On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:49:27AM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote: > I was asked about this, for Pete's sake. It's clearly related to "for the > love of Mike" and "for the love of Pete," which we have from the 1890s. Wait, we do? Where's the 1890s evidence for "for the love of Pete"? Jesse Sheidlower OED