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acquaintun ppl adj • [Perh back-formation from acquaintance or acquainting]
ad ax n • [ad back-formation from adz taken as pl + ax]
adz n (pronc) • by back-formation, |æd|
aild v tr • [Back-formation from ailded]
airify v • [Prob back-formation from airified, but cf -ify]
all-fire n • [Back-formation from all-fired adj or adv]
alterated ppl adj • [..perh *alterate (back-formation from alteration) + -ed]
antigod(d)le v • [Var of antigogle or back-formation < antigodlin]
antigogle v • [Prob back-formation < antigoglin]
apee n • [Back-formation from Fr épice, understood as pl..]
appendic n • [Sg back-formation from appendix taken as pl]
appleknock v • [Back-formation < appleknocker]
applicate v • [Back-formation from application, perh infl by supplicate]
arnick n • [Prob back-formation from onyx as if it were pl]
basting big adj phr • [..back-form from baster + big]
bay v • [Perh back-form of bait v 3 understood as past tense]
beef n A1 • rarely, by back-formation from pl, beeve
bock n4 • [..perh back-formation of box a blow, buffet]
book-keep v • [Back-formation from bookkeeper]
botherate v • [Back-formation from botheration n]
bullace n 1 • by back-formation, bully
charter v • [Prob back-form from chartered]
cheese n A • hence back-formed sg chee
Chinee n2 • [Back-formation from Chinese..]
clodhop n • [Back-formation from clodhopper]
clumse n • [Prob back-form < clumsy..]
cohabitate v • [Back-formation from cohabitation]
combinate v • [Back-formation from combination]
confident v • [Perh back-formation from confidence v..]
conjunct v • [Prob back-formation from conjunction]
connip v • [Back-formation of conniption..]
consolate v • [Prob a back-formation from consolation]
consumpted ppl adj • [*consumpt v, back-formation from consumption]
contage v • [Back-formation from contagious or contagion]
convene v • [Prob back-formation from convenient]
corn v 2 • [Back-formation from corned]
corp n • [Back-formation from corpse, understood as pl]
cose v • [Back-formation from cosy]
crow n2 • [Back-formation from croze, taken as pl]
cuckold v • |ˈkʌkəl| (by back-formation, |ˈkʌkəld| being taken as pret)
dare v A2 • [These forms..represent..back-formation from the negative da(r)snt..]
dare v A3 • [Back-formation from A2 above..]
deparch v • [Back-formation from departure]
dinge n1 • [Back-formation from dingy adj]
dinge up v phr • [Back-formation from dingy soiled, discolored]
distant n • [Prob back-formation from distance, analyzed as pl distants]
diz v • [Prob back-formation from dizzy]
dog rob v phr • [Back-formation from dog robber]
double-head v 1 • [Back-formation from doubleheader 1]
dowd n • [..perh a recent back-formation from dowdy..]
dressmake v • [Back-formation from dressmaker]
drib n • [Prob back-formation from dribble, driblet..]
embarras n • *embarra sg (by back-formation)
farsee v • [Perh back-formation from far-sight; prob infl by foresee]
farth adj, adv • [Back-formations from farther, farthest, further, furthest]
fertili n • [Back-formation from fertilize n, understood as pl]
flinder v1 • [..perh US use is an independent back-formation from flinders 1]
flock n • [Back-formation from phlox understood as pl]
flommuck n • [Back-formation from flummox n, taken as pl]
folk n B1a • [Back-formation from pl folks]
frivol v • [Back-formation from frivolous]
frow v • [Perh back-formation from frowy adj1]
galak v • [Back-formation from galax, understood as pl]
gald v • [Back-formation from galded, pleonastic past pple of gall..]
gamle v • [Prob back-formation from gamlin stick..]
ginger adj • [Back-formation from gingerly adv..]
glab v • [Perh back-formation from glabber infl by gab..]
hifalute v • [Back-form from highfalutin]
ho n • [Back-formation from hose understood as pl..]
hot log v • [Prob back-formation from hot logging]
housekeep v • [Back-formation from housekeeping or housekeeper]
husk n B7a • [Prob back-formation from husky adj robust, powerful..]
-ie suff2 • [Prob back-formation from -ies 1]
instant n • [..perh back-formation from instance understood as instants]
interpretate v • [Back-formation from interpretation]
jerk v2 • [Back-formation from jerky n2, or directly from AmSpan charquear < charqui]
jink n3 • [Perh back-formation from jinx]
jink v 2 • [..perh back-formation from jinx to bring bad luck upon]
jinked ppl adj • [..perh back-formation from jinx to bring bad luck upon]
lamentate v • [Back-formation from lamentation..]
lant n • [Prob back-formation from lance, interpreted as lants..]
license n 1 (pronc) • by back-formation, sg |ˈlaɪs%Un|, pronc-spp licen, lysun
link n • [Back-formation from lynx understood as pl]
maltee n, adj • [Back-formation from Maltese]
mayonnaise n (pronc) • proncs |ˈmeəne, ˈmaɪneɪ| are prob back-formations from |ˈmeənez| understood as pl
middlebuster n 1 • by back-formation, v middlebust (MAP)
mirate v • [Back-formation from miration]
mize v • [Back-formation from miser]
norate v • [Prob back-formation from noration..]
pea n2 • [Prob back-formation from..peise understood as pl]
peeler n2 2 • [..back-formation..]
perspirate v • [Back-formation from perspiration..]
pinhook v • [Prob back-formation from pinhooker]
polonay n • [Back-formation from polonaise..]
Portuguese n, adj • back-formation based on understanding the final [-z] as a plural marker
possum hunt v phr • [Back-formation from vbl n phr possum hunting..]
roe v • [Perh by back-formation from roed full of roe (OED2 1611 ➝)]
sandbakkels n • Also sandbakkelse, sandbakkel (back-formation from sandbakkels, understood as pl)
scaredy adj • [Perh by back-formation from scaredy-cat..]
schnitz n1 • by back-formation, sg snit a slice. (MAP)
self-sown adj phr • by back-formation, v self-sow; n self-seeder. (MAP)
shaft n 1 (pronc) • by back-formation from pl shavs..|šæv|
sharecrop v • [Back-formation from sharecropper]
sheaf n • by back-formation sheave(MAP)
souse v1 B8 • [Appar back-form from soused drunk]
snort v • [Perh back-formation < snorting pen, ~ post 1]
specie n • [Back-formation from species..]
spike pitcher n • by back-formation, v phr spike pitch, vbl n spike pitching
squawed adj • rarely, by back-formation, v squaw to make crooked
staunch n • [Prob back-formation from sta(u)ncheons..]
stringhalt n A • [..stringhalter..back-formation from stringhaltered (at stringhalted)]
stump-broke adj • by back-formation, verbs stump-break, stump-train
sull v • [Back-formation < sullen understood as sullin(g)] (MAP)
sulter v • [..perh back-formation from sultry]
surl v • [Back-formation from surly]
tale-tell v • [Back-formation from tale-teller, tale-telling]
tamale n1 • [Back-formation from MexSpan tamales, pl of tamal..] (MAP)
transportate v • [Back-formation from transportation..]
