January 2006 Archives by subject
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- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>"
Mark Spahn
- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>"
Wilson Gray
- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>"
Laurence Horn
- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>"
Wilson Gray
- "<to be> in the tank for <someone>" (From Gerald Cohen)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "A bumper sticker beats an essay."
Jonathan Lighter
- "acte veberien"
Joel S. Berson
- "acte veberien"
James Smith
- "acte veberien"
neil
- "acte veberien"
Joel S. Berson
- "affirmative/negative" v. "yes/no"
Mark Spahn
- "affirmative/negative" v. "yes/no"
Dave Hause
- "affirmative/negative" v. "yes/no"
Dave Wilton
- "affirmative/negative" v. "yes/no"
Jonathan Lighter
- "affirmative/negative" v. "yes/no"
Dave Wilton
- "a fisticuff"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Andrea"
Wilson Gray
- "Andrea"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Andrea"
Wilson Gray
- "Andrea"
Jim Parish
- "Andrea"
Jim Parish
- "Andrea"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Andrea"
Wilson Gray
- "Andrea"
David Bergdahl
- "Andrea"
Wilson Gray
- "Andrea"
Baboukis, Constance
- "Andrea"
Wilson Gray
- "Balderdash and Piffle" (OED on BBC)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "barber-shop," n. = "type of singing"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Bath-ing"
Damien Hall
- "Bath-ing""
Wilson Gray
- "Bath-ing""
Chris Waigl
- "Bath-ing""
Wilson Gray
- "Bath-ing""
Lara
- "bingefest"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Bona Fides" (bone-a fee-deez?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Bona Fides" (bone-a fee-deez?)
Wilson Gray
- "bush league"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "bush league"
Jonathan Lighter
- "bush league"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "bush league"
Jonathan Lighter
- "bush league"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "bush league"
sagehen
- "chamber-lye"
Jonathan Lighter
- "chocolate New Orleans"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Clenched Fist" symbol (1967-1968)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Clenched Fist" symbol (1967-1968)
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Jim Parish
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Chris Waigl
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
sagehen
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Gordon, Matthew J.
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Laurence Horn
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Dennis R. Preston
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
sagehen
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Patty Davies
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Patty Davies
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Damien Hall
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
James Smith
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Laurence Horn
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Laurence Horn
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Chris Waigl
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
carole crompton
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Baker, John
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Alice Faber
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Laurence Horn
- "Clique": kleek? klick?
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
sagehen
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
Wilson Gray
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Clique": kleek? klick? breeches
Laurence Horn
- "crimenentles," anyone?
sagehen
- "crimenentles," anyone?
Bill Le May
- "crimenentles," anyone?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "crimenentles," anyone?
Wilson Gray
- "Croocial" (1913) and "Croocial Serious" (1916)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Joel S. Berson
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Benjamin Zimmer
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Joel S. Berson
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Carole Crompton
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Jonathan Lighter
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Joel S. Berson
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Jonathan Lighter
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Jonathan Lighter
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Joel S. Berson
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
David Bergdahl
- "cross-language homophonic poetry" -- or something
Jonathan Lighter
- "dude" in the Guardian
Chris Waigl
- "dude" in the Guardian
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "dude" in the Guardian
Grant Barrett
- "Eat your brown bread first" (1822)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Feel badly" not enough for you?
Wilson Gray
- "Gaia Hypothesis"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Gay as a picnic basket" (1993)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gay as a picnic basket" (1993)
Erik Hoover
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Wilson Gray
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Erik Hoover
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Alice Faber
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Grant Barrett
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Benjamin Barrett
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Wilson Gray
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Grant Barrett
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Laurence Horn
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Wilson Gray
- "Ghetto" now (also) means "jury-rigged"?
Sally Donlon
- "Gravity. It's not just a good idea, it's the law."
James callan
- "Gravity. It's not just a good idea, it's the law."
