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- "[Play] hookey" (1842, 1846, 1853)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Plato, George Washington, and "Justice is the firmest pillar of good government"
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- Slam Dunk (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Piazi or Piaza; "Slam Dunk" & ProQuest
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- the meaning of''developed from''
Mark A. Mandel
- hashhouse lingo--was: Precious Nonsense (1895)...
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- PALOOZA
Rachel Berardinelli
- G. Barrett & G. Thompson; Dennis Lebofsky's "Lexicon of Philadelphia Metropolitan Area" (1970)
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- "86" and Route 86 (folk etymology)
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- Zonkey or Deebra?
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- Angnother one (was: Heard in passin')
Ed Keer
- they and them
Page Stephens
- space explorer
Mullins, Bill
- cross-post of interest to us
Laurence Horn
- Lebofsky lexicon
Mark A. Mandel
- PALOOZA (but not really)
sagehen
- Hi! II
Wilson Gray
- Re: Hi! II
RonButters at AOL.COM
- not "Wilsoning" quite yet
Laurence Horn
- Nursery Rhyme Query
Fred Shapiro
- Greatly received
Dave Robertson
- worse verse as Grammar set text?
neil
- BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?
neil
- Antedating of "Abnormal"
Fred Shapiro
- Cold Feet
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- malaprop? or what?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.? (fwd)
Peter A. McGraw
- Safire on Bellow and that/which
Arnold M. Zwicky
- astrobiology
Mullins, Bill
- "Butch up"
Wilson Gray
- out-milligrammed
Benjamin Zimmer
- Robata (Robatayaki); First cookbook?
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- "Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease"
Fred Shapiro
- More on "Squeaky Wheel"
Fred Shapiro
- Previous Discussion on "Squeaky Wheel"
Fred Shapiro
- The "Grammar" Poem
Margaret Lee
- negation + "including" (dangling modifier for free)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Cheesecake (women): solution in Tamony article?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Brooklyn "Dodgers"
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- poppycock > pappekak (was Re: BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- poppycock < pappekak (was Re: BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Giants nickname (June 3, 1885?)
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- Groucho Marx quotes (Never forget a face; Accept me as a member)
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- Corporate Mottoes
Fred Shapiro
- Predate
Jonathon Green
- Quim
Grant Barrett
- ..new Amazon option..
GSCole
- rube (1891)
Benjamin Zimmer
- the long green (1889-91)
Benjamin Zimmer
- information superhighway
Mullins, Bill
- dog-eat-dog (1872)
Benjamin Zimmer
- eggcorn of the day
Laurence Horn
- (Chevy) Nova --Query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Cheesecake" (women)--another possible etymology
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Navy slang (1927)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Asthma Alley (1970)
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- Fw: [BCK2P2S4etal] Fw: Re: Navy slang (1927)
Page Stephens
- USMC nicknames [Was: Re: Fw: [BCK2P2S4etal] Fw: Re: Navy slang (1927)]
Jonathan Lighter
- BULLOCKS > Donder
FRITZ JUENGLING
- (wood-)pulp literature (1928-29)
Benjamin Zimmer
- busted
Mullins, Bill
- aviation slang (1928)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Judicial ruling on "hoe" vs. "ho"
Benjamin Zimmer
- bowie knife
Mullins, Bill
- Bikini etymology uncovered
Benjamin Zimmer
- "I've served my time in Hell"
Fred Shapiro
- walk-in
Mark A. Mandel
- "Walk and Wave"
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- Re: Re: eggcorn of the day
RonButters at AOL.COM
- mints pie? axe of God? religious tracks? Prints of Wales?
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- religious tracks
RonButters at AOL.COM
- egghorn: pacts of cigarettes
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Pantondo" (cheese bread from Liguria) at Bond 45 restaurant
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- night rate nitrate Nye Trait
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Quotations from 2005 (WARNING: long and possibly annoying contribution)
Rex W. Stocklin
- Quotations from 2005
Rex W. Stocklin
- Quotations from 2005+cooter
neil
- "Giants" mystery (1885)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- How to "start" a word
Sam Clements
- spotted in the wild...
Laurence Horn
- Latin Benedict; Giants (May 1885); Jazz (1913, 1914)
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- blue plate special
Arnold M. Zwicky
- oops
Laurence Horn
- Latin Benedict; Big Orange (1976)
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- "(long) drink of water" (1915)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "I am not one for mintsing words"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- (quasi-)neologisms
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: Re: Fwd: a datum from dialectal Dutch (?)
Laurence Horn
- Solecism? Or SOTA?
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: 16.1469, Sum: American Dialects
Laurence Horn
- Southern accents and stupidity
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Accents an Issue in Governor's Race
Paul Frank
- Ted Williams Quotes
Fred Shapiro
- 16.1469, Sum: American Dialects
Dale Coye
- "Giants" in New York World
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- "Saddle on a cow" (Stalin?)
