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Among those who contributed recipes were journalist Heywood Broun, actor Roland Young and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld; among those who declined was the usually ombibulous H.L. Mencken, who in a rare moment of moderation said he'd rather make the argument for wine and beer.
Books on Alcohol Daniel Okrent 2010
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You also have to consider the dramatis personae in the Sinclair-Mencken exchange: the former was so dry he was Saharan, while the latter, who liked to call himself “ombibulous,” was the single most effusive publicist for booze the Republic has ever seen.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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You also have to consider the dramatis personae in the Sinclair-Mencken exchange: the former was so dry he was Saharan, while the latter, who liked to call himself “ombibulous,” was the single most effusive publicist for booze the Republic has ever seen.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
whichbe commented on the word ombibulous
Drinking everything. (Luciferous Logolepsy)
May 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word ombibulous
"Mencken was also a staunch wet, meaning he was against Prohibition from start to finish. He coined a term ombibulous to describe his prejudice in favor of alcohol and against the affront to liberty that Probibition imposed on the Republic. 'I'm ombibulous. I drink every known alcoholic drink and enjoy them all.'"
- Gibbons Burke, 'Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956)'.
September 29, 2008