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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



Sup. CT. Soprani* Court. 



- .: - .: ,-. . '. 



- irgeon. surgery. 

 -/. Surgeon-general, 

 surveyor. 



vn. 8unreyor-eneral. 

 & . Oat. tub voce). Under the word 

 or title 

 . IT. Senior Warden; South-west. 



Synonym, 



. 



T. A B. Total Abstinence Krother- 

 Tob. Table; Tabular statement. 



Tart. Tartaric'. 



7V<*. Technical, technically. 



TYfi.. TYnn. TennesMS. 



Ter. Territ' 



Term. Termination. 



Tevl. Teutonic. 



7*.m-. (lat. tfitu* recfpttt*). The 



received t- 



TO. Thomas; Thursday. 

 Tito. Theodore. 



. ..'. I ; ..- '....".. 



r. Theorutn. 

 Theesalonians. 



THo.. Tho*. Thomas. 



Tku.. THur., Thur*. Thursday. 



Tie*. Tierce. 



Tim. Timothy. 



Tit. Title; Titus. 



T. O. Turn over. 



Too. Tobit. 



Tom. Tome, volume. 



Tonn. Tonnage. 



Topoa. Topography, topographical. 



Tp. Township. 



TV. Translation, translator, trans- 

 lated; Transpose; Treasurer; Trus- 

 tee. 



Trant. Transaction; Translation, 

 translator, translated. 



Trar. Travels. 



Treat. Treasurer. 



Trig., Tripon. Trigonometry, trigo- 

 .nometrical. 



Trin. Trinity. 



Tt. Texas. 



T. T. L. To take leave. [P. P. C.] 



Tu., Tuft. Tuesday. 



Turk. Turkey. Turkish. 



Tvp. Typographer. 



Tvpoo. Typography, typographical. 



If. C. (Ijit. urbi* condiite),From the 

 building of the city Rome 



.-. rj, r. 

 r. A. 



c/JL' 



Y..,'.: 1 



ited Kingdom. 



King at Arms; 

 1'nited Kingdom Alliance. 

 I'lt. (Ijit. ultimo). Last, of the last 



month. 



urn. Unmarried. 

 Cnif. I'nitarian. 

 Trur. I'nivr: 

 ;>per. 

 United Presbyterian. 



ites. 



(IjU. ut supra). As above. 

 I. United States of America; 

 United States Army. 



/.. United States Legation. 

 U. I nit ed States mail; United 

 S marine. 



\f. A. United States Military 

 Academy. 



\ . United States Navy. 

 \ . A. United States Naval 

 Ac ademy. 



5. United States Senate; Unit- 

 ed States ship or steamer. 



J. Cfc United States Supreme 

 Court. 

 I'su. Usual, usually. 



rh; Verse; Victoria; Violin. 

 V. (Lat. versus). Against. 

 I'. (Lat. vide). See. 

 U. A. Vicar Apostolic ; Vice-admiral. 

 \'n. Virginia. 

 Vol. Valve; Value. 

 Tar. Variety. 

 Vat. Vatican. 

 I", nujr. Verb auxiliary. 

 V. C. Vice-chancellor; Victoria Cross. 

 V. def. Verb defective. 

 V. D. M. (Lat. Verbum Dei Minis- 

 ter), Minister of the Word of God. 

 Ven. Venerable. 

 I . d. Vicar-General. 

 V. g. (Lat. verbi gratia), For the sake 



of example. 

 V. i. Verb intransitive. 

 Vice-pres. Vice-president. 

 Vid. (Lat. vide), See. 

 V. imp. Verb impersonal. 

 V. irr. Verb irregular. 

 Vis., Vise. Viscount. 

 Viz. (Lat. videlicet), Namelv; to wit. 



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V. n. Verb neuter. 

 Voc. Vocative. 

 Vol. Volume. 

 Vols. Volumes. 

