"Cant is German philosophy."
Transcript.
24L
Meeting Mr Muspratt’s house, Jan 30th 1871
Present - Messrs. Muspratt, Carey, Watts, Brunner
Raven, Jekyll.
Words. Cant, Slang, Wit, Humour, Satire.
Cant is the affectation of being that which
you are not. Nescio quid
Cant is the affectation of dogma.
(recorded in absentia) I bide my time
Cant is a needless use of technical terms.
Palmam qui meruit ferat
Cant is German philosophy.
Gradatim
Cant is the use of language which tends to
make persons seem what they are not.
Erin go bragh.
Cant is the employment in ordinary conversa-
-tion or writing of terms peculiar to a particular
profession. Nemo
Definition proposed.
Cant is a needless use of technical terms.
Agreed to by: Paulatim
Palmam qui meruit ferat
Nemo
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Cant is the use of language which tends to make
persons seem what they are not.
Agreed to by: I bide my time, Gradatim
Erin go bragh
Cant is unnecessary technicality.
Paulatim
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Slang.
Slang is a vulgar use of words in other than
their natural meanings.
Palmam qui meruit ferat
Slang is a vulgar [term] used in the place of
the one commonly & properly employed.
Gradatim
Slang is vulgar technical terms.
Erin go bragh
Slang is a popular method of conveying slight
shades of meaning. Nescio quid.
Slang is the cant of low life, i.e. the
needless use of terms usually employed by those
who move in [fast?] or low society. Nemo.
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Definition proposed.
Slang is a vulgar use of words in other than
their ordinary [acceptation?].
Agreed to by: Palmam qui meruit ferat, Nemo
Erin go brag, Nescio quid, Gradatim
Minority
Slang is low cant. Paulatim
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Wit is language which is amusing by its im-
-plicit rather than by its literal meaning.
Paulatim
Wit is the suggestion of an amusing [surveillance??].
or contrast. Nescio quid
Wit is a faculty of the imagination which enables
its possessor to give ideas a pleasing form.
Nemo
Wit is a rapid detection of the similarity of
ideas. Gradatim
Wit is that language which causes laughter in
educated minds. Erin go bragh
Paulatim seconded his definition by substituting
“an expression” for language.
Wit is an unexpected association of ideas not -
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naturally connected, so as to satisfy the
appreciation of the human mind for the
ludicrous. Palmam qui meruit ferat
No definition was arrived at but the con-
-sideration of this word was postponed until
the next meeting.
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