Lollygagging
Beetle Bailey looks up a word.
Abyssinia
I had a pleasantly disorienting moment while doing yesterday’s Newsday crossword. The puzzle was by Stan Newman; the theme, “Famous Last Words.” 28-A, nine letters, “Last word (1920s).” The answer: ABYSSINIA.
Deevie and diskey
Slang of the smart set, from Robertson Davies’s What’s Bred in the Bone.
Word of the day: smellum
I startled slightly when I saw today’s Henry.
Downton Abbey stuff
The young Crawleys are a colloquial avant-garde.
Variety language
STICKS NIX HICK PIX.
Okay, swell, lousy
Slang and I Love Lucy.
Regency-era slang
“Having just typed eh wot? in a comment, I felt compelled to look and learn a little more.”
Word of the day: boss-A
Boss-A! A word of my childhood.
To corpse
A bit of theatrical slang
Does anyone still say "fly"?
I was wondering . The answer, it seems, is "Yes." See here: Hot Hot Heat: A graphical dissertation on the number one song in America ( Vill...