cast ~
tbe taeth, means to throw doan roorcacheS or n>tS
spefulv. one wouh CO. stone ~ IN" ,na
msnner Of an action full o. fcnziod fury tvpihed hv
biting and scratching when two belligerent ca's
make the fur fv.