Laurence Horn
- "Gunsmoke"
Wilson Gray
- "Hells, yeah ! "
Jonathan Lighter
- "Hells, yeah ! "
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hells, yeah ! "
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hells, yeah ! "
Laurence Horn
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Wilson Gray
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Laurence Horn
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Wilson Gray
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Laurence Horn
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Laurence Horn
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Wilson Gray
- "Hook up" = have casual sex?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "How odd that God should choose the Jews" (1924)
Fred Shapiro
- "In deep weeds" (1993)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "In deep weeds" (1993)
Michael Adams
- "In deep weeds" (1993)
Paul Johnson
- "in the run-up to"
Mark Spahn
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'"
Carolyn S Lieberg
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'" in "Moose Turd Pie"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'" in "Moose Turd Pie"
Wilson Gray
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'" in "Moose Turd Pie"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'" in "Moose Turd Pie"
Sam Clements
- "I said to myself, 'Self...'" in "Moose Turd Pie"
Wilson Gray
- "LA Angels of Anaheim" on trial
Benjamin Zimmer
- "LA Angels of Anaheim" on trial
Laurence Horn
- "Melissa": a drink
Wilson Gray
- "Melissa": a drink
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Melissa": a drink
Wilson Gray
- "New York. It Ain't Kansas" (gun shirt) & "Welcome to New York. Now get out"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "of" = "have"
Jonathan Lighter
- "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
Amy West
- "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
Dennis R. Preston
- "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
Jonathan Lighter
- "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
Joanne M. Despres
- "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
sagehen
- "OK" Chef symbol (Chicago Tribune, June 3, 1917)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "OK" Chef symbol (C hicago Tribune, June 3, 1917)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "OK" Chef symbol (C hicago Tribune, June 3, 1917)
Jonathan Lighter
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
George Thompson
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
Chris Waigl
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
sagehen
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
George Thompson
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
George Thompson
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
Jonathan Lighter
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
George Thompson
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
Benjamin Zimmer
- "oral sex" among the Victorians
Laurence Horn
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
neil
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Jesse Sheidlower
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Jonathan Lighter
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Benjamin Zimmer
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Laurence Horn
- Re: "oral sex" amon g the Victorians + postil(l)ion
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
neil
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Chris Waigl
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
neil
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Chris Waigl
- "oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion
Laurence Horn
- Re: "oral sex" amon g the Victorians + postil(l)ion
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: "oral sex" among th e Victorians + postil(l)ion
Thomas Paikeday
- "oral sex" among th e Victorians + postil(l)ion
Laurence Horn
- "oral sex" amon g the Victorians + postil(l)ion
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Fred Shapiro
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Page Stephens
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Dave Wilton
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Wilson Gray
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Page Stephens
- "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate
Laurence Horn
- Re: "Oral Sex" Diff icult to Antedate
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "oral sex" amon g the Victorians + postil(l)ion
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "Paint the Town Red" (1880 Chicago?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Peter Ladefoged, 80, Documented Dying Languages"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Peter Ladefoged, 80, Documented Dying Languages"
Wilson Gray
- "Peter Ladefoged, 80, Documented Dying Languages"
Laurence Horn
- "Piker"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Piker"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Piker"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Piker"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Piker"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Piker"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Piker"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Plant corn, you get corn" & "Send donkey around the world, comes back donkey"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Powder River, let 'er buck !"
Jonathan Lighter
- "retcon"
Jonathan Lighter
- "righteous" in Chicago Defender
Jesse Sheidlower
- "righteous" in Chicago Defender
Wilson Gray
- "righteous" in Chicago Defender
Jonathan Lighter
- "righteous" in Chicago Defender
Jonathan Lighter
- "Ripping and running"
Wilson Gray
- "Ripping and running"
Jonathan Lighter
- "San Antone"
Jonathan Lighter
- "San Antone"
Tom Vincent
- "San Antone"
Bethany K. Dumas
- "San Antone"
Paul A Johnston, Jr.
- "San Antone"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "San Antone"
Wilson Gray
- "San Antone"
Jonathan Lighter
- "San Antone"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "survivor" in obituaries
Mark Spahn
- "survivor" in obituaries
Laurence Horn
- "survivor" in obituaries
Joanne M. Despres
- "take the money and run"
Fred Shapiro
- "take the money and run"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "take the money and run"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "take the money and run"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "take the money and run"
Fred Shapiro
- "take the money and run"
Sam Clements
- "That was then, this is now" (1894)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "The bull is off the nickel."
Jonathan Lighter
- "The bull is off the nickel."
Wilson Gray
- "the service"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Tinfoil Hat Brigade"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Too black bad"
Wilson Gray
- "Tristen" now a feminine given name
Jonathan Lighter
- "Tristen" now a feminine given name
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Tristen" now a feminine given name
Wilson Gray
- "Trump-tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Trump-tight"
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Trump-tight"
Margaret Lee
- "Trump-tight"
Margaret Lee
- "Trump-tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Trump-tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Trump-tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Trump-tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Trump-tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Trump-tight"
Margaret Lee
- "Trump-tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon." (Elizabeth Cady Stanton?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "twisted steel and sex appeal"
Jonathan Lighter
- "twisted steel and sex appeal"
James Landau
- "Unbought and unbossed" & "Bloodied but unbowed"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Unbought and unbossed" & "Bloodied but unbowed"
Fred Shapiro
- "Unbought and unbossed" & "Bloodied but unbowed"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Unbought and unbossed" & "Bloodied but unbowed"
Fred Shapiro
- "Unbought and unbossed" & "Bloodied but unbowed"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "upper rail" -- not in OED2
Joel S. Berson
- "Where are the customers' yachts?" (1885)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Where the sun don't shine"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Where the sun don't shine"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Where the sun don't shine"
Wilson Gray
- "Where the sun don't shine"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Where the sun don't shine"
Wilson Gray
- "Wordie"?
Joel S. Berson
- 'Brokeback'='girlie' in the wild
Geoff Nathan
- 'University Executives' (somewhat OT)
Geoff Nathan
- 'University Executives' (somewhat OT)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- 'Yesteryear' in Detroit
Geoff Nathan
- 'Yesteryear' in Detroit
Wilson Gray
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Mark Spahn
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Wilson Gray
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Joel S. Berson
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Amy West
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Dennis Baron
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Joanne M. Despres
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Dale Coye
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Laurence Horn
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Benjamin Zimmer
- -stein names: -stine, or -steen?
Laurence Horn
- 2006 WOTY: Oprahness?
Joel S. Berson
- 2006 WOTY: Oprahness?
Tom Vincent
- Aargh
Grant Barrett
- ADS's "truthiness" vote makes NYMag
Jesse Sheidlower
- ADS's "truthiness" vote makes NYMag
Jesse Sheidlower
- ADS, aka...
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS, aka...
