Slangsters
To editors and columnists. President Wilfred John Funk of Funk & Wagnalls, who writes light verse, publishes the Literary Digest and gets out a dictionary, last week tossed an exciting subject for controversy. He made up a list of the "ten modern Americans who have done most to keep American jargon alive." His ten:
Sime Silverman
H. L. Mencken
T. A. Dorgan
Walter Winchell
Arthur ("Bugs") Baer
Ring Lardner
Damon Runyon
Gelett Burgess
George Ade
Gene Buck
From his list, Publisher Funk wisely omitted any definition of "jargon," gave no examples. If he meant...