trough n A5 (pronc) • [Prob back-formation from [trɔz] as reduced form of [trɔvz] or [trɔðz]..]
tush adj • [Prob by back-formation from tush hog]
unthoughted adj • rarely, by back-formation, adj thoughted thoughtful
windjammer n • by back-formation, v windjam
you-un pron • [Prob by back-formation from you-uns pron1 1]
Bahamian; Dictionary of Bahamian English
conch n • [Bahamian Engl conch a native Bahamian (DBE 1804➝)..]
coonah n • [..cf..DBE Junkanoo]
cut-eye n, v • [..Cf..Bahamian..cut eye..see DBE]
dash away v phr • Cf DBE
day clean n • Cf..DBE
dicty adj • Cf DBE
dirt-eater n 1 • Cf DJE, DBE dirt-eating
doctor shop n • Cf DJE, DBE
duppy n • Cf DJE, DBE
foo-foo n1 • Cf DJE, DBE
fool n1 4 • Cf DBE
for prep B2 • [..cf DJE fi3, DBE for.]
fowl-crow n • Cf DBE
high blood n • [Cf DBE]
humbug n 4 • [..DBE humbug..]
humbug v 2 • [Cf DBE humbug..]
hungry adj, n A • [Cf DBE]
hungry n B • [Cf DJE, DBE]
icening n • [..cf..DBE, DJE]
jawbone n 1 • Cf DJE 1837 ➝, DBE
jawbone breaker n 1 • [..cf DBE]
joog v • [Prob of Afr origin (cf DJE juk, DBE jook)..]
longest, for the (last) adv phr • [..see also DBE]
long eye n • [Cf DBE long-eye “covetous”..]
me adj a • [Cf DBE, DJE]
mojo n • Cf..DBE
nosy around v phr • [Cf DBE nosey around (at nosey v. “to pry”)]
nyam v • [..cf DBE, DJE]
one indef art D • Cf DBE, DJE
one-one adv, adj, n • Cf DBE, DJE
onetime adv • Cf DJE, DBE
poor joe n2 • Cf DBE
say conj • [From any of several W Afr languages;..cf DBE say, DJE se]
stay v 2 • cf also DBE stay 4
stay v 3 • Cf DBE stay 3
steady adv B1 • [Cf..DBE study adv. “regularly”]
titty n1 • [..for possible Afr lang analogues cf DBE]
ugly adj, adv, n • Cf DBE (at ogly), DJE
una pron • [W Afr; cf Igbo unu you (pl); cf also DJE unu, DBE ona]
what side adv phr • Cf DBE, DJE (at what side), DCEU (at wisside)
Baltimore See Maryland, Baltimore
cooter n • [Afr, akin to Bambara, Malinké kuta turtle; also Central Afr nkudu;..]
cunner n2 • [Perh by coalescence of canoe, ult from Arawak, with Gullah ˈ kunu, ult Afr..]
cala n1 • [..Cf also Common Bantu *kádá to fry, roast]
duppy n • [Bube (a Bantu language of West Afr) dupe ghost..]
cho cho n • [Basque “child, young man”]
rolle bolle n • chiefly Upper Missip Valley; in Dutch and Belgian settlement areas
Belgian French See French, Belgian
Aaron’s rod n • [See Numbers 17:8]
Abraham’s tree n • [Perh an allusion to Gen 21:33]
adder n 3a • [Ref to Psalms 58:4..]
ark n 5 • Gen 6:14-16
Aunt Hagar’s children n pl • [Hagar, wife of Abraham and mother of Ishmael: Gen 21:9]
Beltashazur’s off-ox n • [Cf Daniel 4:18f..]
Beulah land n • [See Isaiah 62:4]
Bible bug n • [Cf Exod 10:12-19]
biblical measure n • [Cf Deut 25:15, Micah 6:10]
bray v • Cf Proverbs 27:22 “bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle”
burning bush n • [Cf Exodus 3:2-3]
call one’s name v phr • [Prob Biblical; cf Gen 3:20]
coat o’ Joseph n • [In ref to Joseph’s coat of many colors, Gen 37:3]
consider-lily n • [Perh influenced by Matthew 6:28, Luke 12:27..]
creature n B3 • [Orig in allusion to I Timothy 4:4..]
crucifixion thorn n 1 • [From the crown of thorns..(Mark 15:17)]
ebenezer n • [Cf 1 Samuel 7:12]
Eve n • [Eve, in the Bible, the first woman]
eye-servant n • [..cf Ephesians 6:5–6]
fair shake n • [Perh in ref to..a shaken measure of grain (cf Luke 6:38)]
fall asleep v phr • [Cf Acts 13:36, 2 Peter 3:4]
feast in the wilderness n • [Perh in ref to Matthew 15:33..]
fig leaf n • [Genesis 3:7]
footstool n 1 • [Isaiah 66:1]
foot washing n • John 13:14
good measure n • [Cf Luke 6:38]
gospel measure n • [In allusion to Luke 6:38]
Ham’s grandson n • [..cf Genesis 9:18-25]
hip and thigh adj phr • [..cf Judges 15:8]
I-am n • [Cf Exodus 3:14 “I AM hath sent me unto you.”]
idle bread n • [Cf Proverbs 31:27 “She..eateth not the bread of idleness”]
Jacob and Rachel n • [In allusion to the deception of Jacob in Genesis 29:16–25]
Jacob’s cattle bean n • [From its spotted appearance, in allusion to Genesis 30:39]
Jacob’s coat n • [Prob in allusion to Genesis 37:3]
Jacob’s ladder n 1 • [In allusion to Genesis 28:12..]
Jehoshaphat n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
Jehu n • [Cf 2 Kings 9:2, 20]
Jemima n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
Jerusalem n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
Jerush(e)y intj • [Pronc-spp for the Biblical name Jerusha used as euphems for Jesus..]
jesse n • [Cf Isaiah 11:1]
Jesus bug n • [In allusion to Matthew 14:25]
Jesus Christ bird n • [In allusion to Matthew 14:25]
jewels-of-Opar n • [..cf 1 Kings 9:27-28]
Job’s turkey n 1 • [Job, the Old Testament patriarch..] (MAP)
Jonah n B1 • [..cf Jonah 1:17; 2:10] (MAP)
Jonah’s gourd n • [Cf Jonah 4:6–10]
Joseph’s coat n • [..cf Genesis 37:3]
Methodist measure n 1 • [Prob in ref to Luke 6:38]
ox n B2 • [Cf Luke 14:5..]
pharaoh n • [..cf Exodus 10:12–19]
posada n • in allusion to the Biblical story
ring-streaked and striped adj phr • [Prob alter of Genesis 30:35 “ring-straked and spotted”]
Sampson fox n • [In allusion to Judges 15:4..]