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- Stumpkin (Heartland Brewery's Stout + Pumpkin)
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- Buffalo spring rolls
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- Sideburns (1882)
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- Fwd: a datum from dialectal Dutch (?)
Wilson Gray
- overheard among macho 8th grade boys
Barnhart
- movie terms
Mullins, Bill
- mad scientist
Mullins, Bill
- electric chair
Mullins, Bill
- Lie can go around the world . . . (1854)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Chicago Cubs (1902)
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- much fewer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- more on "which" and "that"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New York Giants (April 14, 1885)
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- Chicago Cubs (April 21, 1902)
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- Inch/Cinch, Yard/Hard (1947); Lie can go around world... (1854)
Sam Clements
- Molly Putz (1963)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hit 'em where they ain't" (1901)
Benjamin Zimmer
- cold wittles
Mullins, Bill
- "Ashley" = wealthy female student
Mullins, Bill
- "Tee-nineshih"
Wilson Gray
- "If a tree falls..."
Fred Shapiro
- short change
Mullins, Bill
- eggcorn
FRITZ JUENGLING
- baseball "stuff" (1905)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Prescriptive correction
Duane Campbell
- "Which" and "that"
Duane Campbell
- Fwd: "Hit 'em where they ain't" (1901)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Whole Nine Yards (1855); Show Must Go On (1909)
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- GE's Jack Welch and "squeezing juice from a lemon"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Whole Nine Yards (1855)
Stephen Goranson
- Eggcorn?
Michael Quinion
- "Let George Do It"
Fred Shapiro
- Re: Re: "If a tree falls..."
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Illigle Iggles; big lig
Damien Hall
- Foot, or hoof, and mouth
Damien Hall
- "Leader DeLay"??? What's up with that?
Dale Coye
- BRAC Friday
James A. Landau
- Computer proverb (?)
James A. Landau
- Deja vu all over again (1966); Never answer an anonymous letter
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- cinematic "picturizing" (1910)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Berra Challenge
Fred Shapiro
- Three Levels of Understanding
Fred Shapiro
- Re: Three Levels of Understanding
RonButters at AOL.COM
- RIP Alan Thomas
Bethany K. Dumas
- "reVEL" (eggcorn or phonological blend?)
Laurence Horn
- Oyteur (Woody Allen); Whole Nine Yards (1955!)
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- -(o)nomics, -(o)nomy
Benjamin Zimmer
- FW: palooka: M-W's Word of the Day
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- cold wittles--(why w-?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- re "reclamation"
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: Re: Fwd: bowdacious (1837)
Beverly Flanigan
- Whole Nine Yards (1955!)
Mullins, Bill
- eggcorn/Utah speech
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Still, isn't "If a tree falls ..." just a linguistic trick?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Forms of address (Was: Re: "Leader DeLay"???)
Peter A. McGraw
- Across the road
Barbara Need
- brand-used?
Bethany K. Dumas
- doctor/professor/etc
Roger Shuy
- "doctorial", "overature", and hypercorrect "-ing"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The Corryer & "whole nine yards"?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: doctor/professor/etc
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Friendly Confines (1922); Second 1876 "Windy City"
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- FWIW: "Chicago as a summer resort" (1876)
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- Bull dozing (1876)
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- The Corryer (forward from R. Stratton)
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- Hamburger eyes
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- Dick Jonas on "the whole nine yards"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Schbag & Threesh ("douchebag" variations)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "near-death experience" = "brush with death"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fire "Buff" (from NYC)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- /hy/
Dennis R. Preston
- Herr Doctor Professor, etc.
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ? ? ? doctor/professor/etc
James C Stalker
- Movie buff
Mullins, Bill
- Fwd: linguistics humor
Arnold M. Zwicky
- FYI: NAS Pensacola Library closed
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Judge Joe Brown redux
Wilson Gray
- ribbie = RBI (1956) (was Re: eggcorn)
Benjamin Zimmer
- adjective "Christian"
Rex W. Stocklin
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
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- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Laurence Horn
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Laurence Horn
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Mullins, Bill
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)
Laurence Horn
- wildflowers and weeds (was Re: Eggcorn?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- weeds and wildflowers (was Re: Eggcorn?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- wildflowers
sagehen
- Scotsman Digital Archive: every issue from 1817 to 1950
Orin Hargraves
- 3 "h"s in "Khrushchev"
Wilson Gray
- unshirted hell
Mullins, Bill
- Query: why "salt and pepper" but not "pepper and salt"?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Smoke-Chewer & Once a Fireman (1884)
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- "Is Brooklyn still in the league?" (1934); OT: My salami on Fleshbot.com
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nutraffin; Shabakia
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Never pick a fight...buys ink by the barrel; Politics is the art of the possible
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kazoo (1884)
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- Never pick a fight...buys ink by the barrel;
Mullins, Bill
- "Foodstore" (was Re: Eggcorn?)
