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Starting: Mon Aug 1 01:35:59 UTC 2005
Ending: Wed Aug 31 23:06:43 UTC 2005
Messages: 812

• "might oughta"   RonButters at AOL.COM
• "The lights out"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• greaser   Laurence Horn
• "The lights out"   sagehen
• Green Jade (Broccoli, String Beans, Snow Peas)   Laurence Horn
• "Ax(e) to grind" redux   Laurence Horn
• metamorphosis (was: no subject)   Jonathan Lighter
• "O tempora, O mores!"   Joanne M. Despres
•       Latest issue of Mal edicta   RonButters at AOL.COM
• FYI: Big Orange   Wilson Gray
• nice joints   George Thompson
• nice joints   Sally O. Donlon
• pig-pile (was Re: mosh-pit lingo (1980- ))   Benjamin Zimmer
• "The lights out"   Laurence Horn
• "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"   Laurence Horn
• "Up tight"   Wilson Gray
• "Up tight"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Up tight"   Wilson Gray
• diety complex   Peter A. McGraw
• "Up tight"   Jonathan Lighter
• "hall of fame"   Mullins, Bill
• FYI: Big Orange   Mullins, Bill
• nice joints   Jonathan Lighter
• "hall of fame"   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "hall of fame"   Mullins, Bill
• "hall of fame"   Mullins, Bill
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Fred Shapiro
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Sam Clements
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Fred Shapiro
•       Re: "Shouldn't ought" --and "might oughta"   RonButters at AOL.COM
• Dirty Words: The Story of Sex Talk   Paul Frank
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Sam Clements
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"   Chris F Waigl
• "hall of fame"   Mark A. Mandel
• metamorphosis (was: no subject)   Mark A. Mandel
• metamorphosis (was: no subject)   Jonathan Lighter
• "hall of fame"   Joanne M. Despres
• ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC   Jonathan Lighter
• "hall of fame"   Joanne M. Despres
• Hooah !   Jonathan Lighter
• Manifesto   LeBeouf Sabrina K
• Manifesto   Mullins, Bill
• Hooah !   Barnhart
• "hall of fame"   Mullins, Bill
• "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"   Laurence Horn
• "hall of fame"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "hall of fame"   Laurence Horn
• Lynching redux   James A. Landau
• "hall of fame"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Lynching redux   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Michael Quinion
• "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Lynching redux   Michael McKernan
• racial epithets   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Laurence Horn
• "hall of fame"   Laurence Horn
• Lynching redux   Mullins, Bill
• Lynching redux   Joanne M. Despres
• Lynching redux   Laurence Horn
• Lynching redux   Wilson Gray
• Hooah !   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Laurence Horn
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Wendalyn Nichols
• Hooah !   Mullins, Bill
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Joel S. Berson
• Lynching redux   Fred Shapiro
• Hooah !   Sam Clements
• Lynching redux   Mullins, Bill
• Crystal meth   Wilson Gray
• Crystal meth   Bethany K. Dumas
• Crystal meth   Jonathan Lighter
• Hooah !   Jonathan Lighter
• Hooah !   Mullins, Bill
• Hooah !   Benjamin Zimmer
• Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sweet Sixteen   Michael McKernan
• Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)   Paul Frank
• Feelsafe (or, Feel-safe)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sweet Sixteen   Mullins, Bill
• Sweet Sixteen   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)   Orion Montoya
• Crab Crunch   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sweet Sixteen   Michael McKernan
• Crab Crunch   Laurence Horn
• Crab Crunch   Barnhart
• Raising [ken]   David Bowie
• Lynching redux   Mark A. Mandel
• "hall of fame"   Mark A. Mandel
• Houses (House Ball scene)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Crab Crunch   Mullins, Bill
• Sweet Sixteen   Jonathan Lighter
• Raising [ken]   Arnold M. Zwicky
•       Strangolapreti (Priest- stranglers)   RonButters at AOL.COM
• Slang for crystal meth   Wilson Gray
• Slang for crystal meth   Benjamin Zimmer
• "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)   Sam Clements
• "All seriousness aside"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Lynching redux   Wilson Gray
• "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Hooah !   Wilson Gray
• "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)   Douglas G. Wilson
• FYI: Big Orange   Wilson Gray
