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American lexicographer (1928–1990)
Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990) was a lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books on the origins of American words and expressions, including
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professor of experimental pathology at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Berg Flexner (1928–1990), lexicographer, editor and author, noted for his books
Flexner
Term primarily used in sex work
and Euphemism. Signet, ISBN 0-451-16554-3 Wentworth, Harold and Stuart Berg Flexner (1975). Dictionary of American Slang. Crowell, ISBN 978-0-690-00670-4
Shemale
Ethnic slur against people from Spanish-speaking countries
in Boy Aviators in Nicaragua, or, In League with the Insurgents. Stuart Berg Flexner, in I Hear America Talking (1976), favored the explanation that it
Spic
American linguist and author (1906–1981)
marginalized subcultures. Maurer was described by his former student Stuart Berg Flexner as "big, with large shoulders and strong arms and hands, a man who
David_W._Maurer
Reception room
Haremlik Selamlık Random House Unabridged Dictionary Second Edition, Stuart Berg Flexner, Editor, Random House, New York, 1993 Bryson, Bill (2011). At Home:
Parlour
Ice cream composed of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavors
frozen together [...] [was] first being talked about in the 1870s. — Stuart Berg Flexner, I Hear America Talking ...in a dress of pink and white stripes,
Neapolitan_ice_cream
Dance style associated with swing dance
Compare Cheshire 'buggin, a louse' (Holland). Wentworth, Harold and Stuart Berg Flexner, ed. (1975). Dictionary of American Slang (2nd ed.). New York: Thomas
Jitterbug
American slang or epithet
Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner cite two earlier meanings of egghead, one referring to baldness, the other to stupidity. Wentworth and Flexner note that
Egghead
Type of musical delivery involving rhythmic speech
Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, 2nd supplemented edition, 1975, p. 419. Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary
Rapping
Derogatory term in the southern United States
Rednecks White trash Yokel Redneck Revolt Harold Wentworth, and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang (1975) p. 424. "Redneck – Definition
Redneck
2024. Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (1975). Dictionary of American slang – Harold Wentworth, Stuart Berg Flexner – Google Books. Crowell. ISBN 9780690006704
Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States
Glossary_of_early_twentieth_century_slang_in_the_United_States
American slang for an individual
(1): 20–22. doi:10.2307/453362. JSTOR 453362. Harold Wentworth, and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang (1975) p. 424. "Redneck" Archived May
Dude
Latin phrase praising experience as the best teacher
Learning. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 9781409486718 - page: 59 Stuart Berg Flexner; Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-honored
Ut est rerum omnium magister usus
Ut_est_rerum_omnium_magister_usus
American dictionary
An expanded second edition of the printed dictionary, edited by Stuart Berg Flexner, appeared in 1987, revised in 1993. This edition adopted the Merriam-Webster
Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Random_House_Webster's_Unabridged_Dictionary
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
ISBN 978-1-57113-347-2. Pei, Mario, The Story of Language, with an Introduction by Stuart Berg Flexner, revised ed., New York, New American Library, 1984, ISBN 0-452-25527-9
Joseph_Conrad
Form of gambling
Library. June 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2015. Listening to America, Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982). "Betting School: Understanding
Fixed-odds_betting
Slang
2015. Wentworth, Harold and Stuart Berg Flexner. Dictionary of American Slang. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. Wentworth and Flexner define swish as a noun meaning
Swish_(slang)
Term in music
University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-674-37501-7. Stuart Berg Flexner; Eugene Ehrlich; Joyce M. Hawkins; Gorton Carruth (1982). Oxford
Stretto
Transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another
York: New American Library. ISBN 9780452008700. Introduction by Stuart Berg Flexner, revised edition. Piron, Claude (1994). Le défi des langues: du gâchis
Translation
American song about Jim Crow
complete in 150 verses". Library of Congress. I Hear America Talking by Stuart Berg Flexner, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976, page 39; possibly also Robert
Jump_Jim_Crow
Dictionary of English slang first published in 1960