Laurence Horn
- ADS-L Digest - 15 Jan 2006 to 16 Jan 2006 (#2006-17)
Geoff Nathan
- ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2006 to 3 Jan 2006 (#2006-4)
Amy West
- ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2006 to 3 Jan 2006 (#2006-4)
Joanne M. Despres
- ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2006 to 3 Jan 2006 (#2006-4)
Joanne M. Despres
- ADS-L Digest - 6 Jan 2006 to 7 Jan 2006 (#2006-8)
Janet Marting
- a Gormagunt
George Thompson
- a Gormagunt
Jonathan Lighter
- a little in for't
George Thompson
- American "-ize" words spelled "-ise"
Mark Spahn
- American "-ize" words spelled "-ise"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- anDREa again
David Bergdahl
- and the rest is history
Stephen Goranson
- and the rest is history
bapopik at AOL.COM
- and the rest is history
Stephen Goranson
- and the rest is history
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- and the rest is history
Fred Shapiro
- and the rest is history
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- and the rest is history
Jonathan Lighter
- and yet more
Steve Kl.
- and yet more
Benjamin Zimmer
- and yet more
Steve Kl.
- and yet more
Benjamin Zimmer
- another test post (rich text w/ URLs)
Benjamin Zimmer
- another test post (rich text w/ URLs)
David Bergdahl
- another test post (rich text w/ URLs)
Wilson Gray
- Antedating "pigs in blankets" -was "Angels on Horseback"
Michael McKernan
- Antedating for frog OED2 n.4 [a guide for wheels]?
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Abortionist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Agnostic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "American" (Adj.)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Bacteriologist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Biodiversity"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Biodiversity"
Baker, John
- Antedating of "Biodiversity"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Biodiversity"
Baker, John
- Antedating of "Biodiversity"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Confrontational"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Cytology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Differentiation"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Endangered Species"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Existentialism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Freudian Slip"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Freudian Slip"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Gangster"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Geneticist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Hamburger Steak"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Hamburger Steak"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Hamburger Steak"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Humanistic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Industrialist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Industrialist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Jamboree"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Jamboree"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Jazz Age"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Jazz Age"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Maoist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Middle East"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Motorcycle"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Muscular Christianity"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Musicology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Musicology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Obsessive"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Optometry"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pinko"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pinko"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Pinko"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Antedating of "Pinko"
Laurence Horn
- Re: Antedating of " Pinko"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Erik Hoover
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of " Pinko"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Police State"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pollster"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Prescriptivism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Primatology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Prohibitionist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Prohibitionist"
James Landau
- Antedating of "Proletariat"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pseudonym"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Psycholinguistic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Psychosexual"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Psychosexual"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Racialism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Radar"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Radar"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Radar"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Radicalism"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Reliever" & Definition Correction
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Right Fielder"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Right Fielder"
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "Sadomasochism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Schizophrenia"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Schizophrenic" (Noun)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Second Guesser"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Second Guesser"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Single" (v.)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Slavic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Sociobiology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Sociobiology"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Standard English"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Standard English"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Statistician"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Triple" (v.)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Urologist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Word Game"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "World English"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Yankee Doodle"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Yankee Doodle"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Yankee Doodle"
Laurence Horn
- Re: Antedating of " Pinko"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Laurence Horn
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Benjamin Zimmer
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Steve Kl.
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Michael Adams
- Re: anyone catch th e Colbert Report tonight?
AAllan at AOL.COM
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Orin Hargraves
- anyone catch the Colbert Report tonight?
Benjamin Zimmer
- a very old joke
George Thompson
- a very old joke
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Balderdash & Piffle
Damien Hall
- Balderdash & Piffle
Jonathan Lighter
- Balderdash & Piffle
sagehen
- Balderdash & Piffle BBC2 starting Monday 2nd January (fwd)
Fred Shapiro
- Balderdash and Piffle
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Jesse Sheidlower
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Benjamin Zimmer
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Benjamin Zimmer
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Jonathan Lighter
- bardacious (= bodacious??)
Wilson Gray
- BAREBACK, a most useful word
RonButters at AOL.COM
- BAREBACK, a most useful word
Dave Wilton
- BAREBACK, a most useful word
Jesse Sheidlower
- Barry utters NYT 'QUOTATION OF THE DAY'
Michael McKernan
- Barry utters NYT 'QUOTATION OF THE DAY'
Benjamin Zimmer
- Barry utters NYT 'QUOTATION OF THE DAY'
Benjamin Zimmer
- batty bredda (1976)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bawdy ballads [Was "Oral Sex" Difficult to Antedate]
Jonathan Lighter
- BBC Wordhunt - Antedatings
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- BBC Wordhunt - Antedatings
Fred Shapiro
- Bedpan Alley (or, Hospital Land)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Birth of a nova--not?
Michael McKernan
- Birth of a nova--not?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Birth of a nova--not?
Alice Faber
- Birth of a nova--not?
Michael McKernan
- Birth of a nova--not?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Birth of a nova--not?
Laurence Horn
- Birth of a nova--not?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Birth of a nova--not?
Jonathan Lighter
- Birth of a nova--not?
Matthew Gordon
- Birth of a nova--not?
Brenda Lester
- Birth of a nova--not?
Joel S. Berson
- Birth of a nova--not?
Jonathan Lighter
- Birth of a nova--not?
Jonathan Lighter
- Birth of a nova--not?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Birth of a nova--not?