Samson n1 • [..cf Judges 13–16]
scripture cake n • cake made with ingredients mentioned in the Bible
strong-in-the-log shoe n • [..cf Ephesians 6:10]
Zaccheus tree n • [In ref to Biblical Zaccheus (Luke 19:1–10), who climbed a sycamore (Ficus sycomorus) to see
Jesus]
Abraham Lincoln n • freq among Black speakers
ace n • among Black speakers
ace-boon-coon n • among Black speakers
ace-coon n • among Black speakers
Afro n • esp among young Black speakers (Map Section)
ain’t v1 3 • among Black speakers
ain’t v1 5 • among Black speakers
ain’t it interrog exclam2 • chiefly among Black speakers
airish adj 2 • chiefly among Blacks (MAP)
air out v phr • among Black speakers
Alabama n B • chiefly among Black speakers
all hid n • among Black speakers
alligator n1 B5 • orig among Black speakers and derog
another adj • Pronc-spp, esp in representation of Black speech
anxious adj B • among Black speakers
ashes n pl 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
Aunt Hagar’s children n pl • among Black speakers
Aunt Jane n • among Black speakers
baby n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
bad adj B6 • chiefly among Black speakers
bad-ass(ed) adj, n • chiefly among Black speakers
bad child n • esp freq among Black speakers
bad eye n • chiefly among Black speakers
bad hair n • among Black speakers
bad mouth n • chiefly among Black speakers
badmouth v • esp among Black and young White speakers
bad nigger n • among Black speakers
bad rags n pl • among Black speakers
bait n 3 • esp among Black speakers
ball n2 • esp among Black speakers
ball v2 • chiefly among Black speakers
ball the jack v phr 2 • chiefly among Blacks
band n3 • among Black speakers
base v D2 • among Black speakers
battle-hammed adj • chiefly among Black speakers; relic
be v B1f • esp freq among Blacks; occas among Whites in the Sth
be v B1g • esp among Black speakers
be v B2a(1) • chiefly among Black speakers with little formal educ
be v B3a • esp freq among Blacks
be v B8b • esp freq among Blacks
beat adj • esp among young, urban, and Black speakers
beater n 2 • esp among Black speakers
beau dollar n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP and Map Section)
before-day n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
beg v (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
behind prep • among Black speakers
behind a dime adv phr • chiefly among Black speakers (MAP)
bex v • among Black speakers
bid whist n • chiefly among Blacks (MAP)
big daddy n • esp common among Black speakers (MAP)
big day n • among Black speakers
big-eye adj 1 • among Black speakers
big mamma n • esp among Black speakers (MAP)
billfolder n • esp among Black speakers
blood adv • esp among Black speakers
blood n 1 • among Black speakers
blood n 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
blow v1 B6 • chiefly among Black speakers
blow gage v phr • chiefly among Black speakers
blue n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
bofe adj, pron • esp among Black speakers
bogart n2 • chiefly among Blacks
bogart v • chiefly among Blacks
boguish adj • among Black speakers
boody n • chiefly among Blacks
boojy adj • among Black speakers
bookity-book adv, n • esp among Black speakers
boot n2 5 • among Black speakers; sometimes derog
boss adj • now esp among Black speakers
boss-man n 1 • esp common among Black speakers (MAP)
bound v 1a • esp freq among Black speakers
brace n 1 • esp among Black speakers
brad n2 1 • among Black speakers
breath n (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers
breathe v (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers
bright adj 2 • now chiefly among Black speakers
broken vein n • esp common among Blacks
brother n A1 • chiefly among Black speakers
brother n A2 • orig among Southern Blacks
bubba n1 1 • esp common among Blacks (MAP)
buck-eyed adj2 • esp among Black speakers (Map Section)
buddy gee n • among Black speakers
bulldagger n • esp among Black speakers, freq derog
bum n3 • esp among Blacks
bump n 2 • esp among Blacks
burial society n • esp among Blacks
burn v B6 • among Black speakers; joc
bury league n • among Black speakers
bush n1 B2 • chiefly among Black speakers
buzzard lope n 1 • esp among Black speakers
call n1 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
call hogs v phr • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
camel walk n • freq among Black speakers
cap v 1d • esp among Black speakers
case n1 7 • chiefly among Blacks
cat n 1b • chiefly among Blacks
cat n 1c • orig among Black jazz musicians
cat n 1d • esp among Blacks
cat v 1 • chiefly among Blacks
catch-pain n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
cat-eyed adj 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
catface n 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
cease v1 (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
cease v1 B • freq among Black speakers (MAP)
cease v2 • chiefly among Black speakers
Charlie n 2 • among Black speakers; derog
cheese-eater n • chiefly among Black speakers
chick n • esp among young speakers and among Black speakers; sometimes derog
chicken n B7 • esp among Black speakers
chicken-eater n 2 • esp among Black speakers; humorous
child n A1 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
child n A2 (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
chump change n • among Black speakers
church mother n • among Black speakers
clean adj 2 • among Black speakers
clearstone n • esp common among Black speakers (MAP)
climb v 1 • esp in representation of Black Speech
climb v 2d • esp among Black speakers
cloth n • used esp in representations of Black speech
coal n • among Black speakers
coal-scuttle blond n • among Black speakers; joc
coat, pull one’s v phr • among Black speakers
cock n1 2 • esp among Black speakers
cold adj2 • among Blacks
collar v 1 • among Blacks
collar v 2 • among Blacks
colly v • esp among Blacks
color-struck adj • among Blacks
congolene n • esp among Black speakers
conk n3 1 • esp among Black speakers
conk v2 • esp among Black speakers
conk-buster n • among Black speakers
cookie n1 5 • among Black speakers
cool adj 3 • earlier esp among Black speakers, now more widely used
cool n 1 • earlier esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers, now more widely used
cool it v phr 1 • formerly esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers; now more widespread
cop v • among Black speakers
cornrow n, v • esp among Blacks
corn song n • esp among Blacks
cotch n • among Blacks
country adj • esp among Black speakers (MAP)
crab-apple switch n • esp among Black speakers
cracker n 3 • among Black speakers; derog
crack one’s side(s) v phr • esp among Black speakers
crack up v phr • esp among young, urban, coll educ, and Black speakers
credit n, v (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
creep n2 • among Black speakers
creep v B5 • among Black speakers
creeper n 9 • among Black speakers
crib n1 2 • esp among Black speakers
crook n1 • esp among Black speakers
crumb crusher n • esp among Black speakers; joc
curioussome adj • esp among Black speakers
cut-eye adj, adv • among Black speakers
cut-eye n, v • among Black speakers
dap adj • among Black speakers
day-day intj, n • chiefly among Black speakers
dead adj (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
dead cat on the line n • esp common among Black speakers (MAP)
death n (pronc) • among Black speakers
death rain n • among Black speakers
declare before the Lord v phr • esp freq among Black speakers
devil n • representing Black speech
dew n (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
dicty adj • chiefly among Black speakers
dicty n • among Black speakers
dig v2 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
dig v2 2 • chiefly among young and mid-aged speakers; esp freq among Black speakers; esp freq in urban comms
dirty hearts n pl • esp freq among Black speakers
disappoint v B • esp freq among Black speakers
dive v 1 • among Black speakers
dive v 2 • esp among Black speakers
do n1 3 • among Black speakers
do v B1 • chiefly among Black speakers
do v B3 • now esp among Black speakers
do v C1c • esp freq among Black speakers; old-fash
do v C2b • esp freq among Black (esp Gullah) speakers
do-rag n • among Black speakers
double-head(ed) adj • among Black speakers
double tenant n • esp freq among Black speakers
dout prep • chiefly among Black speakers
down adj D7 • among Black speakers
dozen n B1 • among Black speakers; esp urban
drag n 13a • esp freq among Blacks and among young and mid-aged speakers
drag n 14 • esp freq among Black speakers and among young and mid-aged speakers
drive n 8 • esp among Black speakers
dry adj 1 • esp among Black speakers
dry drought n • esp freq among Black speakers
dude n • esp freq among Black speakers
during prep • chiefly among Black speakers
eagle rock n, v • esp freq among Black speakers
earth n • chiefly among Black speakers
east n2 (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers (MAP)
eastman n • among Black speakers; old-fash
easy rider n • orig among Black speakers
eat cheese v phr • among Black speakers
either conj E2 • among Black speakers
element n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
Emancipation (Proclamation) Day n • chiefly among Black speakers
entitle n • esp freq among Black speakers; old-fash
-est superl suff 4 • esp freq among Black speakers
ever adv (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
every adj • esp among Black speakers
evil adj B1 • chiefly among Black speakers
excusing prep • esp among Black speakers
exwice n, v • among Black speakers
eyeball v 1 • orig esp freq among Black speakers
face n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
fact n, v A1 • Note: Among Black and some White speakers, this may be of independent formation rather than
Scots origin.