edited by Stuart Flexner and Harold Wentworth and published in 1960 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company. After Wentworth's death in 1965, Flexner wrote a supplemented
Dictionary_of_American_Slang
Fillmore (US, 1929–2014) English and Japanese cognitive linguistics Stuart Berg Flexner (US, 1928–1990) English dictionary of slang John Florio (England
List_of_lexicographers
13, 2007. "Hialeah -- The City of Progress" Wentworth, Harold and Stuart Berg Flexner. (1967) Dictionary of American Slang. Maruzen Asian Edition. Thomas
List of city nicknames in Florida
List_of_city_nicknames_in_Florida
2016-05-17. Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (1975). Dictionary of American slang - Harold Wentworth, Stuart Berg Flexner - Google Books. Crowell. ISBN 9780690006704
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Historical_Dictionary_of_American_Slang
Products. Nestlé Australia. Retrieved 2010-10-08. Listening to America, Stuart Berg Flexner [Simon & Schuster:New York] 1982 (p. 178) "Cuban Tostones recipe"
List_of_snack_foods
Annual literary award in the United States
Mary. "National Book Awards announces shortlist: Rumaan Alam, Douglas Stuart among finalists". USA TODAY. Retrieved October 5, 2024. Charles, Ron (October
National Book Award for Nonfiction
National_Book_Award_for_Nonfiction
Sliced dried beef product
Lovegren 1995, p. 209. Lovegren 1995, p. 50. Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (1967). Dictionary of American Slang (Supplemented ed.). New York:
Chipped_beef
English phrase
ad". LIFE Magazine: 11. April 2, 1956. Retrieved 10 January 2016. Flexner, Stuart Berg (Dec 12, 1988). Listening to America. Random House Value Publishing
Meanwhile,_back_at_the_ranch
Idiom
com. Retrieved 28 July 2018. The Oxford English Dictionary, 193.3 Flexner, Stuart Berg (1979-10-01). I hear America talking: an illustrated history of American
As_easy_as_pie
Single-volume dictionary of American English
Oxford American Dictionary Author Eugene Ehrlich (editor) Stuart Berg Flexner (editor) Gorton Carruth (editor) Joyce M. Hawkins (editor) Subject Dictionary
Oxford_American_Dictionary
1937 song by George and Ira Gershwin
Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-10-04. Flexner, Stuart Berg (1982). Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
Let's_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off
Person or character widely regarded as sexually attractive
Hollywood: An Illustrated History. B L Press. ISBN 978-0977629923. Flexner, Stuart Berg; Soukhanov, Anne H. (1997). Speaking freely: a guided tour of American
Sex_symbol
Surname list
Dictionary. HarperCollins. OCLC 1120411289. Retrieved 25 September 2025. Flexner, Stuart Berg, ed. (1987). "Gillespie". The Random House Dictionary of the English
Gillespie_(surname)
Well-known saying
(3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1970. p. 316. ISBN 0198691181. Flexner, Stuart Berg (1993). Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-honored
All_that_glitters_is_not_gold
Indigenous American herbal smoking mix
Press (St. Paul, MN: 1992). ISBN 0-87351-281-2. Part II, page 189. Flexner, Stuart Berg and Leonore Crary Hauck, eds.. The Random House Dictionary of the
Kinnikinnick
Early 20th century American slang phrase
both to fall unconscious. 23 enigma 6-7 Notes Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (1960). Dictionary of American Slang. New York City: Thomas Y. Crowell
23_skidoo
Cold dairy beverage
History of Milkshakes". Iceberg Drive Inn. Retrieved June 30, 2024. Flexner, Stuart Berg (1982) Listening to America, Simon & Schuster: New York, p. 178,
Milkshake
Category of soups
ISBN 978-1-60949-259-5.[permanent dead link] Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (1967). Dictionary of American Slang. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell
Chowder
Dissident organization during the American Revolution
British Empire, 1754-1766. New York: Vintage Books 2020, 643-44, n.3 Flexner, Stuart Berg (1997). Speaking Freely: A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth
Sons_of_Liberty
American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Dictionary. HarperCollins. OCLC 1120411289. Retrieved September 25, 2025. Flexner, Stuart Berg, ed. (1987). "Gillespie". The Random House Dictionary of the English
Dizzy_Gillespie
American geneticist and molecular biologist
Peter G. Schultz (1991) William DeGrado (1992) Stuart L. Schreiber (1993) Peter S. Kim (1994) Jeremy M. Berg (1995) Gregory L. Verdine (1996) Alanna Schepartz
Phillip_Allen_Sharp
More higher education reduces its value
law education. One example of such reports is the Flexner Report, written by educator Abraham Flexner. This research led to the closing of low-quality
Credentialism and degree inflation
Credentialism_and_degree_inflation