Jonathan Lighter
- Birth of a nova--not?
Dennis Baron
- Re: Birth of a no va--not?
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Birth of a nova--not?
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Birth of a nova--not?
James Smith
- Birth of a nova--not?
Stephen Goranson
- Re: Birth of a no va--not?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Birth of a no va--not?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Birth of a nova--not?
Alice Faber
- Birth of a nova--not?
Laurence Horn
- Birth of a nova--not?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Birth of a nova--not?
Laurence Horn
- Birth of a nova--not?
Chris Waigl
- Birth of a nova--not?
Mark A. Mandel
- Birth of a nova--not?
Laurence Horn
- Birth of a nova--not?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Birth of a nova--not?
Laurence Horn
- Birth of a nova - truthiness
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Birth of a nova - truthiness
Barnhart
- Birth of a nova - truthiness
Barbara Need
- Birth of a nova - truthiness
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Bloomberg quotes O. Henry (but needs George Thompson)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bloomberg quotes O. Henry (but needs George Thompson)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bloomberg quotes O. Henry (but needs George Thompson)
George Thompson
- Bloomberg quotes O. Henry (new cites from 1850)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
David Bowie
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Wilson Gray
- Boondocks on "brokeba ck"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Boondocks on "b rokeback"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Boondocks on "b rokeback"
Laurence Horn
- Boondocks on "b rokeback"
Paul Johnson
- Boondocks on "b rokeback"
Tom Vincent
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Wilson Gray
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Grant Barrett
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: Boondocks on "b rokeback"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Wilson Gray
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
James Knight
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
David Bowie
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
neil
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Boondocks on "brokeback"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Boston Accent Expert Needed
Grant Barrett
- Boston Accent Expert Needed
Laurence Horn
- Boston Accent Expert Needed
Grant Barrett
- Bridal Registry (1952)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bridal Registry (1952)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Brokeback Mule
Wilson Gray
- Brokeback Mule
carole crompton
- Carcasting
Tom Vincent
- casting couches & fish skins
George Thompson
- casting couches & fish skins
Jonathan Lighter
- casting couches & fish skins
Douglas G. Wilson
- casting couches & fish skins
neil
- casting couches & fish skins
George Thompson
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Fred Shapiro
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Grant Barrett
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Baker, John
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Fred Shapiro
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Stephen Goranson
- Checklist of Electronic Resources (Draft of Version 3)
Fred Shapiro
- circumlegally
Benjamin Zimmer
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Grant Barrett
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Re: Claim for origi n of "Cruisazy"
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Grant Barrett
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Laurence Horn
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Dennis Baron
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Sam Clements
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Michael McKernan
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Dennis Baron
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Fred Shapiro
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Baker, John
- Re: Claim for origi n of "Cruisazy"
Steve Kl.
- Claim for origin of "Cruisazy"
Fred Shapiro
- CNIB
Thomas Paikeday
- cocktail (1803)
Barnhart
- cocktail (1803)
Laurence Horn
- cocktail (1803)
James Knight
- cocktail (1803)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Colbert interview in the onion
Steve Kl.
- Colbert interview on WOTY
Benjamin Zimmer
- college slang of the '20s
Jonathan Lighter
- college slang of the '20s
Laurence Horn
- college slang of the '20s
Jonathan Lighter
- Comptroller (with a "p")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Comptroller (with a "p")
Wilson Gray
- Comptroller (with a "p")
Dale Coye
- Cop out (1892)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- correction Re: and the rest is history
Stephen Goranson
- couch-surfing
Benjamin Zimmer
- Could this be "raffia" from 1751 antedates OED3 1882?
Joel S. Berson
- craven/graven eggcorn?
neil
- craven/graven eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- craven/graven eggcorn?
Jeff Prucher
- craven/graven eggcorn?
James Landau
- Cussin' Contests, 1890s
Jonathan Lighter
- data and analysis
RonButters at AOL.COM
- data and analysis
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Michael McKernan
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Joel S. Berson
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Chris Waigl
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Michael McKernan
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Laurence Horn
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Laurence Horn
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Michael McKernan
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Jonathan Lighter
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Laurence Horn
- Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Michael McKernan
- Definitions of "Hemi"
Fred Shapiro
- Definitions of "Hemi"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Dognap (1912, 1924, 1926, 1934)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Early Amer. Newspapers [was: Online Text News]
Joel S. Berson
- eggcorn
Mark A. Mandel
- eggcorn
Tom Kysilko
- Eggcorn-like euphemism
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn-like something or other
Rex W. Stocklin
- Eggcorn-like something or other
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn-like something or other
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn-like something or other
Rex W. Stocklin
- Eggcorn-like something or other
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
sagehen
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Margaret Lee
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- eggcorn or flubbed dialect? non-standard uses of non-standard 'oughtened'
Erik Hoover
- eggcorn or flubbed dialect? non-standard uses of non-standard 'oughtened'
Laurence Horn
- eggcorn or flubbed dialect? non-standard uses of non-standard 'oughtened'
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn or flubbed dialect? non-standard uses of non-standard 'oughtened'
James Smith
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
Stephen Goranson
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
Fred Shapiro
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
James Landau
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
Laurence Horn
- ending quotation in CAPOTE
Benjamin Zimmer
- ending quotation in CAPOTE (1876?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Etymology of "wacko"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Etymology of "wacko"
Laurence Horn
- Etymology of "wacko"
Dennis R. Preston
- Etymology of "wacko"
Barnhart
- Etymology of "wacko"
Joel S. Berson
- Etymology of "wacko"
Wilson Gray
- Etymology of "wacko"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Etymology of "wacko"
Joel S. Berson
- Etymology of "wacko"
Laurence Horn
- Etymology of "wacko"
Baker, John
- Etymology of "wacko"
Joel S. Berson
- Etymology of "wacko"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Etymology of "wacko"
Baker, John
- Etymology of "wacko"
Wilson Gray
- Etymology of "wacko"
Joel S. Berson
- Etymology of "wacko"
Erik Hoover
- Etymology of "wacko"
Jonathan Lighter
- Etymology of "wacko"
Jonathan Lighter
- Etymology of "wacko"
Laurence Horn
- Etymology of "wacko"
Baker, John
- Etymology of "wacko"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- exodentist is correct
RonButters at AOL.COM
- exodentist is correct
Steve Kl.
