The record-union., 1896-06-21
new WORDS.
They Are Not to be Found in the
Dictionary.
Their Origin is Unique, and Many Are
Fearfully and Wonderfully
Constructed.

Constructed.
There are 5000 English words that
are not found in the dictionary.
This discovery has been made by the
American Dialect Society, formed for
the propagation of pure English, says
| the New York Journal" The society
has a membership of over 800, among
j which are numbered many of the prom
inent philologists of the leading colleges
Of the country, foremost 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 office, which is situated
in New York, has received contribu-
tions from local clubs throughout the
| country which make it their business
to trace up the origin of new words,
and forward the result of their investi-
| cations to the central office. The prin
cipa1 purpose of the society is to get up
a dictionary which will contain as many
as possible of the newly coined words,
with their popular definition. With this
object in view the society recently is
| sued circular which was sent to col
leges all over the country, defining the
| scope OF the society, in part as follows:
| First-To ascertain and make pub
lie the fact that the word is used or
| supposed to be used in special or local
way.
| Second-To get reports from a suffi-
cient number of reliable observers in
different places to determine the ex-
| tent of such usage
| Third-To collate and publish the re-
suits.
This explanation followed it: 'It
would be possible, with a sufficient
number of reports, to 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
the central Office are as follows: Ball
up, core, cinch, coed, cram, crib, fiend,
funk, frat, freak, fresh, fruit, grind,
grub, horse, jolly, funch, hooko, play
horse with, pluck, play pony, prep,
| prime, quiz, ride, roast, sheepskin,
snap, stunt, trot, smast, spank, a
squabble, regular dingbat, smouch,
heap, way yonder, tote. yon coast, good
scope of land, fisty mean, fotch holp,
| squex, trying to get a chaw ON a fel
lar, cooster, potters around, do-ups for
preserves, spack for pork, lolly, slob,
scrammed, hunkersliding, quid, soger,
| dodunk, goober grubber, mommixed,
muxed up, galleyed, wuzzled.
| The American Dialect Society was or
ganized in 1888 The officers are:
Charles H. Grandgent of Cambridge,
Mass, President; Vice-President, Pro-
fessor Kittridge; Secretary, E. H. Bar
rett; Treasurer, Lewis F. Mott The
origin of some Of the words sent to the
society is unique. "Coof,'' for instance,
is the name Of an off-islander in Nan
tucket. On Mount Desert the summer
visitor is 'rusticrata," stupid Ver
monter is "dodunk," "goober grub
| ber' digs peanuts in Tennessee. When
a man is confused he is "mommixed"
| in Kentucky, he is a"muxed up" in OF
sego County, "galleyied" in New Bed
| ford "stodged" In Indiana, and "wuZ-
zled" in Central New York. II don't
| hurt fer it, means "I don't care" in
| Mississippi, while II don't mind it a
bit' implies terror In North Carolina,
where a great calamity is scandalous.
The sunset is day down on the Vir-
ginia coast. A man has large money"
| in Cincinnati, he has a'scuds of 1t in
| Missouri, and a session" of it in
Georgia When a Terre Haute citizen
is sullen he is "putchiky," and If too
weak to get out of bed is ION the lift"
while. ''pawky" Ohioan is one in poor
health, and a mentally weak Kentuck
| ian is slack twisted" "Hogo" is
strong storm in New Hampshire. where
a severe storm is tan toaster." Mis-
souri slush is "sposn." Green corn
remains "roast'n ear in Florida, even
when it Is canned, and there a cow
may give birth to yearling.
| Picturesque English is all around US
| in New York State. The society has
hardly touched the mine Of linguistic
richness under it's hand in this city.
Our watermen say that schooner is
| ''wung out" when she sails wing and
/ wing, and drug for drew, and
scope" for scraped are frequently
/ used.
| "Geeswax Christmas" and 'Pll be
dingswizzled" and "hornswoggled" are
used up the State to express amaze
ment The farmers of Orange and
| Sullivan Counties have practice of
making their maple syrup by melting
the sugar. This they call "alamagoos-
| leum." On Staten Island splendid is
"galloptious," tidbits are "manava-
lins," and to turn is to 'tarve." Pat
chogue says "noink" and SUNK" for
nothing and something" In the north
western part of the State, when two
| young hearts begin to beat as one,
| they are said to be 'scamuljugated."
| The Ithacan, on entering the house,
hangs up his Shock" his hat and coat.
The Otsego thief, when caught, looks
"meecking," or guilty, even when he
| has stolen a "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
still known as twenty shilling pieces"
| and silver dollars as hard tacks."
| There slouchy is "lopholly," sticky is
| "tacky," you are pushed" when you
are tired, 'you change OFF, when you
move, you "go large" when you are ex-
| travagant, you pronounce hoax as
| dissyllable, you 'pooster" about when
you are fussy, you are in yang" when
in a hurry, and when violent you do
things 'kabang," "kachunk," kafiop,"
| ''kaslam."
| In the Tennessee Mountains, streams
| flowing from the east are sunrise
waters" a mule that you can trust is
"a confidential mule" railroad train
| is a smoke wagon" kiss is
.ssmouch,' cheese is a plural with
singular chez, sugar is 'sweetening,"
but molasses is long sweetening,"
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