Chrysti The Wordsmith: Underworld Lingo - 2

Greetings and welcome to Christie the wordsmith. The Dictionary of American underworld lingo was published in one thousand fifty. With the help of convicts thoroughly immersed in the universe of crime the linguistic advisors for this dictionary are listed as bad bill. An armed robber held the rebel auto theft gang boss Joe Joe the terrorist in the dictionaries pref. the editor praises a criminal named Iggy for his indispensable knowledge of narcotics ring operations and the traffic use and effects of marijuana. Together these convicts divulged 5000 words and phrases engendered by underground activities of the early decades of the 20th century on the pages of the Dictionary of American underworld lingo. We find the word gabble or one who talks too much to kick the Moocher around is to smoke on an opium pipe worm workers specialized in stealing silk. A reformed prostitute is known as a Mary Magdalen while a crap merchant is a liar or persuasive talker. The entries in the Dictionary of American underworld

lingo were forged in the shadows of American streets and behind the bars of Sing-Sing San Quentin and Columbus State Penitentiary in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is a linguistic Treasury compiled by editors with the foresight to preserve the vanishing expressions of a colorful and bizarre subset of Americans. That's the Dictionary of American underworld lingo. Well worth the search. I'm Christie the wordsmith. Good day for the horse. CHRISTIE The wordsmith is sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Zoot enterprises a high tech firm in Bozeman Montana offering challenging careers and innovative solutions for the financial services industry sued web dot com.