- exodentist is correct
Benjamin Zimmer
- fabulosity
Benjamin Zimmer
- fabulosity
Steve Kl.
- fade(d/s) into the midst
Michael McKernan
- First Use of "Gay"
Fred Shapiro
- for those who haven't done this week's Times acrostic yet...
Laurence Horn
- Frank Rich on truthiness
Benjamin Zimmer
- Freying
Benjamin Zimmer
- Further Antedating of "Incent"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Motorcycle"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Urologist"
Fred Shapiro
- Fw: shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]
Thomas Paikeday
- Fw: shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: Birmingham Public Library launches new digital collections
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Thomas Paikeday
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Dennis R. Preston
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Thomas Paikeday
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Fwd: Call for Proposals
Terry Irons
- Fwd: query on "boid"s and "terlet"s
Laurence Horn
- garbled: will this help?
sagehen
- garbled: will this help?
Laurence Horn
- garbled: will this help?
Joel S. Berson
- Garbled messages
Wilson Gray
- Garbled messages
Benjamin Zimmer
- Garbled messages
Joel S. Berson
- Garbled messages
Wilson Gray
- Garbled messages
John McChesney-Young
- Garbled messages
Joel S. Berson
- Garbled messages
John McChesney-Young
- Garbled messages
Joel S. Berson
- Garbled posts
Jesse Sheidlower
- Glory Road (1904? 1917? Civil War?)
James Landau
- Go sit on your East Coast
Dennis R. Preston
- groupie slang (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- groupie slang (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- groupie slang (1969)
Wilson Gray
- groupie slang (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- groupie slang (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- groupie slang (1969)
Laurence Horn
- groupie slang (1969)
Jonathon Green
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Benjamin Barrett
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Wilson Gray
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Wilson Gray
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Jonathan Lighter
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Alice Faber
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Laurence Horn
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Jonathan Lighter
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Jonathan Lighter
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Wilson Gray
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
sagehen
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Laurence Horn
- Hawaiianisms; righteous
Dave Hause
- Hawkish Chicken (opposite of Chicken Hawk)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Wilson Gray
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Jonathan Lighter
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Jonathan Lighter
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Joel S. Berson
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Wilson Gray
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Michael Quinion
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Joel S. Berson
- Hazelnuts/Filberts/Cob Nuts
Wilson Gray
- How does John Rockwell pronounce "00's" (the decade)?
Joel S. Berson
- iconic spelling
Arnold M. Zwicky
- iconic spelling
Wilson Gray
- iconic spelling
Jonathan Lighter
- illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))
Mark A. Mandel
- illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))
Joel S. Berson
- illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))
Benjamin Zimmer
- illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))
Mark A. Mandel
- illegibilia in digest (re: Pretzel/Bretzel (1843))
Joel S. Berson
- Inadvertent jokes
Page Stephens
- in case you missed it
Dennis Baron
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Dennis R. Preston
- incent : a big SOTA
Paul Johnson
- incent : a big SOTA
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Dennis R. Preston
- incent : a big SOTA
Baker, John
- incent : a big SOTA
Laurence Horn
- incent : a big SOTA
Thomas Paikeday
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Michael McKernan
- incent : a big SOTA
Michael McKernan
- incent : a big SOTA
Wilson Gray
- incent : a big SOTA
Fred Shapiro
- incent : a big SOTA
Michael McKernan
- incent : a big SOTA
Michael McKernan
- incent : a big SOTA
Mark A. Mandel
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Baker, John
- incent : a big SOTA
Wilson Gray
- incent : a big SOTA
Matthew Gordon
- incent : a big SOTA
James Smith
- incent : a big SOTA
James Smith
- incent : a big SOTA
Laurence Horn
- incent : a big SOTA
Laurence Horn
- incent : a big SOTA
sagehen
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Baker, John
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Mark A. Mandel
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Mark A. Mandel
- incent : a big SOTA
Dennis R. Preston
- incent : a big SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- incent : a big SOTA
Dennis R. Preston
- iomega help conversation
Dennis R. Preston
- iomega help conversation
Laurence Horn
- iomega help conversation
David Bowie
- iomega help conversation
Jeff Prucher
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Jonathan Lighter
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Jonathan Lighter
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Laurence Horn
- Is this a good use of scare quotes?
Joanne M. Despres
- Is this thruthiness?
Paul Johnson
- Is this thruthiness?
