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Life and Liberty in America 102: Amiable means ‘stupid.’ A member of the House of Representatives, and a most worthy man, was highly offended at hearing his friend called ‘amiable’ by an Englishman. He thought the phrase implied a reproach, or a sneer. Life and Liberty in America 104: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] To go on a bender, to go on a spree. Life and Liberty in America 105: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Bim. Hit him bim in the eye; that is, right in the eye. Life and Liberty in America 104: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Bogus, false, or sham. Said to be derived from the name of a man notorious for issuing counterfeit notes. Life and Liberty in America 102: Clever means ‘amiable and courteous.’ A ‘clever’ captain is one who is friendly, attentive, and polite to his passengers. Among the recommendations sometimes advertised in the Mississippi and Ohio steamboats, is, that the captain and clerk are the ‘cleverest’ on the line, and for this reason agreeable to the ladies. Life and Liberty in America 105: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] A doughface; a man easily moved to change his opinion; a person to be wrought upon and modeled to any particular shape, like a piece of dough. Life and Liberty in America 105: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Fizzle, a slight quarrel or controversy. Life and Liberty in America 104: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Grit, the real grit, the true grit. These words or phrases are used to signify a person of superior worth, solidity, and genuineness [...] The miller is evidently the parent of this expression. Life and Liberty in America 102: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: To honeyfugle, to gloze, flatter, bamboozle, or ‘ take in’. Life and Liberty I 169: ‘Gin-sling,’ ‘brandy-smash,’ ‘a streak of lightning,’ ‘whisky-skin,’ ‘mint-julep’ [...] are but a few of the names of the drinks . Life and Liberty in America 103: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Mung, sham, false, pretended; mung news, a fabrication. Life and Liberty in America 105: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Rocks, money – a California phrase. Life and Liberty in America 105: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Socdologer, a knock-down blow. Life and Liberty in America 1 158: He [...] declared that the word ‘amiable’ was synonymous with what in English slang is called ‘spooney’. Life and Liberty in America 103: Among the pure Americanisms may be cited the following: [...] Swanger, a dandy, or ‘swell’. Life and Liberty I 169: ‘Gin-sling,’ ‘brandy-smash,’ ‘a streak of lightning,’ ‘whisky-skin,’ ‘mint-julep’ [etc] [DA].