faggot n • Faggot is more freq among Blacks, fag among Whites
fall out v phr 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
fall out v phr 2 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
familious adj • esp freq among Black speakers; arch
fatmouth v • among Black speakers
fay n • chiefly among Black speakers
fessor n • esp freq among Black speakers
filibuster v • esp freq among Black speakers
fire hearth n • esp freq among Black speakers
five-up n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
fix n 3 • among Black speakers
fix v B5 • among Black speakers
flunky n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
foot n C5e • among Black speakers
football n 1 • among Black speakers
fore prep 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
forget it phr 2 • among Black speakers
fox n 1 • esp among Black speakers
frail eel n • among Black speakers
freak n 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
freeze v A2 • esp among Black speakers
’fro n • among Black speakers
frog bread n • among Black speakers
from prep • esp freq among Black speakers
front v • among Black speakers
full v 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
funky adj 1b • esp among Black speakers
funky chicken n • esp among Black speakers
gall shirt n • chiefly among Black speakers; somewhat old-fash
game n • chiefly among Black speakers
game v 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
Georgia skin (game) n • esp among Black speakers
get v B1a • chiefly among Black speakers
get down v phr 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
get down v phr 3 • among Black speakers
get-go n • esp freq among Black speakers
get over v phr • among Black speakers
girl n B • Used as a term of address between Black women
give v A1a • among Black speakers; old-fash
give v A1b • among Black speakers; old-fash
give v A2c • among Black speakers; old-fash
go v A4a • esp freq among Black speakers
go v B • esp freq among Black speakers
go-long n • among Black speakers
goofer n • chiefly among Black speakers
goofer v • chiefly among Black speakers
gospel bird n • esp among Black speakers; joc
grand n • esp among Black speakers
grandma n A5 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
gray n 1 • among Black speakers
grease v B3 • among Black speakers
hack n4 • chiefly among Black speakers
hag n 1 • esp among Black speakers
hagride v • esp among Black speakers
hammer n B • among Black speakers
hand n B4 • among Black speakers
handkerchief head n • among Black speakers
hang v A2 • esp among Black speakers
happy adj 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
hard liver n • esp freq among Black speakers
hat up v phr • chiefly among Black speakers
haunt n B • esp freq among Black speakers
haunty adj • among Black speakers
have v1 A1a • freq among Black speakers, hab(s)
hawk n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
he pron 2 • among Blacks, esp Gullah speakers
he pron 3 • as a simple object..restricted to Black speech
head handkerchief n • esp freq among Black speakers
head knock n • among Black speakers
hear v A2d • esp freq among Black speakers
hearth n A3 • esp freq among Black speakers
heaven n • esp among Black speakers
heaven n (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
hebby adj • among Black speakers
heifer n 1b • esp freq among Black speakers
hell n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
herb n B2 • among Black speakers
here adv, adj, exclam, pron A3 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
heself pron • among Black speakers
hickey n2 b • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP and Map Section)
him pron B4 • esp freq among Black speakers
him pron B5 • esp freq among Black speakers
hincty adj 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
hincty n • chiefly among Black speakers
hind n • esp freq among Black speakers
hip-slip n • esp freq among Black speakers
hogpen n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
hold v A1b • esp freq among Black speakers
home boy n 1 • now esp freq among Black and other minority speakers
home boy n 2 • orig among Black speakers, now more widespread
honky n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers; usu derog
hoodoo n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
hook n 5 • esp freq among Black speakers
hoosier n B1b • among Black speakers; derog
horse n B7 • esp freq among Black speakers
house party n • esp freq among Black speakers
house-rent party n • chiefly among Black speakers; urban
humbug v 2 • among Black speakers
hungry n B • among Black speakers
hush v B2 • freq among Black speakers
ice potato n • esp freq among Black speakers
igg v • chiefly among Black speakers
instead adv • esp freq among Black speakers
jack n1 15 • among Black speakers
jack up v phr 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
James Brown n • among Black speakers
jaw n • among Black speakers
jeff n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
jeff v • among Black speakers
jelly n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
jelly n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
jelly roll n 2 • among Black speakers
jickhead n • esp freq among Black speakers
jimswinger n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
jitterbug n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
jive adj • chiefly among Black speakers
jive n • chiefly among Black speakers
jive v1 • chiefly among Black speakers
joan v • among Black speakers
Joe Louis n • esp freq among Black speakers
jomo n • esp freq among Black speakers
jook n 2 • orig among Black speakers (MAP)
jook v3 • esp freq among Black speakers
jump salty v phr • esp freq among Black speakers
jump-up song n • chiefly among Black speakers
just adv 3 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
keen adj 1 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
keep v A2 • esp freq among Black speakers
keep v A3 • esp freq among Black speakers
kernel n 2a • esp freq among Black speakers
kitchen n2 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
kittledee n • esp freq among Black speakers
knee baby n • now esp freq among Black speakers
later exclam • esp freq among Black speakers
lavatory n • esp freq among Black speakers
leave v A1 • esp freq among Black speakers
leave v A2 • esp freq among Black speakers
leave v A3 • esp freq among Black speakers
let v A2a • esp freq among Black speakers
let v B1 • esp freq among Black speakers
like v1 B • esp freq among Black speakers
little more and(, a) adv phr • among Black speakers
little Sally Walker n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
live v B2 • esp freq among Black speakers
lonesome adj C • esp freq among Black speakers
long adj B3b • esp freq among Black speakers
long v A • esp freq among Black speakers
longest, for the (last) adv phr • esp freq among Black speakers
Lord n1 B1 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
love n C • esp freq among Black speakers
love v B2 • esp freq among Black speakers
love bone n • among Black speakers
main man n • chiefly among Black speakers
main squeeze n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
make v1 D21 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
mamma n1 5 • esp freq among Black speakers
mammy n1 1b • among Black speakers
mammy n1 5 • among Black speakers
man n A • chiefly Sth, chiefly among Black speakers pronc-spp mon, mun
man n B2 • esp freq among Black speakers
man n C2 • esp freq among Black speakers
man n C3 • esp freq among male Black speakers
man n C5b • among Black speakers
mange n • among Black speakers
mannish adj • esp freq among Black speakers
Mary Jane n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