Laurence Horn
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Fred Shapiro
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Ivy Colleges (1934)
Wilson Gray
- Latest SOTA
Jonathan Lighter
- Latest SOTA
Laurence Horn
- Latest SOTA ('homicide attack')
Damien Hall
- Latest SOTA ('homicide attack')
Jonathan Lighter
- Latest SOTA ('homicide attack')
Joanne M. Despres
- Latest SOTA ('homicide attack')
Dave Wilton
- Latest SOTA ('homicide attack')
Benjamin Zimmer
- Lone Ranger (was "yesteryear")
David Bergdahl
- Looking for 'American Tongues' videotape
Margaret Lee
- Looking for 'American Tongues' videotape
Bethany K. Dumas
- Looking for 'American Tongues' videotape
Margaret Lee
- Looking for 'American Tongues' videotape
Beth Simon
- Looking for 'American Tongues' videotape
Margaret Lee
- LSSU Banished Words, 2006
Benjamin Zimmer
- Lycanthropic mondegreen: [Was: Glory Road (1904? 1917? Civil War?)]
Jonathan Lighter
- M-W and "fantabulous"
Benjamin Zimmer
- M-W and "fantabulous"
Joanne M. Despres
- Re: M-W and "fantab ulous"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- M-W and "fantabulous"
Benjamin Zimmer
- M-W and "fantabulous"
Joanne M. Despres
- M-W and "fantab ulous"
Jonathan Lighter
- M-W and "fantabulous"
Jonathan Lighter
- M-W and "ginormous" (again)
Benjamin Zimmer
- masculine/feminine
RonButters at AOL.COM
- masculine/feminine
David Bowie
- Re: masculine/feminine
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: masculine/feminine
Arnold M. Zwicky
- masculine/feminine?
David Bowie
- Re: masculine/feminine?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Mayor Bloomberg's Boston accent
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mayor Bloomberg's speech
Joan Houston Hall
- Mayor Bloomberg's speech
James Smith
- Mediodating of "boody/booty"
Wilson Gray
- Mediodating of "boody/booty"
Jonathan Lighter
- Mediodating of "boody/booty"
Erik Hoover
- Mediodating of "boody/booty"
Wilson Gray
- Mediodating of "boody/booty"
Wilson Gray
- mezzo(-scale)
Benjamin Zimmer
- mezzo(-scale)
Chris Waigl
- Midori [OT?]
Douglas G. Wilson
- Mississippi John Hurt
Wilson Gray
- Mississippi Mud Cake (1967); Janson's Temptation (1951)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Monk-ish
Benjamin Zimmer
- Monk-ish
Laurence Horn
- Monk-ish
David Bowie
- More evidence for the reanalysis of "mano a mano"
Laurence Horn
- More evidence for t he reanalysis of "mano a mano"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- More Global Language Monitor silliness
Benjamin Zimmer
- More Global Language Monitor silliness
Wilson Gray
- More Global Language Monitor silliness
Laurence Horn
- More on 'ghetto' as verb like 'hack'
Erik Hoover
- Most Popular Dictionaries in Libraries
Jesse Sheidlower
- my personal woty
Dennis Baron
- my personal woty
RonButters at AOL.COM
- my personal woty
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- my personal woty
Dennis Baron
- Re: my personal wot y
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Necktie Party & ending quotation in CAPOTE
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Necktie Party & ending quotation in CAPOTE
Fred Shapiro
- Necktie Party & ending quotation in CAPOTE
Jonathan Lighter
- New-Yearing
George Thompson
- New light on "truthiness"
Benjamin Zimmer
- New light on "truthiness"
Jesse Sheidlower
- New light on "truthiness"
Laurence Horn
- New Razzie Categories
Steve Kl.
- Nixzmary Brown
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nixzmary Brown
Benjamin Zimmer
- nookie
Jonathon Green
- nookie
Jonathan Lighter
- nookie
Douglas G. Wilson
- nookie
Jonathan Lighter
- nookie
Benjamin Zimmer
- nookie
Douglas G. Wilson
- No subject
Grant Barrett
- not masculine/queer
RonButters at AOL.COM
- not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: not masculine/que er
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- not masculine/que er
Laurence Horn
- not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- not masculine/queer
Dennis R. Preston
- not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- not masculine/queer
Laurence Horn
- not masculine/queer
Laurence Horn
- not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- not masculine/queer
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: not masculine/que er
RonButters at AOL.COM
- NPR's "On Words"
Tom Vincent
- NPR's "On Words"
Fred Shapiro
- NPR's "On Words"
Jonathan Lighter
- NPR's "On Words"
Tom Vincent
- nutso, adj.
Benjamin Zimmer
- NY Times errs on "lobbyist" ("Weak" in Review section)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- On-line OED & Dating of "Angels on Horseback"
Joel S. Berson
- one last WOTY preview
Benjamin Zimmer
- Online Text News
Fred Shapiro
- Online Text News
Fred Shapiro
- Online Text News
Joel S. Berson
- Online Text News
George Thompson
- Oral history on "uptight" (1966)
Jonathan Lighter
- Oral history on "uptight" (1966)
Jonathan Lighter
- Oral history on "uptight" (1966)
Jonathan Lighter
- Oral history on "uptight" (1966)
Laurence Horn
- Oral history on "uptight" (1966)
Wilson Gray
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Wilson Gray
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Wilson Gray
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Chris Waigl
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Wilson Gray
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Page Stephens
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Origin of "King Kong" (Chinese? Courting frogs?)
