Mencken

[meng-kuh n] /ˈmɛŋ kən/

noun
1.
H(enry) L(ouis) 1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.
/ˈmɛŋkən/
noun
1.
H(enry) L(ouis). 1880–1956, US journalist and literary critic, noted for The American Language (1919): editor of the Smart Set and the American Mercury, which he founded (1924)

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