• Hooah !   Benjamin Zimmer
• Slang for crystal meth   Wilson Gray
• Hooah !   Wilson Gray
• Crab Crunch   Wilson Gray
• "Let's don't/not and say we did"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement   Fred Shapiro
• Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement   Fred Shapiro
• Slang for crystal meth   Wells Darla L
• Lynching redux   George Thompson
• Slang for crystal meth   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Slang for crystal meth   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Baker, John
• "All seriousness aside"   Laurence Horn
• "All seriousness aside"   Peter A. McGraw
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Baker, John
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Michael McKernan
• Fwd:   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "All seriousness aside"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Fwd:   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Wilson Gray
• Sandburg "Slang" Quote   Fred Shapiro
• Sandburg "Slang" Quote   Fred Shapiro
• "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sandburg "Slang" Quote   Jonathan Lighter
• "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)   Baker, John
• "All seriousness aside"   Laurence Horn
• Hooah !   James Smith
• "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)   Laurence Horn
• Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action   Laurence Horn
• for the haplogical "unpacked" file   Laurence Horn
• greengrocer's apostrophe in action   Wilson Gray
• Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action   sagehen
• Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action   Laurence Horn
• "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)   Mark A. Mandel
• "All seriousness aside"   Wilson Gray
• Lynching redux   Baker, John
• greengrocer's apostrophe in action   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   Jonathan Lighter
• "All seriousness aside"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "All seriousness aside"   Wilson Gray
• FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??   Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A.
• Abstracts for American Speech, vol. 80, no. 3   Grant Barrett
• more re FL   Bethany K. Dumas
• whoops!   Bethany K. Dumas
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "Here's a few items"--grammatical query   Margaret Lee
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• Sweet Sixteen   Margaret Lee
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathon Green
• FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??   sagehen
• Sweet Sixteen   sagehen
• nominative coordinate objects   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Lynching redux   Margaret Lee
• nominative coordinate objects   Jonathan Lighter
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Benjamin Zimmer
• nominative coordinate objects   sagehen
• nominative coordinate objects   Joel S. Berson
• nominative coordinate objects   sagehen
• nominative coordinate objects   Arnold M. Zwicky
• nominative coordinate objects   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Victoria Neufeldt
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Douglas G. Wilson
• Fwd:   Robert Fitzke
• PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??   Wilson Gray
• eggcorn?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• ?Eggcorn?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• wizened/wisened eggcorn?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Two-Hatters (fire department term?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Benjamin Zimmer
• eggcorn?   Michael McKernan
• greengrocer's apostrophe in action   David Bowie
• OT- Ancient Near Eastern Languages   Katy Miller
• FW: OT- Ancient Near Eastern Languages   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??   George Thompson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Laurence Horn
• Lynching redux   George Thompson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Michael McKernan
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• Lynching redux   George Thompson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Chris Waigl
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Laurence Horn
• Shine   Wilson Gray
• short strokes [was brass tacks]   neil
• short strokes [was brass tacks]   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Two-Hatters (fire department term?)   Mullins, Bill
• short strokes [was brass tacks]   neil
• New coinage?   Wilson Gray
• New coinage?   Jesse Sheidlower
• New coinage?   Wilson Gray
• New coinage?   Gordon, Matthew J.
