Runyonese
/ˌrʌnjəˈniːz/noun
Language or style characteristic or suggestive of that used in the short stories of Damon Runyon; especially slang or idiom typical of gangsters or the New York underworld.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Observer. From the name of Damon Runyon + -ese.
- marrubiin
- Marrubium
- Marrucinian
- marry
- Marryat, Frederick
- marryer
- marrying-in
- marrying-out
- marry in haste, repent at leisure
- marry money
- marry with the left hand
- Mars
- Marsala
- Marsalis, Wynton
- Marsanne
- Mars bar
- Mars color
- Mars colour
- Marseillaise
- Marseilles
- Mars Global Surveyor
- marsh
- marshal
- marshalate
- marshalcy