European history from the 5th to 15th centuries
1000–1500. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-70653-7. Flexner, Stuart Berg (ed.). The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: Unabridged
Middle_Ages
Leader in an electoral race
Publishing Group. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-84-429123-9. Wentworth, Harold; Flexner, Stuart Berg (2007). Kipfer, Barbara Ann; Chapman, Robert L. (eds.). Dictionary
Front-runner
Reference work published in 1971
Askew Sarah Comly Norris Bogle Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild Jennie Maas Flexner Belle da Costa Greene Mary Emogene Hazeltine Caroline Maria Hewins Mary
Notable American Women, 1607–1950
Notable_American_Women,_1607–1950
August 12, 1939. p. 17. ISSN 0362-4331 – via The Times Machine. Eleanor Flexner, Century of Struggle, 1959; Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 264-285
List of people from New Rochelle, New York
List_of_people_from_New_Rochelle,_New_York
It's the Rage (1999) James D. Stern All Soul's Eve (1920) Anne Crawford Flexner All Soul's Eve (1921) Chester M. Franklin All the Way Robert Schenkkan
List of plays adapted into feature films: A to I
List_of_plays_adapted_into_feature_films:_A_to_I
American writer
Gardner Flippo, Chet. Your Cheatin' Heart: A Biography of Hank Williams Flexner, Stuart. Listening to America Follett, Ken. On Wings of Eagles Fonda, Jane
Vincent_Virga
Name list
African rower Helen Fletcher (1931–2022), British tennis player Helen Thomas Flexner (1871–1956), American writer and educator Helen Flint (1898–1967), American
Helen_(given_name)
American film and distribution company
of Hollywood (1st ed.). New York: Grove Press. ISBN 0802138780. Flexner, Stuart Berg (1982). Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Papers History Allan Nevins The Organized War 1973 Biography James Thomas Flexner George Washington, Vol. IV: Anguish and Farewell, 1793–1799 History Robert
List of winners of the National Book Award
List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award
Species of deer
Mifflin Company. 2000. Archived from the original on 25 March 2004. Flexner, Stuart Berg and Leonore Crary Hauck; eds. (1987). The Random House Dictionary
Reindeer
Historical Linguistics of Native America. Oxford: Oxford University Press Flexner, Stuart Berg and Leonore Crary Hauck, eds. (1987). The Random House Dictionary
List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas
List_of_English_words_from_Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
in Physiology or Medicine (1992). Member Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Louis B. Flexner (1902–1996). American biochemist at the University of Pennsylvania, who
List_of_biochemists
Semi-formal Western dress code
is preferred. Fashion portal Suit Western dress codes White tie Flexner, Stuart Berg; Hauck, Lenore Crary, eds. (1993). Random House Unabridged Dictionary
Black_tie
American crossword puzzle writer (1913–1961)
Puzzler and the Puzzled". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 16 August 2024. Flexner, Stuart Berg (8 July 1984). "FUN (2 WORDS)". The New York Times. Retrieved 16
Harold_T._Bers
Grid-based word puzzle
Puzzler and the Puzzled". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 16 August 2024. Flexner, Stuart Berg (8 July 1984). "FUN (2 WORDS)". The New York Times. Retrieved 16
Crossword
Range of socio-political movements and ideologies
Suffrage. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06562-6. Flexner, Eleanor (1996). Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the
Feminism
amateur lepidopterist who became an expert on microlepidoptera Louis B. Flexner (1902–1996), American biochemist who worked on memory and brain function
List_of_biologists
Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) Flexner, Stuart Berg, and Leonore Crary Hauck, eds. (1987). The Random House Dictionary
List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous languages of the Americas
List_of_organisms_with_names_derived_from_Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas
Retrieved February 7, 2019. "'Build Us A University' – And That's What Dr. John Stuart Allen Did". St. Petersburg Times. April 26, 1970. pp. 1D & 5D. Archived
List of New York University alumni
List_of_New_York_University_alumni
ISBN 978-0-87049-562-5. Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington in the American Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968. OCLC 400924. Flexner, James Thomas. George
Bibliography of the American Revolutionary War
Bibliography_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
Bill Clinton Jonathan D. Schiller (1973), co-founder of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP Whitney North Seymour (1923), president of the ABA; chairman of Simpson