 V. P. Vice-president. 

 V. r. Verb reflexive. 

 V. Rev. Very Reverend. 

 Vs. (Lat. versus). Against. 

 V. S. Veterinary surgeon. 

 V. t. Verb transitive. 

 Vt. Vermont. 



Vul., Vulti. Vulgate. 



\'ul<). Vulgar, vulgarly. 



rr. //. (lAt. varite lectiones). Various 

 readings. 



11 . Wednesday; Week; Welsh; 

 , western. 



HY,//., \Vnllch. Wallachian 



\V,ilt. Walter. 



\Vath. Washington. 



jr. c. Water closet. 



IT. C. A. Women's Christian Asso- 

 ciation. 



W.C.T. ('. Women's Christian Tem- 

 perance Union. 



\\-><L Wednesday. 



MY/. Welsh. 



'. /. Wrong font (in printing). 



\\'hf. Wharf. 



H'. /. West Indies; West Indian. 



IVt., Wise. Wisconsin. 



int. Week. 



W. Long. West Longitude. 



Wm. William. 



TV. M. Worshipful Master. 



W. N. W. West-north-west. 



Wp. Worship. 



Wpful. Worshipful. 



W. S. Writer to the Signet. 



IV. S. W. West-south-west. 



Wt. Weight. 



TV. Va. West Virginia. 



Wyo. Wyoming. 



X. Christ, 



Xm., Xrnas. Christmas. 



Xn. Christian. 



Xnty. Christianity. 



Xper., Xr. Christopher. 



Xt. Christ. 



Xtian. Christian. 



Y. Year. 



Yd. Yard. 



Yds. Yards. 



Ye. The; Thee. 



Y. M. C. A. Young Men's Christian 

 Association. 



Y. M. Cath. A. Young Men's Catho- 

 lic Association. 



Y. M. H. A. Young Men's Hebrew 

 Association. 



Y. P. S. C. E. Young People's So- 

 ciety of Christian Endeavor. 



Yr. Year; Younger; Your. 



Ys. Years; Yours. 



Y. W. C. A. Young Women's Chris- 

 tian Association. 



Zach. Zachary. 



Zech. Zechariah. 



Zeph. Zephaniah. 



Z. G., Zoo. Zoological Gardens. 



Zoochem. Zoochemistry, zoochemi- 

 cal. 



Zoogeofj. Zoogeography, zoogeo- 

 graphical. 



Zool. Zoology, zoological. 



SLANG 



Bret Harte has defined slang as, 



" Phrases such as camps may teach, 

 Sabre cuts of Saxon speech." 



In the middle of the century slang came to 

 signify a word or a phrase used with a meaning 

 not recognized in polite letters, either because it 

 had just been invented, or because it had passed 

 out of memory. Professor Lounsbury says: 

 i n effort on the part of the users of 

 ItQguaoe to say something more vividly, strongly, 

 ly, than the language as existing permits. 

 Slang is OuTf-fore the source from which the 

 decaying energies of speech are constantly re- 

 furnished." This generous treatment of slang 

 by Professor Lounsbury should not be taken as 

 an intention on his part to license this much 

 condemned mode of speech. Occasionally a 

 word or a phrase by its vigor or piquancy of 



meaning may pass from the vocabulary of slang 

 into that of cultured speech, but it is the excep- 

 tion and not the rule. 



The best we can say for the use of slang is 

 that only when we have need for an exceptional 

 word of vigor or of force should it be allowed. 

 The habit of using slang should be condemned 

 at all times, for it weakens thought and robs 

 language of its beauty and refinement. 



A short list of slang words and phrases in 

 common use is appended here, not to encourage 

 its use, but to explain its meaning, which may 

 often be blind. 



A. B. Able seaman. 



Abide. I cannot abide (sutler) him. 



About right. To give it to one about right is to 

 give to him well, thoroughly. 



Above par. Means something superior or be- 

 yond the ordinary. 



A dam's ale. Drinking water. 