• New coinage?   Peter A. McGraw
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Jonathan Lighter
• New coinage?   Jonathan Lighter
• New coinage?   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Your Name
• "Use it or lose it" (was Re: "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence)   Wilson Gray
• New coinage?   RonButters at AOL.COM
• Shine   Wilson Gray
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Wilson Gray
• "Use it or lose it" (was Re: "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence)   Laurence Horn
• New coinage?   Laurence Horn
• New coinage?   Benjamin Zimmer
• Coolest 18th C. Song Title   Jonathan Lighter
• Coolest 18th C. Song Title   Jonathan Lighter
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Mark A. Mandel
• Antedating of "Grammatology"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Lexicographer"   Fred Shapiro
•       Re: New coinage?   RonButters at AOL.COM
• "X (actor) culminated"   Jim Parish
• New coinage?   sagehen
• Shine   sagehen
• Vanilla Boxing   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Jazz   Mullins, Bill
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   sagehen
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Victoria Neufeldt
•       Re: New coinage?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• SEAM newspaper articles   Mullins, Bill
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Laurence Horn
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Jesse Sheidlower
• The Last "Mohican"?   Wilson Gray
• Piero Jose (sandwich name)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Language of Shoes   Michael McKernan
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Wilson Gray
• "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence   Mullins, Bill
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Laurence Horn
• "Kill your television" - before 1989?   James Callan
• The Last "Mohican"?   Jonathan Lighter
• Language of Shoes   Jonathan Lighter
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Jonathan Lighter
• Language of Shoes   neil
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   neil
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Baker, John
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Grant Barrett
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Michael McKernan
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Michael McKernan
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Baker, John
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Piero Jose (sandwich name)   Beckymercuri at AOL.COM
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Jesse Sheidlower
• meth mouth (1998)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   James Smith
• tweak/tweek (meth, cocaine)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Language of Shoes   James Smith
• "Politics is a dirty business" (1873)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   David Bowie
• acronymnym?   Mark A. Mandel
• The Last "Mohican"?   Mark A. Mandel
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands (fwd)   Mark A. Mandel
• Pillary (Pirro + Hillary)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• The Last "Mohican"?   Peter A. McGraw
• Piero Jose (sandwich name)   Mullins, Bill
• The Last "Mohican"?   Wilson Gray
• The Last "Mohican"?   Wilson Gray
• The Last "Mohican"?   Wilson Gray
• bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Wilson Gray
• Piero Jose (sandwich name)   Orion Montoya
• bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)   Wilson Gray
• The Last "Mohican"?   Benjamin Zimmer
• The Last "Mohican"?   Benjamin Zimmer
• The Last "Mohican"?   Jesse Sheidlower
• The Last "Mohican"?   Jesse Sheidlower
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   Baker, John
• The Last "Mohican"?   Wilson Gray
• The Last "Mohican"?   Peter A. McGraw
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Chris Waigl
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Benjamin Zimmer
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Wilson Gray
• Hospital slang   Wilson Gray
• "Lungs of the City" & the Olmstead myth (1872)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   sagehen
• "Chicago is America with the lid off" (George Bernard Shaw?)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   RonButters at AOL.COM
•       Re: † † † Re: New coinage?   RonButters at AOL.COM
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Douglas G. Wilson
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Beckymercuri at AOL.COM
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Jonathan Lighter
• PDD-NOS; Maverick Mom   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• GIGO (1961)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Wilson Gray
• bootstrapper, bootstrapping (1927)   Benjamin Zimmer
• hauling cement to Mars   Barnhart
• hauling cement to Mars   Barnhart
• "sweet mama", 1922   Joel S. Berson
• Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands   James Smith
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   LeBeouf Sabrina K
• 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay   Evan Morris
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Michael McKernan
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Peter A. McGraw
• BA & MA in linguistics   Beth Simon
• BA & MA in linguistics   Terry Irons
• ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship program   Jesse Sheidlower
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Wilson Gray
• BA & MA in linguistics   Bethany K. Dumas
• hauling cement to Mars   Barnhart
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Benjamin Zimmer
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Chris Waigl
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Eggcorns?   Wilson Gray
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Chris Waigl
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Jonathan Lighter
• Eggcorn or tip of the slung?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Eggcorns?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• case choice by rhyme   Arnold M. Zwicky
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   sagehen
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Benjamin Zimmer
• 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay   Sam Clements
• "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"   John McChesney-Young
• Hospital slang   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Wilson Gray
• An instance of in-group slang (was Re: Hospital slang)   Wilson Gray
• "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• emo-core (1986)   Benjamin Zimmer
• ka-ching (1976)   Benjamin Zimmer
• wussy (1977)   Benjamin Zimmer
• get-go (1962)   Benjamin Zimmer
• dagnab, dagnabit (1922)   Benjamin Zimmer
• just bad editing or non-native?   Barnhart
• just bad editing or non-native?   Thomas Paikeday
• just bad editing or non-native?   Michael Quinion
• "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"   John McChesney-Young
• "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"   Jesse Sheidlower
• 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay   Grant Barrett
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Mark A. Mandel
• bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)   Mark A. Mandel
• bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)   Jim Parish
• 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay   Evan Morris
• wussy (1977)   Mullins, Bill
•       Re: † † † Re: New coinage ?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• wussy (1977)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "wimp" in the '70s   Benjamin Zimmer
• wussy (1977)   Mullins, Bill
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Baker, John
• 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay   Dave Wilton
• Barbell Economy   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Subway alumni (1933)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• fall off the wagon used backwards   Mark A. Mandel
• fall off the wagon used backwards   Douglas G. Wilson
• prehab   Mullins, Bill
• Barbell Economy   Steve Kl.
