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...should talk Latin. Winchester finds it necessary to supply new boys with a glossary of its slang. Some Wykehamisms: abs (absent), chiz (cheat), cud (pretty, from couth, opposite of uncouth), infra-dig (scornful-to sport infra-dig duck, to look scornful), glope (spit), swink (sweat), thoke (idle in bed), ziph (a kind of pig Latin), plant (sock someone with a football...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Schoolboy Slang | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

Roxbury Neighborhood House-G. Ziph, L. Harishorn, R. F. Gustin, J. F. Stearns, H. Philips, K. B. Lucas, Melvile P. Baker, T. S. Whitman, C. A. Page, J. R. Pratt, R. N. Bryan, D. F. Cameron, C. K. Cummings, K. Campbeli, A. T. Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150 IN SOCIAL SERVICE | 5/29/1920 | See Source »

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