Jonathan Lighter
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
Amy West
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
John E. Dews
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
Patti Kurtz
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- OT: language awareness, linguistics, and freshman comp.
Amy West
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
neil
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
Jonathan Lighter
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
Wilson Gray
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
neil
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
Wilson Gray
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Pokadope: nonce or regional slang?
Jonathan Lighter
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Benjamin Zimmer
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Jesse Sheidlower
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Jesse Sheidlower
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Jonathan Lighter
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Laurence Horn
- polyglot = (non-linguistic) mixture
Chris Waigl
- posing a question to the list
Terry Irons
- Possible Antedating of "Cocktail"
Fred Shapiro
- Possible Antedating of "Cocktail"
Michael Quinion
- Possible Antedating of "Cocktail"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Potomac fever (1940)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Potomac fever (1940)
Wilson Gray
- Potomac fever (1940)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- prepopulate
Joan Houston Hall
- prepopulate
Jesse Sheidlower
- Pretzel/Bretzel (1843)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pretzel/Bretzel (1843)
Jesse Sheidlower
- probiotics
Thomas Paikeday
- probiotics
Benjamin Zimmer
- probiotics
Jesse Sheidlower
- probiotics
Jesse Sheidlower
- probiotics
Joel S. Berson
- probiotics
Jesse Sheidlower
- probiotics
Thomas Paikeday
- probiotics
Jesse Sheidlower
- probiotics
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Q: Word for "a lover of books about religion"?
Joel S. Berson
- Query: "throw a wobbly" (have a fit)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: "throw a wobbly" (have a fit)
Jonathon Green
- Query: "throw a wobbly" (have a fit)
James Landau
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name?
Fred Shapiro
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name?
James Landau
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name? (fwd)
Mark A. Mandel
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name? (fwd)
Wilson Gray
- Query: Why "Cripples" (> "Crips") as gang-name? (fwd)
James Landau
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Alan Baragona
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Dave Hause
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Wilson Gray
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Dennis Baron
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Wilson Gray
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Wilson Gray
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Laurence Horn
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: Why "she" in reference to a ship?
Laurence Horn
- query on "boid"s and "terlet"s
Wilson Gray
- query on "boid"s and "terlet"s
Paul Johnston
- query on "boid"s and "terlet"s
Paul Johnston
- query on consonant cluster reduction
Laurence Horn
- query on consonant cluster reduction
Alice Faber
- righteous
FRITZ JUENGLING
- righteous
Wilson Gray
- righteous
Jesse Sheidlower
- righteous
Wilson Gray
- righteous
Jonathan Lighter
- righteous
Wilson Gray
- righteous
Jonathan Lighter
- righteous
Wilson Gray
- righteous
Laurence Horn
- Ripster (exercising hipster)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- sandwich words
Benjamin Zimmer
- Screwy Entry for "Canadian" in OED
Fred Shapiro
- scrumdiddlyumptious (1962)
Benjamin Zimmer
- scrumdiddlyumptious (1962)
Jonathan Lighter
- scrumdiddlyumptious (1962)
Benjamin Zimmer
- scrumdiddlyumptious (1962)
Tom Vincent
- Season's greetings?
Wilson Gray
- Shebrew (female Hebrew) (1880, 1911)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Shebrew (female Hebrew) (1880, 1911)
Benjamin Barrett
- SHIPS THAT PARSE IN THE NIGHT
neil
- shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]
Alan Knutson
- shit v. shoot [was: Go sit on your East Coast]
Jonathan Lighter
- Shower Party (1897); Bridal Shower (1901)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Shower Party (1897); Bridal Shower (1901)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Shower Party (1897); Bridal Shower (1901)
Fred Shapiro
- Sky scraper (February 1883 for "building")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- slang "scotsh" = shirt, 1879;
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- slang "scotsh" = shirt, 1879;
Jonathan Lighter
- slang "scotsh" = shirt, 1879;
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Sleepworking
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sleepworking
Laurence Horn
- Slight Antedating of "Boycott"
Fred Shapiro
- Slippery Slope (1857); Water's Edge (1898)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- So, is there a new use of so?
Jason Norris
- So, is there a new use of so?
Alice Faber
- So, is there a new use of so?
Jonathan Lighter
- So, is there a new use of so?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- So, is there a new use of so?
Alan Baragona
- So, is there a new use of so?
Chris Waigl
- Re: So, is there a new use of so?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- So, is there a new use of so?
Indigo Som
- So, is there a new use of so?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- So, is there a new use of so?
James Smith
- So, is there a new use of so?
Indigo Som
- So, is there a new use of so?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- some quotations on memories
Arnold M. Zwicky
- some quotations on memories
Mark A. Mandel
- Sorry, delayed reaction! Re: "oral sex"
Thomas Paikeday
- Sorry about that!
Wilson Gray
- Sound-change in BE
Wilson Gray
- Sound-change in BE
Benjamin Zimmer
- Sound-change in BE
Paul Johnston
- Sound-change in BE
Wilson Gray
- Starvin' Marvin (1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Starvin' Marvin (1975)
Laurence Horn
- Starvin' Marvin (1975)
Wilson Gray
- surveil (1884, 1896)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Swedish WOTY
Grant Barrett
- Swedish WOTY
Ed Keer
- Terms of venery. was: "oral sex" among the Victorians
Page Stephens
- Terms of venery. was: "oral sex" among the Victorians
Laurence Horn
- Test
Jesse Sheidlower
- test post (rich text w/ URLs)
Benjamin Zimmer
- test post (rich text w/ URLs)
Jesse Sheidlower
- the matt and feather
George Thompson
- Thirteen and the odd
Michael Quinion
- Thirteen and the odd
Douglas G. Wilson
- Thirteen and the odd
Michael Quinion
- Time out!