master n • chiefly Sth, among Black speakers, obs, mars(e), mass(a)
master n • chiefly S Atl coast, among Black speakers, obs, maus(sa), mossa
master n Bl • Formerly used by Blacks in the South as a respectful title
measure n, v (pronc) • among Black speakers
meddle v 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
member n • among Black speakers
mercy seat n • esp freq among Black speakers
mess over v phr • chiefly among Black speakers
middleday n • esp freq among Black speakers
mines pron • esp freq among Black speakers
miration n • esp freq among Black speakers
misery n • esp freq among Black speakers
Miss Ann(e) n • chiefly among Black speakers
Mister Charlie n • among Black speakers
mistress n • esp freq among Black speakers
mistress n B1 • Formerly used by Black speakers in the South
moan n 2 • among Black speakers
moan v • among Black speakers
mojo n • orig chiefly among Black speakers
monkey-chaser n • esp freq among Black speakers
mother dear n • chiefly among Black speakers (MAP)
mother wit n • esp freq among Black speakers
mouth n, v (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers
Mr. It n • chiefly among Black speakers
must vbl aux 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
must be adv phr • among Black speakers
nap n1 1 • among Black speakers
nappy adj • esp freq among Black speakers
nation sack n • among Black speakers
natural n D • chiefly among Black speakers
nature n B1 • chiefly among Black speakers
neither adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |ˈnidə|
never adv • chiefly among Black speakers
nigger n1 B1b • Used in a depreciatory sense by Black speakers
nigger n1 B1d • Used in a neutral or favorable sense by Black speakers
nigger n1 B2b • esp freq among Black speakers
night doctor n • chiefly among Black speakers
none pron Bb • now esp freq among Black speakers
nose open, get one’s v phr • among Black speakers
nothing n (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers
nuse n, v • among Black speakers
nusen v past • among Black speakers
nyoung adj • among Black speakers
ofay n • among Black speakers
off v E • orig among Black speakers
one adv C1 • among Black (esp Gullah) speakers
oreo n • esp freq among Black speakers
outside child n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
outside man n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
paddy n1 4 • chiefly among Black speakers
palement n • among Black speakers
pale road n • among Black speakers
palma Christi n • esp among Black speakers
panel n • chiefly among Black speakers
partridge n A4 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
pass v 1a • esp freq among Black speakers
pat v 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
peacebreaker n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
peck n3 • chiefly among Black speakers
peckerwood n 2 • term of abuse for a White person, esp by Black speakers
peola n • among Black speakers
people n A • esp freq among Black speakers
peruse v • freq among Black speakers
piccolo n • chiefly among Black speakers
pink n2 3b • among Black speakers
pitty-pat n • among Black speakers
plat-eye n • among Black speakers
play adj • among Black speakers
play n 1b • among Black speakers
play-toy n • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
pleasure n, v (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |ˈplɛə(r)|
pluck n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
poach v A2 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
poontang n 1 • now esp freq among Black speakers
praying ground n • chiefly among Black speakers
press v • among Black speakers
pressed adj • among Black speakers
process n • among Black speakers
process v • among Black speakers
prone into v phr • esp freq among Black speakers
quarrel v B • esp freq among Black speakers
race man n • usu used by Black speakers
rank v 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
rather adv B2b • esp freq among Black speakers
re- pref • esp freq among Black speakers
read v1 • esp freq among Black speakers
ready adj 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
red n B4 • among Black speakers
reel n • chiefly among Black speakers
remembrance n • esp freq among Black speakers
rent party n • chiefly among Black speakers
rise v A1c • esp freq among Black speakers
rise v A2d • esp freq among Black speakers
root n1 B1 • chiefly among Black speakers
root v C • among Black speakers
root doctor n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
root man n • among Black speakers
root work n • esp freq among Black speakers
rosin chewer n • esp freq among Black speakers
run down v phr • esp freq among Black speakers
rural n • chiefly among Black speakers
rusty dusty n • among Black speakers
sagaciate v • esp freq among Black speakers
salty adj 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
Sam n2 • now chiefly among Black speakers
same like conj phr, prep phr, adj phr • esp freq among Black speakers
Sanctified (Church) n • chiefly among Black speakers
satisfy v • esp freq among Black speakers
say v A2 • now esp in representations of Black speech
say v B2a • esp freq among Black speakers
say what interrog exclam • orig esp freq among Black speakers, but now more widely known
scrap iron n • esp freq among Black speakers
scream v • esp freq among Black speakers
scronch n • among Black speakers
scronch v 2 • among Black speakers
seek v • esp freq among Black speakers
send v 2 • esp freq among Black speakers, sahnt, saunt, sont
set n2 3 • among Black speakers
set horses v phr • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
set the floor v phr • among Black speakers
shame adj • chiefly among Black speakers
shivering owl n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
short-patient adj phr • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
shout n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
shout v 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
shout song n • esp freq among Black speaker
shuck v1 5b(1) • esp freq among Black speakers
sides adv, prep • esp freq among Black speakers
siditty adj • among Black speakers
signify v 1 • among Black speakers
sing n • among Black speakers
sinner n • esp freq among Black speakers
skiffle n • among Black speakers
skin n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
skin n 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
skinny n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
slave n • among Black speakers
slickster n • chiefly among Black speakers
slide n 2 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
slowful adj • esp freq among Black speakers
smart adj 2 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
smash n 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
smooth adj, v, adv (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers
snake hip(s) n • orig esp freq among Black speakers
snickle v • esp freq among Black speakers
soda cracker n • esp freq among Black speakers
sometimey adj • esp freq among Black speakers
soon adj 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
so till conj • esp freq among Black speakers
soul-case n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
sound v • esp freq among Black speakers
soup v • esp freq among Black speakers
south n, adj, adv • esp among Black speakers |sa^Uf|
specify v • esp freq among Black speakers
splib n • chiefly among Black speakers
spoil v C2 • esp freq among Black speakers
spread v A • esp freq among Black speakers, spreaded
‘spute v • among Black speakers
square n1 B3 • chiefly among Black speakers
staggle v • esp freq among Black speakers
stallion n 1 • among Black speakers
stay v 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
stay v 2 • among Black speakers
steady adv B1 • among Black speakers