Wilson Gray
- "Talkin' About Talk" program
Benjamin Zimmer
- FYI: CORRYER information and how to visit library in Pensacola
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FWIW: From ANS-L today
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "soon before"?
sagehen
- Re: Re: FWIW: From ANS-L today
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Rooting for the Yankees is like...
Benjamin Zimmer
- race records
Mullins, Bill
- "Red" vs "orange" redux
Wilson Gray
- attn: Mark Mandel - I need help finding a filk's lyrics
Amy West
- article on early jazz recordings
Mullins, Bill
- Re: [ADS-L] Re: Re: FWIW: From ANS- L today
Patty Davies
- Ruminations on the chronology of "jazz" -- (was: article on early jazz recordings)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Chocolate is the new black; Brooklyn still in the league? (1934)
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- "testicular virility"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
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- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Fred Shapiro
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Fred Shapiro
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Baker, John
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Baker, John
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Jonathan Lighter
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Baker, John
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Fred Shapiro
- Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)
Laurence Horn
- M-W vs. Grant Barrett on "ginormous"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Urdang, the facetious linguist (from ANS-L); Evian "nickname"
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- Professors and doctors
Damien Hall
- Re: Urdang, the facetious linguist (from ANS-L); Evian "nickname"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "soon before"
sagehen
- letter to Gracyk about jazz
Mullins, Bill
- source of quote "That's the beauty of it. It doesn't DO anything."
Sam Clements
- Florentine "Gnudi" ("Nudie"); Pornographic Cocktail Names
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- Chicago Defender to go online
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chioppino (1913)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Babe Ruth's "I had a better year" (1948)
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- More "old jazz" from Oakland
Benjamin Zimmer
- Stud (vt)
Benjamin Barrett
- Jinks (July 1904)
Benjamin Zimmer
- SINO (Student In Name Only)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- fan the ozone (1890), ozoned (1903)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Sale and Sell
Grant Barrett
- Re: Stud (vt)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Query: why "salt and pepper" but not "pepper and salt"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Hooplehead
Jonathan Lighter
- No subject
Damien Hall
- Hypercorrection?
Wilson Gray
- New feature of BE?
Wilson Gray
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Mark A. Mandel
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Wilson Gray
- Jap
Beverly Flanigan
- Jap
Dennis R. Preston
- Jap
Jonathan Lighter
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Laurence Horn
- Jap
Bethany K. Dumas
- Jap
Dennis R. Preston
- Jap
Rex W. Stocklin
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Mark A. Mandel
- Jap
Mark A. Mandel
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- Jap
Wilson Gray
- Jap
Mullins, Bill
- When & whence "have a good day"?
sagehen
- One man's meate is another man's poyson 1618
Rachel Shuttlesworth
- "in the clutch (baseball)--query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Dialect prediction based on demographics
David Leppik
- wildflowers/poke sallit
paulzjoh
- snowclones on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Two probably useless "whole nine yards" e-mails
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- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Benjamin Barrett
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Jonathan Lighter
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
David Bowie
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Wilson Gray
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Mullins, Bill
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Jonathan Lighter
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Roger Shuy
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Alice Faber
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Mullins, Bill
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Wilson Gray
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Laurence Horn
- Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Peter A. McGraw
- Origin of "roll out the red carpet"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Standing; and another restricted term
Laurence Horn
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Roger Shuy
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
sagehen
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Sally O. Donlon
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Wilson Gray
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Jonathan Lighter
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Laurence Horn
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Peter A. McGraw
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
sagehen
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Jonathan Lighter
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Jonathan Lighter
- **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
James C Stalker
- Northwest dialect, from the Seattle-Post Intelligencer
Paul Frank
- more on that/which
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Sausage (=fire hose) (1879); Siamese (1878); Cold Wittles (1875); "No Stopping"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Emoticon; "Creativity is no substitute for knowing what you are doing" (1982)
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- eponym in today's NYT Magazine
Laurence Horn
- unsubscribe me, please
Mary Jane Weerts
- Northwest dialect-creaky voice
Dale Coye
- fill 'er-up x two
Rex W. Stocklin
- Snow Tsunami
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Snakehead (1984)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hit in the clutch" (1927)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Snakehead
Douglas G. Wilson
- Snakeheads & Snakeboats (1982)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mexican Fried Ice Cream (1981); Bloomberg's daughter, the Horse Jumper
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pseudo-Slang Watch: "sudsy"
Benjamin Zimmer
- southpaw (1871)
Benjamin Zimmer
- absotively (1914)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Mystery of Linguistics Revealed
Jonathan Lighter
- benna music- not recorded?
