H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 24
| weren’t, 72 |
| Wesleyan, 115, 131 |
| westbound, 127 |
| West End, 127 |
| wet, 276 |
| whap, 39 |
| wharf, 405 |
| what, 296 |
| whatdyecallem, 365 |
| what ’ell, 153 |
| what the hell, 153 |
| wheatena, 196 |
| wheatlet, 195 |
| wheat-pit, 95 |
| whence, 307 |
| where, 81, 180, 307 |
| where’bouts, 307 |
| whip, n., 168 |
| whippletree, 116 |
| wie gehts, 104 |
| which, 296 |
| whichn, 297 |
| whiskey, 241 |
| whiskey-and-soda, 99 |
| whiskey-daisy, 99 |
| whiskey-sour, 26 |
| white elephant, 405 |
| white-lion, 26 |
| white-plush, 99 |
| white slave, 150 |
| whitewash, n., 42 |
| whitewash, v., 60 |
| white-wings, 117 |
| whither, 180, 307 |
| whittle, 68 |
| whizz-bang, 369 |
| who, 179, 180, 296 |
| whole-souled, 93 |
| whom, 179, 180, 257–180, 296 |
| whose, 296 |
| whosen, 296, 297 |
| wide, 305 |
| wiener, 103 |
| wienie, 103 |
| wienerwurst, 103 |
| wier, 57 |
| wierd, 246 |
| wife, 150 |
| wig, 184 |
| wigwam, 41, 52 |
| wild-cat, v., 95 |
| will, 178, 179, 270, 288, 289, 384 |
| willn’t, 72 |
| willow, 129 |
| wilt, v., 39, 68 |
| wimmen, 231, 232 |
| win, 276, 283 |
| wind, v., 193 |
| windfall, 41 |
| wind-up, 193 |
| wind up, vp., 193 |
| winned, 283 |
| wipe, n., 116 |
| wireless, v., 281 |
| wire-puller, 98 |
| wiseheimer, 199 |
| wish, v., 276 |
| wisht, 276 |
| witness-box, 116 |
| witness-stand, 116 |
| wiz, 184 |
| wize, 246 |
| wo, 231 |
| woe, 231 |
| woke, 275 |
| woken, 275 |
| wold, 57 |
| woman, 149 |
| women, 231, 232 |
| women’s singles, 141 |
| women’s wear, 141 |
| won, 276, 277, 284 |
| wonderful, 310 |
| won’t, 72, 289 |
| woodchuck, 52 |
| woods, 182 |
| woof, 219 |
| woolen, 222, 240 |
| woollen, 222, 241 |
| woozy, 194 |
| wop, 134, 333 |
| wore, 275 |
| workhouse, 115, 122 |
| workman, 144 |
| works, 115, 182 |
| worser, 309 |
| worshiper, 241 |
| would-a, 263, 317 |
| would’a, 313 |
| would of, 313 |
| would of gotten, 263 |
| would’ve, 313 |
| wound, v., 276 |
| wowser, 394 |
| wrang, 276 |
| wrangle, 190 |
| wrangler, 121 |
| wrassle, 316 |
| wrath, 70 |
| wrecking-crew, 97 |
| wrestle, 316 |
| wring, 276 |
| write, 276 |
| written, 276 |
| wrongd, 245 |
| wrote, 276 |
| wroten, 285 |
| wrung, 276 |
| xaktly, 398 |
| y, suf., 186 |
| yam, 126 |
| Yank, 185 |
| yank, v., 40, 92 |
| Yankee, 333 |
| yap, 134 |
| yards, 182 |
| ye, 180 |
| yeller, 318 |
| yellow-back, 160 |
| yellow-belly, 333 |
| yellow-journalism, 163 |
| yellow-press, 163 |
| yen, v., 108 |
| yes, 200, 256 |
| yes-indeedy, 107 |
| yestiddy, 318 |
| yet, 217 |
| yodel, 104 |
| yok-a-mi, 108 |
| Yom Kippur, 133 |
| you, 180, 291, 294, 298 |
| you-all, 267, 294 |
| you betcha, 165 |
| you bet your, 165 |
| young man, 133 |
| your, 291 |
| yourn, 291, 293 |
| yours, 293 |
| yous, 291, 294 |
| yu, 247 |
| yung, 247 |
| z, p., 73 |
| zeal, 231 |
| zeber, 232 |
| zebra, 232 |
| zeel, 231 |
| zowie, 365 |
| zubumt, 407 |
| zwei, 104 |
| zwieback, 104 |