• GIGO (1961)   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Econometric"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Econometrics"   Fred Shapiro
• Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"   James Callan
• CFM PUMPS, not shoes   Mark A. Mandel
• Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"   Jonathan Lighter
• GIGO (1961)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Faux Chateaux   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Unsubscribe   Dorothy M. Polite
• Poontangophone (1950)   Douglas G. Wilson
• FW: Hurray for brackets [ ]   Benjamin Barrett
• date conventions   Barnhart
• Linguistics Consulting   Fred Shapiro
• Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"   Dave Wilton
• Antedating of "Social Psychology"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Social Psychology"   Dennis R. Preston
• Origin of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Antedating of "Social Psychology"   Fred Shapiro
• "Poo Tang Club" (1904-1912)   Douglas G. Wilson
• Hospital slang   Laurence Horn
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Wilson Gray
• bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)   Wilson Gray
• Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"   Wilson Gray
• wussy (1977)   Wilson Gray
• Text analysis   Dennis R. Preston
• A-Z List of Internet Acronyms   Wells Darla L
• cavalry/ Calvary   Jonathan Lighter
• Origin of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)   James A. Landau
• cavalry/ Calvary   Mullins, Bill
• wussy (1977)   Mullins, Bill
• Text analysis   Orion Montoya
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Mullins, Bill
• Submissions for ADS Newsletter?   Grant Barrett
• Fwd: just bad editing or non-native?   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Bob Dole Joke   Mullins, Bill
• Bob Dole Joke   Benjamin Zimmer
• Text analysis   Gail Stygall
• A slight advantage for Barry Popik   James A. Landau
• cavalry/ Calvary   Jonathan Lighter
• Text analysis   Mullins, Bill
• wussy (1977)   Wilson Gray
• Whip game on   Michael McKernan
• Whip game on   Wilson Gray
• wussy (1977)   Benjamin Zimmer
• New meaning?   Wilson Gray
• cavalry/ Calvary   Dennis R. Preston
• "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting   Wilson Gray
• 'Lack toast and tolerant'   Michael McKernan
• Whip game on   Jonathan Lighter
• Whip game on   Michael McKernan
• Whip game on   Jonathan Lighter
• Antedating of "Political Correctness"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Heterosexism"   Fred Shapiro
• "Between Chuck Schumer and a camera" quotation   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Antedating of "Punk Rock"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Punk Rocker"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Teenybopper"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of "Punk Rocker"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Hospital slang   Douglas G. Wilson
• Hospital slang   Laurence Horn
• Antedating of "Teenybopper"   Benjamin Zimmer
• folk-rock (1964), folk-rocker (1965)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Hospital slang   Jonathan Lighter
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jonathan Lighter
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jim Parish
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jonathan Lighter
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Douglas G. Wilson
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jonathan Lighter
• wussy (1977)   Mark A. Mandel
• A-Z List of Internet Acronyms   Mark A. Mandel
• cavalry/ Calvary   Mark A. Mandel
• another fake acronym   Jonathan Lighter
• another fake acronym   Evan Morris
• A-Z List of Internet Acronyms   Wells Darla L
• another fake acronym   Michael Quinion
• Definition of "Sports Drink"   Fred Shapiro
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Sam Clements
• "GOLF" = (you know)   Jonathan Lighter
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jonathan Lighter
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Douglas G. Wilson
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Douglas G. Wilson
• "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.   Jonathan Lighter
• another fake acronym   Benjamin Zimmer
• Definition of "Sports Drink"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Sports drink (trademarks)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• another fake acronym   Dave Wilton
• "Go hard or go home!" (1991)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Definition of "Sports Drink"   Fred Shapiro
• Sports drink (trademarks)   Fred Shapiro
• Sports drink (trademarks)   Fred Shapiro
• Underwater Basket Weaving(1956)   Sam Clements
• Sports drink (trademarks)   Sam Clements
• "GOLF" = (you know)   Mullins, Bill
• "GOLF" = (you know)   Laurence Horn
• one-handed quote search   Laurence Horn
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Laurence Horn
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Mullins, Bill
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Douglas G. Wilson
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Douglas G. Wilson
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Benjamin Zimmer
• Cut us a break!   Benjamin Zimmer
• Walk the talk   Michael Quinion
• Cut us a break!   Jonathon Green
• Walk the talk   Benjamin Zimmer
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Chris Waigl
• "GOLF" = (you know)   Jonathan Lighter