Wilson Gray
- Time out!
Jonathan Lighter
- Time out!
Wilson Gray
- Time out!
Jonathan Lighter
- Time out!
Tom Kysilko
- Time out!
Jonathan Lighter
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Steve Kl.
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Benjamin Zimmer
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Steve Kl.
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Steve Kl.
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Laurence Horn
- Tonight's Colbert Report
Benjamin Zimmer
- Trustigious
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Truthiness
Baker, John
- Truthiness
Jesse Sheidlower
- Truthiness
Fred Shapiro
- Truthiness
Brenda Lester
- Truthiness
Baker, John
- Truthiness
Brenda Lester
- Truthiness
James callan
- Truthiness
sagehen
- Truthiness
Steve Kl.
- truthiness
Steve Kl.
- Truthiness (by the numbers)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Truthiness (by the numbers)
Fred Shapiro
- Truthiness (by the numbers)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Truthiness begins to be used for real
aallan at AOL.COM
- Truthiness hits Ghana
Benjamin Zimmer
- Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year
Grant Barrett
- Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year
sagehen
- Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year
Benjamin Zimmer
- Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Truthiness is the 2005 Word of the Year
Jonathan Lighter
- Re: Truthiness is t he 2005 Word of the Year
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Truthiness is t he 2005 Word of the Year
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Truthiness is t he 2005 Word of the Year
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- Truthiness will not die
Benjamin Zimmer
- Truthiness will not die
Jonathan Lighter
- Truthiness will not die
Benjamin Zimmer
- Truthiness will not die
Benjamin Zimmer
- Truthiness will not die
James Callan
- Truthiness will not die
Alan Baragona
- Re: Truthiness will not die
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Truthiness will not die
Dave Wilton
- twelfth man (1926)
Benjamin Zimmer
- twelfth man (1926)
Wilson Gray
- Two-oh-Two=2002?
Dale Coye
- Two-oh-Two=2002?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Two-oh-Two=2002?
sagehen
- University of Pennsylvania web site tribute to William Labov
Mark A. Mandel
- University of Pennsylvania web site tribute to William Labov
Laurence Horn
- unsubscribe ASAP
Kathleen Shannon
- Usage of 'box office' vs 'ticket office' for U.S. theater and concert halls
John D. Hopkins
- Valjean and trouble
Joel S. Berson
- wacko (1938)
Benjamin Zimmer
- wacko (1938)
Laurence Horn
- wacko (1938)
Jonathan Lighter
- Weird 'virus' plural
Geoff Nathan
- Weird 'virus' plural
Joel S. Berson
- White Christmas
Mark A. Mandel
- White Christmas
sagehen
- White Christmas
Mark A. Mandel
- White Christmas
Mark A. Mandel
- White Christmas
sagehen
- White Christmas
Baker, John
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Mark Spahn
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Laurence Horn
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Wilson Gray
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Laurence Horn
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Wilson Gray
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Mark A. Mandel
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Laurence Horn
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Wilson Gray
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Laurence Horn
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Jonathan Lighter
- Who is Rosetta Stone?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Why is "Missouri" pronounced with -z-
Mark A. Mandel
- Wife's eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Wife's eggcorn
Dennis R. Preston
- Wife's eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Wife's eggcorn
Jonathan Lighter
- Wife's eggcorn
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wife's eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- Wife's eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Wife's eggcorn
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wife's eggcorn
Margaret Lee
- Wife's eggcorn
Margaret Lee
- Wife's eggcorn
Jonathan Lighter
- Wife's eggcorn
Mark A. Mandel
- Wife's eggcorn
sagehen
- Wife's eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- wonktocracy, blovel
Benjamin Zimmer
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Michael McKernan
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Joan Houston Hall
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Dennis Baron
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Laurence Horn
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Jim Parish
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Grant Barrett
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Joel S. Berson
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Douglas G. Wilson
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Joel S. Berson
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Jonathan Lighter
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Laurence Horn
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Joel S. Berson
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Laurence Horn
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Mark A. Mandel
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Mark A. Mandel
- word for "overly fond of one's children"?
Joel S. Berson
- word meaning "resident of ..."
Mark Spahn
- word meaning "resident of ..."
Benjamin Zimmer
- word meaning "resident of ..."
Stephen Goranson
- WOTY
davemarc
- woty truthiness
Dennis Baron
- Would ye have a young Virgin of fifteen Years
Tom Vincent
- Wyoming Historical Newspapers; "Cocktail" is 200?
bapopik at AOL.COM
- yesteryear
Mark Spahn
- yesteryear
sagehen
- yesteryear
Jonathan Lighter
- yesteryear
Wilson Gray
- yesteryear
Mark A. Mandel
- yesteryear
Page Stephens
- yesteryear
Erin McKean
- yesteryear
Page Stephens
- yet another meaning for "brokeback"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Yikes! (antedating)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Yikes! (antedating)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Yikes! (antedating)
Douglas G. Wilson
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