sticking ppl adj • among Black speakers
stocking cap n • among Black speakers
stone adj • among Black speakers
street cleaner n • among Black speakers
street, in the adj phr • among Black speakers (MAP)
Striver’s Row n • among Black speakers
stroy v, ppl adj • chiefly among Black speakers
struction n • among Black speakers
strut n 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
study v1 4 • chiefly among Black speakers
stumpknocker n 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
style v • among Black speakers
suck one’s teeth v phr • vocal “gesture”..in Black cultures in Africa, the Caribbean, and the US
suption n1 • esp freq among Black speakers
sweetback n • among Black speakers
swish broom n • esp freq among Black speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
switch v 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
swizzled ppl adj2 • esp freq among Black speakers
take v A1a • esp freq among Black speakers
take v A2f • esp freq among Black speakers
take low v phr • esp freq among Black speakers
ta-ta exclam • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
tea for the fever, not to take v phr • esp among Black speakers
tell v B1a • esp freq among Black speakers
tennis n • esp freq among Black speakers
tetter n1 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
thank v1, n • esp freq among Black speakers, tank, t’engk
thank v1 B • esp freq among Black speakers
that pron, conj, adv, art A2 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
them pron, adj (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |dɛm|
then adv A1 • esp freq among Black speakers
there adv, adj, pron A2 • esp freq among Black speakers, da(r), dah
there adv, adj, pron A3 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
these pron, adj • esp among Black speakers |diz|
they pron1 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |de, di|
they adj • esp freq among Black speakers
theyselves pron • esp freq among Black speakers
thief n, v (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers |tif|
thief v B • esp freq among Black speakers
thirty n, adj, pron (pronc) • esp among Black speakers |ˈtɜti|
this pron, adj • esp freq among Black speakers, di(s)s, dish
those pron, adj (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |doz|
though prep1, adv (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers |do|
three-card monte n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
through adv, prep 2 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
throw v A2 • esp freq among Black speakers
throw v A3 • esp freq among Black speakers
throw v B1b • esp freq among Black speakers
throw v C3 • among Black speakers
throw a brick and hide one’s hand(s) v phr • among Black speakers
tight adj • orig esp freq among Black speakers, young speakers, and male speakers; now more widespread
till prep, conj A2 • esp freq among Black speakers
tip v • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
title n • among Black speakers
toad-frog stool n • esp freq among Black speakers
together adj B • orig among Black speakers, now more widely used
tom n1 2 • among Black speakers
tone v1 • esp freq among Black speakers
tonk n1 1 • chiefly among Black speakers
tooth n (pronc) • chiefly among Black speakers |tuf, tut|; rarely |t^Uɵ, tʌɵ|
tooth n B1 • chiefly among Black speakers
tooth n B2 • chiefly among Black speakers:
torn up adj phr 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
trick bag n • orig esp among Black speakers, now more widespread
trifling adj 3 • esp freq among Black speakers
truck v 1 • orig chiefly among Black speakers
trunk n 3 • among Black speakers
truth n • esp among Black speakers
tumblesault n, v • esp freq among Black speakers, tumblesauce (MAP)
two-head(ed) adj • among Black speakers
ugly n D1a • chiefly among Black speakers
Uncle Tom n 1 • esp freq among Black speakers
unfinancial adj 1 • formerly widespread, now esp freq among Black speakers
upside prep 1a • esp freq among Black speakers
uptight adj • chiefly among Black speakers
urinate n • among Black speakers
us pron B1 • among Black speakers
us adj • among Black speakers
usn pron1 • esp among Black speakers
us’s adj • esp among Black speakers
vacation n • esp freq among Black speakers
van van oil n • esp freq among Black speakers
vine n • among Black speakers
waistline party n • among Black speakers
want v1 B1 • esp freq among Black speakers
want v1 B2 • esp freq among Black speakers
waste v 3 • esp freq among Black speakers (MAP)
waste up v phr • chiefly among Black speakers
we-all pron 2 • esp freq among Black speakers
we-all’s adj, pron2 • esp freq among Black speakers
whatsomever pron • esp freq among Black speakers
whist n 1 • now chiefly among Black speakers
whist n 2 • chiefly among Black speakers
white on rice n • orig among Black speakers; now more widely known
whitey n 1 • chiefly among Black speakers; usu derog
who pron B • esp freq among Black speakers
witchcraft v • esp among Black speakers
with prep, adv A3 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
with prep, adv A4 (pronc) • esp among Black speakers
without prep, adv, conj A2 • esp freq among Black speakers
without prep, adv, conj A3 • esp freq among Black speakers
woman n B2 • esp freq among Black speakers
woof v • chiefly among Black speakers
woof ticket n • esp among Black speakers
worriation n • esp freq among Black speakers
wrinkles n pl • esp freq among Black speakers
yellowhammer n 4 • esp freq among Black speakers
yes adv 1 (pronc) • esp freq among Black speakers
yet adv, conj B3 • chiefly among Black speakers
yonder adv, adj, n A6 • esp freq among Black speakers
you adj, pron2 • among Black speakers, esp Gullah speakers
you-all adj B • among Black speakers
your mamma exclam • esp freq among Black speakers
blend; blended (See also coalescence)
a lots adv, adj • [Blend of a lot + lots much]
a many a adj phr • [Blend of a many adj phr + many a ..]
absotoot(e)ly adv • [Blend of absolutely + toot ..]
aggerpervoke v, • [Blend of metath forms of aggravate + provoke]
aggervex v • [Blend of aggravate + vex]
aggrafret v • [Blend of aggravate + fret]
aggravoke v • [Blend of aggravate + provoke..]
aglory adj • [Blend of aglore + glory]
all get-outdoors n • [Blend of all get-out + all outdoors 2]
alterated ppl adj • [Blend of altered + castrated..]
altone n • [Blend of alto + baritone]
ambacker juice n • [Blend of ambeer + ’backer..]
andog n • [Prob blend of andiron + firedog..]
angeliquor n • [Blend of angelica + liquor]
animule n • [Blend of animal + mule]
anti-by-godlin adv • [Blend of antigodlin adv + by god]
anti-whampus adj • [Blend of antigodlin + catawampus adj]
antymire n • [Euphem blend of ant + pismire 1]
Arkansawyan adj • [Blend of Arkansawyer and Arkansan]
arthuratics n • [Blend of arthuritis + rheumatics]
ass-end-backwards adv phr • [Blend of ass-end-to and ass-backward(s)]
Astorbilt n • [Blend of Astor + Vanderbilt..]
astorperious adj • [Blend of Astor.. + imperious]
balooey n • [Blend of baloney + hooey]
bapsouse v, • [Blend of baptize + souse..]
barley bright n • [Blend of barley break..and marlow bright..]
becount n • [Perh blend of because + account]
bedsink n • [Prob blend of bedroom and sinkroom..]
beezer n • [Perh blend of beak and sneezer]
blabberskite n • [Blend of blabber + blatherskite..]
bleenie n • [Perh blend of baloney + weenie sausage]
blinky-blue n • [Perh blend of blinky + blue john n]
blinky-john n • [Blend of blinky + blue john n]
bluff n2 • [Prob blend of bluster or blast and puff]
blugeons n • [Prob blend of blue + flugens n]
bodacious adj, adv • [Prob blend of bold + audacious..]
bohind n • [Prob blend of bohunkus + behind]
boocoodles n • [Blend of boocoo (see beaucoup) + oodles..]