• FYI: Buzzwords on AOL today   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Battle of the Badges (police vs. fire)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• snarky   Russ McClay
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   James A. Landau
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Fred Shapiro
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   neil
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Alice Faber
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Laurence Horn
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Laurence Horn
• What does "laconic" mean?   Jesse Sheidlower
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• What does "laconic" mean?   Jonathan Lighter
• Nathan Bierma's latest "On Language" column   Arnold M. Zwicky
• New Fake Etymologies   Jonathan Lighter
• What does "laconic" mean?   Jim Parish
• "pussy," &c.   sagehen
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Laurence Horn
• "pussy," &c.   Jonathan Lighter
• What does "laconic" mean?   sagehen
• What does "laconic" mean?   Dale Coye
• What does "laconic" mean?   Laurence Horn
• Underwater Basket Weaving(1956)   Joanne M. Despres
• What does "laconic" mean?   Benjamin Zimmer
• What does "laconic" mean?   Peter A. McGraw
• What does "laconic" mean?   Benjamin Zimmer
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Douglas G. Wilson
• What does "laconic" mean?   Baker, John
• What does "laconic" mean?   Jesse Sheidlower
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Chris Waigl
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Chris Waigl
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Douglas G. Wilson
• What does "laconic" mean?   Douglas G. Wilson
• figurative "bootstraps" (1834)   Chris Waigl
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Douglas G. Wilson
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   neil
• What does "laconic" mean?   Amorelli
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• What does "laconic" mean?   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   James Smith
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Ed Keer
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Bill Lemay
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Dennis R. Preston
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Ed Keer
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Jonathan Lighter
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Jonathan Lighter
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Dennis R. Preston
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Dennis R. Preston
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Dennis R. Preston
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy   Mark A. Mandel
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Jonathan Lighter
• Youse/You-uns possessive   Ed Keer
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   James A. Landau
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Douglas G. Wilson
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Chris Waigl
• case choice by rhyme   Benjamin Zimmer
• Word 4 Word   Paul Frank
• Cut us a break!   Douglas G. Wilson
• Cut us a break!   Benjamin Zimmer
• Get Your X On!   Steve Kl.
• Cut us a break!   Jonathan Lighter
• "Pulling a (Judge) Crater"   bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Pulling a (Judge) Crater"   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Get Your X On!   Jonathan Lighter
• case choice by rhyme   sagehen
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Laurence Horn
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy   Laurence Horn
• pussy, adj. = corpulent (1688)   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy, adj. = corpulent (1688)   Jonathan Lighter
• Fwd: one-handed quote search   Laurence Horn
• case choice by rhyme   Arnold M. Zwicky
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Laurence Horn
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   neil
• puss = hare, 1575   Jonathan Lighter
• case choice by rhyme   sagehen
• Get Your X On!   Benjamin Zimmer
• puss, n. = contemptible woman (antedating)   Jonathan Lighter
• Broke as a joke   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Broke as a joke   Benjamin Zimmer
• "willow pussy"   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• Word 4 Word   RonButters at AOL.COM
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• Walk the talk   Benjamin Zimmer
• Walk the talk   Benjamin Zimmer
• Walk the talk   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Benjamin Zimmer
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Joel S. Berson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   neil
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• derivations   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "like" and "as if"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• derivations   Joel S. Berson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• Boula Gratinee or Boula Boula (1932, 1934, 1935)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Dennis R. Preston
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Laurence Horn
• "like" and "as if"   Laurence Horn
• antedating of "pussy," applied to a spiteful or unpredictable woman.   Jonathan Lighter
• Get Your X On!   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Douglas G. Wilson
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Benjamin Zimmer
• NYS's "politically correct language" is vetoed   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "cocktail arms"   Benjamin Zimmer
• West Point slang (1905)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Two Slogans   Fred Shapiro