Dale Coye
- throngs/throes of passion
neil
- Creaky voice (was: Northwest dialect-creaky voice)
Damien Hall
- "chanty" = ditty
Jonathan Lighter
- ADS-L old archives
bapopik at AOL.COM
- sopapilla
Mark A. Mandel
- **spamTrapper 02.70** Re: **spamTrapper 02.76** Standing, Stopping and Parking in the US
Roger Shuy
- ADS-L Archives; No Standing; Sopapilla & Chicken California
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- creature vs. critter
Jonathan Lighter
- Mexican Fried Ice Cream (1981)
James A. Landau
- Juncture
James A. Landau
- To T9
Benjamin Barrett
- She was only...
Dennis R. Preston
- MYLF
Drew Danielson
- "Old College Try" from Columbia? (1935)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "We are the people" (1886? 1888?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Location, &c, &c
George Thompson
- from sci.lang
Arnold M. Zwicky
- DailyCandy Lexicon XII
bapopik at AOL.COM
- (Election) "Repeater" (1867)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- FYI: "Hot Dog" article in NY Times today; "Hot Dog" is never explained
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Democratic Donkey (1875), Tammany Tiger (1869), GOP (1882)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Republican Elephant? (1869)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "fact" = stated notion, suggestion, or idea (even if untrue)
Jonathan Lighter
- Salt and pepper revisited
Laurence Horn
- Gratuitously pluralized attributives [Re: Republican Elephant? (1869)]
Jonathan Lighter
- Oh, Lord!
Wilson Gray
- "You are welcome" + Rule of Three (1819)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Daily Candy's Fake Words of the Day (Defamer.com)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- well-endowed
Dennis R. Preston
- Origin of word "redskin"
Sam Clements
- Say what?
Wilson Gray
- Bush catapults the propaganda
Ed Keer
- Providers (was: well-endowed)
Peter A. McGraw
- Charlie
George Thompson
- old goat
George Thompson
- "Show Up" (noun)
George Thompson
- Stepped aside
George Thompson
- Been wondering
Wilson Gray
- TGIF (1934-1935); Singles Bar (1968); No Justice, No Peace (1987)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Providers
Lal Zimman
- Re: Re: Origin of word "redskin"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ? ? ? Re: Origin of word "redskin"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Re: Re: † † † Re: Origin of word "redskin"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Subject: Re: Jap
Mark A. Mandel
- film=fillum
Sam Clements
- Call for papers rejected
Barnhart
- "Going all city" (graffiti everywhere)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dog Walker (1897)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Flee-ancee & Flee-ance (NY Post headline for the Runaway Bride)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- more kt - k alternations
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A curious construction
Jim Parish
- "Senior Citizen" (1917 and 1929 isolated uses)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- TLC (tender, loving care) (1947)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- NBA eggcorn
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Izz" (Mizzother) in 1982!; Kathleen Miller on "Izzle" (Sept. 2004)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Graffiti slang in two books (1982, 2001)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hit and Run" Driver (1923)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Guys and Dolls"
Fred Shapiro
- Drug Slang on Craigslist (NY Post)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- gitmo
Mullins, Bill
- Now Mammy?
Duane Campbell
- Slippers or Flip-Flops
Benjamin Barrett
- Unproportionate
Benjamin Barrett
- Dot dot dot
Dave Robertson
- Paralegal (1968)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "There's a sucker born every minute" (1883)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Try, Try Again" (1838)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- still more on the That Rule, and a little on case
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re : Origin of word "redskin"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "CH. MH." (Was: "There's a sucker born every minute" (1883))
Mark A. Mandel
- Language Log postings
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Back-Channel Deal; Jane Jacobs' "Eyes on the Street"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- more on "soon before"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Ethics and Disclosures
RonButters at AOL.COM
- buttkiss vs. Butkus, ignorance of
Laurence Horn
- Ethics and Disclosures2
RonButters at AOL.COM
- another eggcorn?
Margaret Lee
- "This is bigger than both of us!"
Jonathan Lighter
- Billgrimage
Benjamin Zimmer
- liger, tigon (1924); ti-tigon (1985), li-tigon (1991)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Dinophile"
Jonathan Lighter
- LSA Committee on Ethics of Disclosure
RonButters at AOL.COM
- NOAD discount for scholars
Grant Barrett
- "Bigger than (the) both of us" (1949)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "-less" means "less than"? Or "lacking"?
Dennigan, Darcie
- a little more on "soon before"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Take 'em apart
Peter A. McGraw
- Judge Joe Brown speaketh:
Wilson Gray
- "madhouse" (fig.) (1865)
Jonathan Lighter
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