brand-fire-new adj phr • [Blend of brand-new + fire-new]
brand-splinter-new adj phr • [Blend of brand-new + splinter-new]
breezeport n • [Perh blend of breezeway and carport]
buggery boo n • [Blend of booger n1 + bugaboo]
bulldocia n • [Perh a blend of bull..bulldoze, and braggadocio]
bullgine n • [Blend of bull + (en)gine]
bulvine n • [Blend of bull + bovine]
bumbershoot n • [Perh blend of bumberella + -shoot, perh infl by chute]
bumbersol n • [Blend of bumbershoot + parasol]
bummox n • [Perh blend of bum + lummox..]
cademy n • [catty n1 1 perh blended with academy..]
cafugelty n • [Prob alter of Scots carfuffle, carfuchle.., perh blended with Scots curfuggle..]
cantering adv • [Blend of catering + canting..]
capush n • [Perh blend of caboodle + push n 1]
cassabanana n • [Perh blend of casaba (melon) + banana]
chaparajos n pl • [Prob blend of chaparreras + aparejo]
chaunchy adj, adv • [Perh blend of chinchy and raunchy]
cheapwad n • [Perh blend of cheapskate + tightwad]
chest robe n • [Blend of chest of drawers + wardrobe]
chew fire v phr • [Blend of chew nails + breathe fire]
chifforobe n • [Blend of chiffonier + wardrobe]
chirper adj • [?Blend of chirp adj + chipper]
chizzly adj • [Perh blend of chilly + drizzly]
chug n3 • [Perh blend of chew..+ plug, perh infl by chunk]
clout n2 • [Perh blend of clod n + lout..]
cockeye piddle exclam • [Prob blend of cockeye and padiddle]
coffin stick n • [Prob a blend of coffin nail 1 + cancer stick]
cogilate v • [Prob blend of cogitate + calculate]
collash v • [Blend of collide + clash]
combinder n • [Perh blend of combine n + binder]
come-easy, go-easy, come-Sunday-God’ll-send-Monday adj phr • [Blend of come day, go day (,God send
Sunday) + come easy, go easy]
comprehende v • [Appar a blend of comprehend + Span comprender]
compulshency n • [Prob blend of compulsion + pushency or urgency]
confuddled ppl adj • [Prob blend of confused + befuddled]
connyswaggle v • [Perh blend of Engl dial connyfogle ..+ hornswoggle]
copperhead n2 • [Perh blend of copper n 1 + Indian head]
coppermouth n • [Prob a blend of copperhead and cottonmouth]
coverhauls n • [Blend of coveralls + overhauls]
coydog n • [Blend of coyote + dog]
crank n • [?Perh a blend of crick and cramp..]
crankpot n • [Perh blend of crank + crackpot]
crash v • [Prob blend of crush and smash]
Cratch n2 • [Alter of scratch, itself a blend of scrat and cratch ..]
cross-section n • [Blend of crossroads + intersection]
cuspitoon n • [Blend of cuspidor + spittoon]
cuss-fired adj • [Prob blend of cussed + hell-fired]
dew-hoof n • [Blend of dewclaw + hoof..]
dog iron n 1 • [Perh blend of andiron + dog n1 B3]
dornful adv • [Perh blend of doleful + mournful..]
down in the weather adj phr • [Prob blend of down in the dumps ..+ under the weather]
downburst n • [Prob blend of downpour + cloudburst]
downfall n 1 • [Perh blend of downpour + rainfall]
dubious adj A4 • [Blend of duberous..(see A3 above) + -some..]
dumfoozled adj • [Perh blend of dumbfounded + bumfoozle]
dwaddle v, • [Perh blends of dawdle or diddle v 5 + twiddle]
ear needle n • [Prob blend of ear sewer 1 + darning needle 1]
easy-go-lucky adj • [Blend of easygoing + happy-go-lucky]
effeminine adj • [Blend of effeminate + feminine]
ends, at adj phr • [Perh blend of at odds + at opposite ends]
endurable adj • [Blend of endure + durable]
enjoyous adj • [Blend of enjoyable + joyous]
explification n • [Blend of explication + -ification]
expose v • [Prob blend of expect + suppose]
fatty arbuckle n • [From Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle..; arbuncle is prob a blend of arbuckle + carbuncle]
fatty dodger n • [Blend of fatty-bread + corn dodger]
feather, knocked for a adj phr • [Perh blend of knocked for a loop + knocked over with a feather]
feather tail n • [Perh blend of feather cloud + mare’s tail 1]
fiddledeedee around v phr • [Blend of fiddledeedee + fiddle around]
fidgie-gibbets n pl • [Perh blend of fidgets + flibbertigibbet]
Filipinyock n • [Perh blend of Filipino + Hunyock]
finch v • [Perh blend of filch + pinch]
finickity adj • [Perh blend of finicky + persnickity]
fire mantel n • [Perh blend of fireboard 1 + mantel]
firepiece n • [Perh blend of fire + mantelpiece 1]
fishburg n • [Blend of fish + hamburg 1]
flambastic adj • [Prob blend of flamboyant + bombastic]
flambustious adj • [Perh blend of flamboyant + bustious..]
flapcake n • [Blend of flapjack + pancake]
flea in one’s bonnet n • [Blend of flea in one’s ear + bee in one’s bonnet]
fliery adj • [Perh blend of fiery + fly..]
flinch v2 • [Perh blend of filch + pinch]
flipper n2 • [Perh blend of flip n2 + flapper]
flippity adj • [Prob blend of flip or flippant + uppity]
fluzzy-headed adj • [Perh blend of fluffy + fuzzy..]
flysquatter n • [Perh blend of squasher + swatter]
for all of me adv phr • [Perh blend of obs for me as far as I am concerned + for all I care]
fourbles n pl • [..perh understood as blend of four + marbles]
frandom, by adv phr • [Perh blend of by feel + at random]
freality n • [Perh blend of free + liberality]
freshlets n pl • [Perh blend of fresh n 4 + haslet]
frizzle v • [Blend of fry + sizzle]
frog’s breadth n • [Prob blend of hair’s breadth + frog hair 2a]
furthenough adv • [Prob blend of further + enough]
galley-endways adv • [Prob blend of galley-west + endways]
galleywampus adj • [Prob blend of galley-west + wampus]
galliwopper n • [Perh blend of gallinipper 1a + golly-whopper]
gawkward adj • [Blend of gawky + awkward]
gellyon n • [Prob blend of gelding + stallion]
goboon n • [Blend of gob n1 1b + spittoon]
gommick around v phr • [Perh blend of gammick + gaum v1]
gooch v • [Perh blend of geech + goose v 2]
goodles n pl • [Prob blend of gobs + oodles]
google n • [Perh blend of goggle n + goozle n 1]
gormuck v • [Perh blend of gaum v1 1 + muck]
gormus adj • [Perh blend of gormy (at gaumy adj1) + enormous]
grassoline n • [Blend of grass + gasoline]
gritchel n • [Blend of grip + satchel]
hand pocket n • [Perh blend of handbag 1 + pocketbook]
handbook n • [Prob blend of handbag and pocketbook]
handsault n • [Blend of handspring + somersault]
haul loose v phr • [Perh blend of haul off + let loose]
haylage n • [Blend of hay + silage]
hempine n • [Prob blend of hemlock + pine]
high clover, be in v phr • [Blend of high cotton + in (the) clover..]
