H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.
List of Words and Phrases 9
| fix, v., 134 |
| fix’n, 407 |
| fizz, n., 99 |
| fizzle, v., 60 |
| fizzle out, vp., 93 |
| flag, v., 97 |
| flagman, 97 |
| flanellette, 187 |
| flabussce, 411 |
| flang, 273 |
| flap-jack, 67 |
| flare up, vp., 39 |
| flat, n., 127 |
| flat-boat, 95 |
| flat-car, 97 |
| flat-footed, 32, 93, 163 |
| flat-house, 127 |
| flavor, 221 |
| flavorous, 227 |
| flavour, 221, 227 |
| flem, 246 |
| fletcherize, 191 |
| flew, 273 |
| flier, 144 |
| fling, v., 273 |
| floater, 98 |
| floe, 218 |
| floor-walker, 114, 144 |
| floozy, 196 |
| flop-flop, 108 |
| flow, v., 273, 218 |
| flowed, 273 |
| flu, 184, 365 |
| fluctuation, 225 |
| flume, 15, 15 |
| flung, 273 |
| flunk, 186 |
| flunk out, vp., 39 |
| flurry, 96 |
| fluxation, 225 |
| fly, v., 273 |
| fly off the handle, vp., 60 |
| fly-time, 42, 43 |
| f. o. b., 189 |
| foes, 245 |
| fonograf, 246, 247 |
| font, 222 |
| food, 219 |
| foot-hill, 56 |
| footpath, 116, 117 |
| foots, 185 |
| force, n., 42 |
| foregather, 224, 240 |
| forego, 224, 226 |
| foren, 247 |
| forfit, 247 |
| forget, 273 |
| forget it, 16 |
| forgo, 224, 240 |
| forgot, 273 |
| forgotten, 273 |
| fork, n., 41, 56, 352 |
| for keeps, 128, 384 |
| fork over, vp., 39 |
| form, n., 120, 169, 170, 222 |
| forme, 237, 222 |
| formulæ, 251 |
| for rent, 168 |
| forsake, 273 |
| forsaken, 273 |
| forsook, 273 |
| fortnight, 132 |
| forty-rod, 100 |
| forward-looker, 423 |
| forwards, 182, 307 |
| fosfate, 247 |
| fotch, 273 |
| foto, 247 |
| fotograf, 246, 247 |
| fought, 273 |
| foul, v., 128 |
| found, 263–273, 278 |
| fount, 222 |
| four-flusher, 128, 191 |
| fowl-run, 113 |
| fox-fire, 67 |
| fox-trot, 103, 405 |
| fragile, 218 |
| fraim-hus, 414 |
| frame-house, 57, 414 |
| frame-up, 190, 193 |
| France, 214 |
| franchize, 246 |
| frankfurter, 103 |
| Franzosen, 333 |
| frat, 121, 184 |
| fraternal-order, 114 |
| fraz, 279 |
| frazzle, n., 160 |
| frazzle, v., 166 |
| frazzled, 100 |
| free-lunch, 26 |
| freez, 245 |
| freeze, v., 273, 279 |
| freeze on to, vp., 93, 366 |
| freight, 114 |
| freight-agent, 114 |
| freight-car, 15, 97, 114 |
| freight-elevator, 114 |
| French, 334 |
| French letter, 334 |
| frend, 247 |
| fresher, 121 |
| freshet, 62 |
| freshman, 121 |
| frez, 279 |
| friendly-society, 114 |
| frier, 119 |
| frijole, 202 |
| Fritzie, 368 |
| friz, 273, 278, 279 |
| frock-coat, 119 |
| frog, 36, 97, 114, 216, 333, 369, 370 |
| froggy, 333 |
| frolick, 230, 234 |
| frolicksome, 234 |
| frontier, 209 |
| froze, 273 |
| frozen, 273, 279 |
| fruitaria, 421 |
| fruit-store, 420 |
| fruttistenne, 411 |
| fulfill, 210 |
| full-house, 128 |
| full-stop, 115 |
| fun, 108 |
| funds, 123 |
| funeral, 147 |
| funeral-director, 144 |
| funeralize, 89, 91, 191 |
| funny, 310 |
| funny-bone, 114 |
| furlo, 246 |
| fuse, n., 224, 226, 237 |
| fuze, 224, 237 |
| g,p., 72, 210, 318, 328, 330 |
| gabfest, 199 |
| gage, 233 |
| gag-rule, 98, 124 |
| gage, 225 |
| gaiety, 224, 240 |
| galoot, 95 |
| gang, 401 |
| gangster, 406 |
| ganof, 198, 319 |
| gantlet, 222 |
| ganze, 132 |
| ganz gut, 104 |
| gaol, 224, 225, 231, 236, 237, 239, 240 |
| gaoler, 236 |
| garage, 217 |
| garantee, 246 |
| garbage-man, 117 |
| gard, 246 |
| garden, 113, 127 |
| garden-party, 201 |
| garters, 114 |
| garter-snake, 56 |
| gas, 184, 191 |
| gasolene, 224 |
| gasoline, 114, 224 |
| gastly, 246 |
| gate-money, 128 |
| gather, 217 |
| gator, 185 |
| gauge, 233 |
| gauntlet, 222 |
| gauz, 245 |
| gave, 283 |
| gavot, 245 |
| gayety, 224 |
| gay Quaker, 41 |
| gazet, 245 |
| gazabo, 101 |
| G. B., 189 |
| ge, pref., 96 |
| gedämätscht, 398 |
| gedscheest, 398 |
| gedschumpt, 398 |
| gee-whiz, 153 |
| geezer, 191 |
| geflop, 96 |
| gehm, 398 |
| gemütlichkeit, 249 |
| general, 138 |
| generally, 307 |
| gentil, 251 |
| gentleman, 141 |
| gentleman-author, 141 |
| gentleman-clerk, 141 |
| gentleman-cow, 149 |
| gentleman-player, 141 |
| gentleman-rider, 141 |
| gepliesht, 398 |
| gerrymander, n., 98, 124, 161, 186 |
| ges, 246 |
| gesundheit, 104 |
| get, 71, 217, 272, 273 |
| get ahead of, vp., 93 |
| get a move on, vp., 34 |
| get-away, 15 |
| get away with it, vp., 365 |
| get by, vp., 366 |
| get it in the neck, vp., 384 |
| get-out, 15 |
| get solid with, vp., 93, 175 |
| get sore, vp., 384 |
| get the bulge on, vp., 93 |
| get the deadwood on, vp., 93 |
| get the drop on, vp., 93 |
| get the hang of, vp., 40 |
| get wise, vp., 384 |
| ghella, 411 |
| ghenga, 410 |
| ghetto, 147 |
| ghiroppe, 410 |
| give, 193 |
| give out, vp., 193 |
| gide, 246 |
| gift-shop, 168 |
| gild, 246 |
| gillotin, 232 |