seum) a comp (complimentary ticket)

8. AVOID TECHNICAL OR PROFESSIONAL WORDS. Such words are usually
clearly understood only by persons of one class or profession.
Examples:

valence hagiology allonge
kilowatt sclerosis estoppel

193. WHEN BARBARISMS MAY BE USED. In the foregoing rules barbarisms
have been treated as at all times to be avoided. This is true of
their use in general composition, and in a measure true of their
use in composition of a special nature. But barbarisms may sometimes
be used properly. Obsolete words would be permissible in poetry
or in historical novels, technical words permissible in technical
writing, and even vulgarisms and provincialisms permissible in
dialect stories.

EXERCISE 76

_Substitute for each of the barbarisms in the following list an
expression that is in good use. When in doubt consult a good
dictionary:_

Chaw, quoth, fake, reckon, dern, forsooth, his'n, an invite, entre
nous, tote, hadn't oughter, yclept, a combine, ain't, dole, a try,
nouveau riche, puny, grub, twain, a boom, alter ego, a poke, cuss,
eld, enthused, mesalliance, tollable, disremember, locomote, a right
smart ways, chink, afeard, orate, nary a one, yore, pluralized,
distingue, ruination, complected, mayhap, burglarized, mal de mer,
tuckered, grind, near, suicided, callate, cracker-jack, erst,
railroaded, chic, down town, deceased (verb), a rig, swipe, spake,
on a toot, knocker, peradventure, guess, prof, classy, booze, per
se, cute, biz, bug-house, swell, opry, rep, photo, cinch, corker,
in cahoot, pants, fess up, exam, bike, incog, zoo, secondhanded,
getable, outclassed, gents, mucker, galoot, dub, up against it,
on tick, to rattle, in hock, busted on the bum, to watch out, get
left.

EXERCISE 77

_Make a list of such barbarisms as you yourself use, and devise
for them as many good substitute expressions as you can. Practice
using the good expressions that you have made._

EXERCISE 78

_Correct the italicized barbarisms in the following sentences:_

1. They can go _everywheres_.
2. He spends all his time _grinding_.
3. There _ain't_ a _sightlier_ town in the state.
4. He ate the whole _hunk_ of cake.
5. He was treated very _illy_.
6. Smith's new house is very _showy_.
7. Not _muchly_ will I go.
8. All were ready for breakfast before _sun-up_.
9. Do you like _light-complected_ people?
10. I had never _orated_ b