hipskeltered adj • [Perh blend of hipshot + helter-skelter]
hit the jack v phr • [Perh blend of hit the ball 3 + ball the jack 1]
hold v C2b • [Prob a blend of hold a candle to and be a match for..]
hold v C2c • [Prob a blend of hold a candle to and be a patch on]
holomuu n • [Blend of holoku + muumuu]
homekeeper n • [Blend of homemaker + housekeeper]
hoodoodle v • [Perh blend of hoodoo v 2 + doodle to cheat]
hookaroon n • [Blend of hook + pickaroon]
hooky, cut v phr • [Blend of cut school + play hooky]
hope to my die, I exclam • [Prob blend of I hope to die + I hope I may die]
hossname n • [Perh blend of hoss (see horse B3) a person + named]
howbeever adv • [Prob blend of how be it + however..]
hunyak n • [Perh blend of Hun or Hunk Hungarian + Polack]
hurang n • [Perh blend of hue and harangue]
hybolic adj • [..perh blend of hyper- ..+ symbolic]
impity adj • [Perh blend of impudent + uppity]
intestinals n pl • [Prob blend of intestines + internals]
jackalope n • [Blend of jackrabbit 1 + antelope]
jahoo n2 • [Perh blend of Jehu 1 + yahoo]
jamfest n • [Perh blend of gabfest and jam session..]
jeez-wax intj • [Prob blend of jeez and beeswax]
jitneur n • [Prob blend of jitney + chauffeur]
judicule n • [Perh blend of judy (cf judy bag + reticule]
juvember n • [Blend of June + November]
keepsies n pl • [Blend of keeps + -ies 2]
kitty-wampus adv, adj • [Prob blend of kitty-corner adv, adj + wampus]
lara-hoopin adj • [Perh blend of larruping adj 1 + whooping]
log god n • [Perh blend of logcock + lord god]
lot n 3 • [Blend of a lot (of) + lots (of)]
Mainiac n • [Blend of Maine + maniac]
mater bump n • [Perh blend of matter n1 B1 + nature bump]
medinary adj • [Prob blend of medium + ordinary]
mescrew n • [Perh blend of mesquite + screw bean]
mogey v • [Perh blend of mog + mosey]
mosquito doctor n • [Prob blend of mosquito hawk 2a + snake doctor]
narely adv • [Perh blend of not or nary adv + barely]
nimwit n • [Blend of nitwit + dimwit]
nip and go adv phr • [Prob blend of nip and tuck + touch and go]
nobbin n • [Prob blend of nob + noggin]
norate v • [..perh blend of narrate + orate]
oatlage n • [Blend of oats + silage]
odds and endments n pl • [Prob blend of odds and ends + oddments]
or less conj • [Prob blend of or else + unless]
oxheart n • [Blend of oxeye 1a + blackheart 1]
pank v • [Perh blend of pack + spank..]
Podock n • [Prob blend of Podunk 1 + boondock n 1]
prezactly adv • [Blend of precisely and exactly]
pushency n • [Prob blend of push + urgency or emergency]
pussy’s tobacco n • [Blend of pussytoes + ladies’-tobacco]
queerous n • [Prob blend of queer + curious; cf SND querious]
rainberella n • [Joc blend of rain + umbrella]
recomember v • [Blend of recollect + remember]
regard n B • [Prob blend of in regard to + as regards]
reharsh v • [Prob blend of rehearse + rehash]
rehaul v • [Prob blend of repair + overhaul]
remuda n • [..the form remontha in quot 1887 is appar a blend with MexSpan remonta..]
revengeance n • [..here prob reformed as blend of revenge + vengeance]
rip-tail snorter n • [Blend of ring-tail + ripsnorter]
roust v • [Perh blend of rouse + rout..]
run down at the heels adj phr • [Blend of run down + down at the heel(s)]
rusticrat n • [Prob blend of rusticator + aristocrat]
scadoodles n pl • [Blend of scad(s) + oodles]
Scowegian n • [Blend of Scandinavian + Norwegian]
scunnion n • [Appar blend of scallion + onion]
sheboodle n • [Blend of shebang + caboodle]
shurn v • [Perh blend of shun + spurn..]
skew, out of adj phr • [Appar blend of askew + out of kilter and similar phrr]
skinny v • [Blend of shinny v + skin v B3] (MAP)
skittle n1 • [Perh by metath, but perh blend of skillet + kittle]
slantindicular adj, adv • [Blend of slant or slanch (at slaunch) + perpendicular]
slaphazard adj • [Blend of slapdash adj + haphazard]
slimpsy adj • [Prob blend of slim + flimsy..]
slunch v • [Blend of slump (or slouch) + hunch]
snab v • [Perh blend of nab and snag, but cf snabble]
snirt n • [Blend of snow + dirt]
snow v2 • [Prob blend of snum v + swow]
solemncholy adj • [Blend of solemn + melancholy]
splake n • [Blend of speckled + lake]
sprew v • [Perh blend of spray + spew]
squadrol n • [Blend of squad car + patrol]
squeasy adj • [Prob blend of squeamish + queasy; OED2 ➝ 1655]
star-eye(d) grass n • [Appar a blend of star grass 3 + blue-eyed grass 1]
stromp v • [Perh blend of stomp + tramp/tromp]
stunt n • [..perh here a blend of runt + stunted]
sumbleset n • [Blend of somerset + tumble]
summercater n • [Prob blend of summer + rusticator]
sunberella n • [Joc blend of sun + umbrella]
surrogated adj • [Perh blend of serrated + corrugated or malaprop for corrugated]
tarnation n, exclam • [..blend of tarnal + damnation or darnation]
teetering horse n • [Prob blend of teetering board (at teeter v) + ridy-horse 2)..]
Texican n • [Appar Texican Texan (DA 1864 ➝), reinterpreted as blend of Texan + Mexican]
thrin n • [Prob blend of three + twin]
timage n • [Prob blend of timothy + silage]
timber cock n • [Prob blend of timberdoodle + woodcock]
toadmaroon n • [Perh blend of toadstool + musheroon (at mushroom A)]
tumblesault n, v • [Blend of tumble + somersault] (MAP)
tumbleset n, v • [Blend of tumble + somerset] (MAP)
tusk n1 A5 • [Appar blend of tusk n1 + tush n]
umbersol n • [Prob blend of umbrella + parasol]
uppitish adj • [Prob blend of uppity + uppish]
weaver v • [Prob blend of weave + waver]
whindig n • [Perh blend of whingding + shindig]
whirlicue n • [Blend of whirl + curlicue]
work v 2a • [Blend of 1 above with be alive with in same sense]
vog n • [Blend of volcanic + fog or smog]
Block Island See Rhode Island, Block Island
Boston See Massachusetts, Boston
Brazilian Portuguese See Portuguese, Brazilian