List of Columbia Law School alumni
List_of_Columbia_Law_School_alumni
Antiprogestogen and antiglucocorticoid drug
Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017. Flexner C (December 2007). "HIV drug development: the next 25 years". Nature Reviews
Mifepristone
Month of 1913
"continued to perform stunts, though never again in a rocket." Dr. Simon Flexner announced to an audience of physicians at Johns Hopkins University that
March_1913
STUART BERG-FLEXNER
STUART BERG-FLEXNER
Male
English
French form of English Stewart, STUART means "house guard; steward." In use by the English and Scottish.
Male
Yiddish
(בֶּער) Yiddish name derived from German baer, BER means "bear." It is often paired with Dov--for example, Ber Dov, Dovber--which also means "bear" in Hebrew and has been borne by many rabbis and Zionists.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English stigweard, composed of the elements stig "house" and weard "guard," STEWART means "house guard; steward."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Scottish
Steward; Household Guardian; Form of Stuart; Surname; House Guard
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of German Hrodebert, RÓBERT means "bright fame."Â
Boy/Male
British, Dutch, English, German, Norwegian
Mountain
Girl/Female
English American
Star.
Male
Swedish
Swedish name derived from Old Norse stúra, STURE means "obstinate."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Star, STARR means "star."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Scottish
Steward; Stewart is Clan Name of the Royal House of Scotland; Surname; House Guard
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Holy Star
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various minor places, for example Start Point in Devon, named from Old English steort ‘tail’, in the transferred sense of a promontory or spur of a hill.
Girl/Female
English Latin
Star.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, Greek, Latin
Star; Esther; Stella; Inspiring
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American English Scottish
Steward.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English smart ‘quick’, ‘prompt’ (Old English smeart ‘stinging’, ‘painful’, from smeortan ‘to sting’). This name is common and widespread throughout England, Wales, and Scotland.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
A Steward
Male
English
Modern English name derived from Old English beorht, BERT means "bright." Used as a short form of longer names containing the same element.Â
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Holy Star
Male
Turkish
Turkish name BERK means "solid, strong."Â
STUART BERG-FLEXNER
STUART BERG-FLEXNER
Boy/Male
Indian
North East Direction
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Story Teller
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, French
Jasmine Flower; A Flower Name from the Older Form Jessamine; Fragrant Flower
Male
Arthurian
, The Desirous or Haughty.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Bold courageous
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Flax Meadow
Surname or Lastname
Swiss German
Swiss German : Americanized form of Lüthy (see Luthi).English : variant of Laity.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim
Victorious
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place with a name such as Gil(l)sthorp(e), the first element being on Old English or Old Norse personal name, the second being Old Norse þorp ‘hamlet’, ‘settlement’, or possibly an Anglicized form of a Danish habitational name from Gelstrup or Gølstrup in Jutland. The surname id found in SC, GA, and TX.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Judge
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n.
An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
a.
Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
v. i.
To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
v. t.
To cause a smart in.
n.
Same as Strait-jacket.
v. t.
To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
a.
Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata.
v. i.
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
n.
A square piece or fragment.
n.
Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.
a.
Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
n.
A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
n.
A large mass or hill, as of ice.
v. i.
Smart money (see below).
v. t.
To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
v. t.
To make petition to; to entreat; as, to beg a person to grant a favor.
v. t.
To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
v. i.
To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
v. t.
To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
n.
Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so