The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-21
None Of them are to be Found in
the Dictionary.
ORIGIN is SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.
Many ofThsm arc Fsarfally aud Won.
: dsrfally straotsd-Amorloan Dialect
Society Makes several Interesting Dts.
sOvsrtes In this Connection, hat the
Field Is saia to Hardly Have Been
Touched Is Yet.

American Dialect Society, formed for
the propagation Of pure English, says
the New York Journal The society
has a membership Of over three hun
drcd, among which are numbered many
OF the prominent phIlologIsts Of the
leading colleges OF the country, fore
most among them being Professors
Child and Lanmar, Of Harvard; Price,
Of Columbia; Wheeler. OF Cornell, and
Elliott and Bright. OF Johns Hopkins
University
The central ONCE, which Is situated
In New York. has received contrlbu-
tons from local clubs throughout tho
country, which make 1t their business
to trace up the origin OF new words,
and forward the result OF their inVesti-
cations to the central oftios. The prin-
cIpal purpose OF the society Is to get
up dictionary which will contain Hs
many Us possible Of the newly coined
words, with their popular definition.
With this object In view, the society
recently issued a circular which was
sent to colleges all over the country,
defining the scope OF the society, in
part as follows:
First-To ascertain and make public
tho fact that the word Is used, or sup
posed to be used, In a special or local
second-ro got reports from a sum
Client number OF reliable observers in
different places to determine the extent
OF such usage.
suits. ~
would be possible, with sufficient
number Of reports, 10 indicate on an
outline map OF the United States the
exact area where each word or usage
which we Investigate Is current. We
have actually begun on such a plan"
A few OF the words already sent to
tho central once arc US follows; Bail
up, core, cInch, coed. cram. crib, hend,
hunk, frat, freak, fresh, fruit. grind.
grub, horse, Jolly, funCh. ho0ko, play
horse with, pluck, play pony, prep,
prime, quiz, ride, roast. sheepSkin.
snap, stunt. trot. smart, spank, a SQUAD
bic. n regular dingbat, smouch, heap.
way yonder. tote, yon coast, good scope
OF lind, flsty mean. fotch hnlp' SqVe1'
trying to get chaw on feilar, coost-
er, pottets around, do.nus for preserves.
spack for pork, Jolly, slob, scrammed,
n kR
EoOber ErubheF. monluliXed, mu&ed up.
galIeyled, wuzzled
Tho American Dialect Society was or
ganized in 1855. The officers are Charles
II. Grundgent, OF Cambridge. Mass,
president: vice president, Professor
KltttIdEe; secretary, f. II. Barrett;
treasurer. Lewis +, Mott. The origin
Of some OF the words sent to the society
is unique. ''Coof," far instance, Is the
name OF an off-Islandcr in Nantucket.
on Mount Desert the summer visitor is
a ''rlsticrRtn," stupid Vermonter IS
'dodunk," a "Eoober Grubber' digs pea
nuts In Tennessee. When man Is con-
fused he Is 'mommixed" In Kentucky
he Is ''muxed up" In otsego county:
''Enlleyled" in New Bedford, "stodged
in ind{nna, and "wnB1ied" IN central
New York. 'I don't hurt fer IT. means
II don't care" in Mississippi, while II
don't mind It bit" implies terror in
North Carolina, where great calamity
is RcandaIous. The sunset Is day
down. on the Virginia coast. a man
I,aS 'IarEe money" IN Cincinnati, he hoS
''gcuds" Of It in Missouri, and q "ses-
RIon" Of It in Georgia. When Terre
HRute citizen Is aullen'he 10 'putchiky,
and II ton weak to get out OF BED is on
the lift" while a ''pawly" Ohioan IS
ono in poor health, and a mentally weak
Kentuckian is slack twisted. "Hogo'
IS a strong smell In New Hampshire,
whore a severe storm Is tan toaster,
Missouri glush is "sposh." Green corn
remains 'roast'n ear" in Florida, even
when It Is canned. and there O COW may
give birth to a yearlinS.
Picturesque English Is all around US
in New York state. The society has
hardly touched the mine Of linguistic
richness under its hand in this city.
Our R,ateFmen say that Q schooner ts
.'wunH out" when abe sails wing and
wing, and drug for drew, and scope"
for Bcrapcd are frequently used.
"Geeswax Christmas" and TN be
dingswISzIed" and ''hornswoggled" arc
used up tho state to express amaze
ment The farmers OF Orange and
Sullivan counties have a practice OF
making their maple syrup by melting
the sugar This they call "alamngoo8-
ICun." on Staten Island, splendid IL
'GslloptIouS," tldbits are "manGya-
Inns" and to turn is TO "tarye."
PatchoEie says ''nolnk'' and SUNK
for nothing and something. In the
northwestern part Of tho state, when
two young hearts begin to beat as one.
thew are said to be "BcamuituEAted.
The ithacan, IN entering the house,
h0ngB'up his Shock" his hat and coat.
The OtFGgO thief, when caught, looks
"meecNinK," or guilty, even when nc
has stolen n mere Smitch," very
small quantity. Quarter eagles must be
more common IN the central part Of the
state than in the city, for they are stu
known as "twcnty-shIllInE pieces" and
silver dollars nB "hnrd tnck." There
giouchy Is ''lopholly," sticky Is "tncky,"
yOu nFe "bushed" when you are tired,
YOU "chnnge on" when you move, you
Ego large" when you are eXtravnRHnt,
YOU pronounce hoax nB dlssyllablc,you
''poogter" about when you IRE fuSBy,
Won nre in a yang" when In hurry,
and when violent you do things 'kn-
bang" "kachunk." "kalop." "knslam."
In the Tennessee mOuutnlHs streams
flowing from the east are "sunrise wa
ters," a mule that you can trust Is n
confidential mule" n RAILROAD train Is a
'pmoke wagon" kiss 10 q "smouch,"
cheese is n plurni with singular chee,
sugar Ia "swcetenlng," but moInBScs Ia
siIoDT swectenIng," a man subject 10 fits
n ''fHned." and very much Ia heap
GiRht" or n good few" or "snmo sew
erni" or way ynnder" A mdn points
10 n hillside and tells you that he lives
on Won coast" and has good Soonc Of
land" He greets you with How do
YOU come on?" and nsIts you to come in
ana rest your INIT" A Toothbrush" to
him means a snuIf stick, "iif' means
cross, "juborous" tImId, "fsty" mem.
"DopuIRr" stylish. His past lenses nre
"fotch" and "hOlp" and "sccd" aud
'guuez" and "sw0lc." He tells you that
"gIcknegE il might Interruptln'," that 1t
"a IN Rogh wet spell" and hits too my
Uoodnrss cold" that he haa "the boat
enest boy and t8lkcncst old woman ever
YOU see," and that that Young illrt Is
"tryin' to get chAw on n felleF."
The Rty-bakCd or stny-nt-homc Jer.
aey matron "cOOaters" or "potterF"