• Two Slogans   Fred Shapiro
• "Chinaman's chance" in the news   Dennis R. Preston
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Dennis R. Preston
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Laurence Horn
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Dennis R. Preston
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Mullins, Bill
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Dennis R. Preston
• Butter Beer & Scott's Root Beer Razzle   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense   Your Name
• gaffer and best boy-1929.   Your Name
• Wells Root-Socko, Whamo, Sonk   Your Name
• Electric Lemonade (1975); Blue Hawaiian (1977); Rusty Nail (1965); Long Island Ice Tea (1982); Alabama Slammer (1983)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• dexed (up/out)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Robo (1978), tuss (1993), dex (1994)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"   Jonathan Lighter
• Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense   Jonathan Lighter
• Butter Beer & Scott's Root Beer Razzle   Benjamin Zimmer
• Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense   Douglas G. Wilson
• FYI: "Hot Dog" in Boston Herald ("1900, at a polo game")   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense   Benjamin Zimmer
• FYI: "Hot Dog" in Boston Herald ("1900, at a polo game")   Douglas G. Wilson
• newspaperarchive   Mullins, Bill
• Moog (1967)   Benjamin Zimmer
• West Point slang (1905)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Robo (1978), tuss (1993), dex (1994)   Grant Barrett
• "Drowned Alive"   Barbara Need
• "Drowned Alive"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "Drowned Alive"   Laurence Horn
• "Drowned Alive"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "Drowned Alive"   Michael McKernan
• "Drowned Alive"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Drowned Alive"   Baker, John
• transport/transfer tubes   Benjamin Zimmer
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Jonathan Lighter
• "Drowned Alive"   Michael McKernan
• transport/transfer tubes   Dave Hause
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• transport/transfer tubes   Benjamin Zimmer
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Douglas G. Wilson
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Arnold M. Zwicky
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Douglas G. Wilson
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• Slang from "a returned gob" (1919)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Slang from "a returned gob" (1919)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Drowned Alive"   Margaret Lee
• linguist of the year?   Barnhart
• "Drowned Alive"   Jonathan Lighter
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Amy West
• WSJ.com - Commentary: A Way With Words   Baker, John
• "Drowned Alive"   Laurence Horn
• transport/transfer tubes   Laurence Horn
• "Drowned Alive"   Michael McKernan
• transport/transfer tubes   Benjamin Zimmer
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Peter A. McGraw
• irish twins   Mullins, Bill
• linguist of the year?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• linguist of the year?   Barnhart
• "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is burning" (1974, 1977)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Love Cum Arranged   davemarc
• irish twins   Laurence Horn
• irish twins   Orion Montoya
• irish twins   Orion Montoya
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Jeff Prucher
• Jersey barriers (1969)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Jersey barriers (1969)   Barnhart
• "Affordable housing" (1979-present?)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"   James A. Landau
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• transport/transfer tubes   Mullins, Bill
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• irish twins   Sally O. Donlon
• transport/transfer tubes   Laurence Horn
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"   Jonathan Lighter
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• Oh, that Headlinese   Laurence Horn
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Douglas G. Wilson
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Benjamin Zimmer
• Oh, that Headlinese   Michael McKernan
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Dave Hause
• transport/transfer tubes   Mullins, Bill
• Jersey barriers (1969)   Benjamin Zimmer
• punding, pottering, knick-knacking   Benjamin Zimmer
• Cavalry/Calvary   Jonathan Lighter
• "p ússa" in Icelandic   Martin, Katherine
• odd double negative   Jonathan Lighter
• irish twins   David Bowie
• agenbite of "inwhich"   Jonathan Lighter
• Trophy Building   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Trophy Building   Mullins, Bill
• "p ússa" in Icelandic   Peter A. McGraw
• "p ússa" in Icelandic   Jonathan Lighter
• Cavalry/Calvary   Peter A. McGraw
• Jersey barriers (1969)   Wilson Gray
• "Spool" (spa-pool hybrid)   James Callan
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   Wilson Gray
• Get Your X On!   Wilson Gray
• Broke as a joke   Wilson Gray
• Jersey barriers (1969)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "We lift as we climb"   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• odd double negative   Benjamin Barrett
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Wilson Gray
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Baker, John
• New retroacroetymythostupidnym   James A. Landau
