The new words (with their definitions) which Dr. Viztelly exposed to public view for the purpose of testing their popularity, and which were incorporated by the progress sive Chicago lawyer in a neat lit-lows tle summing-up speech, are as fol-
ich one has never seen but which he tries to no rood, as, "a bogus' cheque,"
CHAFFSUS=—A woman who resorts to banter or chaff; Dinxua—Real, genuine, Used in America to describe pre-war whisky, chief; Mpnvta—That section of Paris frequented by midinettes; Woourex—A synthetic fibre sometimes used as an adulterant of wool SEXTACIES—The awakening of sex appeal; Swiari1—a synthetic fibre; SronrsscraPaNa—a book of, sports clippings; ToctRA—An anagram minted fon Turkish coin consisting of the letters of the name of the Sultan Selim ILL.
PiTitacker—Winning name submitted in a competition for a new name to describe one who is cruel to animals. Other names submitted in this competition were were Bratan, Swunk, Bratos, Comparatively few of the new words appearing every day get past the dictionary editors whose duty to sift and sort the new -comexs. The process by which many of the new.words enter the dictionaries is complicated enough but the final test usually is that of popularity.
According to Dr. Vistelly there sxe from one to one and a quarter rfilion words inthe English lan-ction prohibited without permission.
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