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Jonathan Lighter
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno   Baker, John
• "p ússa" in Icelandic   Douglas G. Wilson
• pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy   Wilson Gray
• Cavalry/Calvary   Laurence Horn
• Cavalry/Calvary   sagehen
• Cavalry/Calvary   Laurence Horn
• Cut us a break!   Wilson Gray
• Cut us a break!   Benjamin Zimmer
• Cut us a break!   Benjamin Zimmer
• trouser pants   Benjamin Zimmer
• "get your habits on" (1899, 1924, etc.)   Benjamin Zimmer
• "get your habits on" (1899, 1924, etc.)   Benjamin Zimmer
• agenbite of "inwhich"   David Bowie
• "Hipper than thou" (1967)   bapopik at AOL.COM
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Jonathan Lighter
• Cut us a break!   Baker, John
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Mullins, Bill
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Laurence Horn
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Grant Barrett
• agenbite of "inwhich"   Jonathan Lighter
• agenbite of "inwhich"   Laurence Horn
• Vendex (Vendor Information Exchange System)--an OK acronym?   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Slang site   Wilson Gray
• Slang site   Jonathan Lighter
• trouser pants   Wilson Gray
• Slang site   Wilson Gray
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Wilson Gray
• Slang site   Arnold M. Zwicky
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Barnhart
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Dave Wilton
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Barnhart
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   James Smith
• Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas   bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Taxpayer" building   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas   Benjamin Zimmer
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Jonathan Lighter
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Mullins, Bill
• TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !   Grant Barrett
• Hooah !   Mullins, Bill
• Turn of the century cartoon   Mullins, Bill
• "novel"= "epic poem"   Jonathan Lighter
• Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas   Fred Shapiro
• Nintendo Dictionary   Grant Barrett
• Turn of the century cartoon   Barnhart
• inveigling out in California   Arnold M. Zwicky
• The Brothers Grimm   Arnold M. Zwicky
• pump head (1996)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Antedating of "Alcoholism"   Fred Shapiro
• smokey bear   Mullins, Bill
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Benjamin Zimmer
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Chris Waigl
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Jonathan Lighter
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Douglas G. Wilson
• bootstraps--speculation/questions   Chris Waigl
• lift oneself by one's own waistband (1834)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Toxic gumbo   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Toxic gumbo   Barnhart
• Toxic gumbo   Jonathan Lighter
• Toxic gumbo   Barnhart
• Toxic gumbo   Jonathan Lighter
• Toxic gumbo   bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Chop Suey" invented today in 1896; it's on NY1; WAMO has a point   bapopik at AOL.COM
• Toxic gumbo   Sally O. Donlon
• Toxic gumbo   Mullins, Bill
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Chris Waigl
• bootstraps, &c.   sagehen
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Benjamin Zimmer
• Slang from Yale, Princeton (1902)   Benjamin Zimmer
• razapazaz (1910)   Benjamin Zimmer
• razapazaz (1910)   Benjamin Zimmer
• razapazaz (1910)   Benjamin Zimmer
• razapazaz (1910)   Michael McKernan
• Slang from Yale, Princeton (1902)   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?   Jonathan Lighter
• "String bikini" before 1974?   Mark A. Mandel
• how to escalate a problem   George Thompson
• is you ain't, ain't you is (1904)   Benjamin Zimmer
• dog and pony show---query   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• dog and pony show---query   Douglas G. Wilson
• dog and pony show---query   Jonathan Lighter
• FWIW: Two "hot dog" articles this week   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• shack = 'chase (tennis) balls' (1883)   Benjamin Zimmer
• mucker = 'young townie' (1874)   Benjamin Zimmer
• mucker = 'young townie' (1874)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Un-water   Russ McClay
• "Lawn and Order"   Michael McKernan
• "Lawn and Order"   sagehen
• "Lawn and Order"   Laurence Horn
• some early "hot dog" cites   Mullins, Bill
• Un-water   Erik Hoover
• how to escalate a problem   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Un-water   Russ McClay
• Un-water   Mullins, Bill
• how to escalate a problem   George Thompson
• how to escalate a problem   Chris Waigl
• how to escalate a problem   Jonathan Lighter
• how to escalate a problem   Orion Montoya
• is you ain't, ain't you is (1904)   Jonathan Lighter
• how to escalate a problem   Chris Waigl
• how to escalate a problem   Jonathan Lighter
• Is you is, or is you ain't ?   Jonathan Lighter
• how to escalate a problem   Arnold M. Zwicky
• how to escalate a problem   Mullins, Bill
• some early "hot dog" cites   Laurence Horn
• how to escalate a problem   Jonathan Lighter
• how to escalate a problem   Jonathan Lighter
• dojiee   George Thompson
• how to escalate a problem   Mullins, Bill
• Bert Kelly's I Invented Jazz   George Thompson
• dojiee   Jonathan Lighter

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