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- to early/absentee vote
 
Arnold M. Zwicky
 - "pit X against Y" past and past participle
 
Arnold M. Zwicky
 - Scots dialect samples
 
James Harbeck
 - to early/absentee vote
 
Mark Mandel
 - Scots dialect samples
 
Wilson Gray
 - from ADS-L to LLog
 
Arnold M. Zwicky
 - test message
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "trash" 'empty trash containers'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - "trash" 'empty trash containers'
 
Doug_Harris
 - pigtail (v.)
 
Mark Mandel
 - History of American English text books
 
Patti Kurtz
 - Request
 
Botir Djuraev
 - History of American English text books
 
Dave Wilton
 - "cross-drafting"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - History of American English text books
 
Herb Stahlke
 - Noah the Lexicographer finds Republican candidates' words lack . . . definition
 
Wilson Gray
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Wilson Gray
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Neal Whitman
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Mugglestone History
 
James Harbeck
 - good nite and
 
Paul
 - sorry about that  she's Alice, Wilson would understand
 
Paul
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Paul Johnston
 - PPP "retrofit"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "landslide" antedatings
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Heard on The Judges: "show out" = approx., throw a tantrum, blow one's top, etc.
 
Wilson Gray
 - "landslide" antedatings (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Michael Adams
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Michael Adams
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
John-Patrick
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Paul
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Michael Adams
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Bradley A. Esparza
 - "landslide" antedatings
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Wilson Gray
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Dave Wilton
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Randy Alexander
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - Etymology of "Eighty-Six"
 
Alison Murie
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Mark Mandel
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Heard on The Judges: "show out" = approx., throw a tantrum, blow one's top, etc.
 
Charles Doyle
 - Obama and indefinite articles
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Obama and the indefinite article
 
Geoff Nathan
 - æbleskiver (Danish pancakes)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "to executive produce"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Alison Murie
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Query:  "Let George do it"
 
Sam Clements
 - "Let George do it."
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - "to executive produce"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "to executive produce"
 
Dave Wilton
 - "Let George do it."
 
David A. Daniel
 - Query:  "Let George do it"
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - showrunner (was Re:      Re: "to executive produce")
 
Neal Whitman
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Query:  "Let George do it"
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Dan Goodman
 - Query:  "Let George do it"
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - Further Antedating of "Suffragette"
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - OT: senatorial saucer
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Reading the OED
 
Mark Peters
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Charles Doyle
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Mark Mandel
 - Heard on The Judges: BE "nary a"
 
Wilson Gray
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
 
Wilson Gray
 - Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on The Judges: "re-girlfriend" n.
 
Wilson Gray
 - Small Latin and less Greek were good enough for Shakespeare, but some Brits want to rid English of its classical roots
 
Dennis Baron
 - Heard on The Judges: BE "nary a"
 
Mark Mandel
 - Intrusive "of"
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Abstracts for 2009 conf. in SF posted
 
Grant Barrett
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Ann Burlingham
 - "to executive produce"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - senatorial saucer (1872)
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "bandy-wicket" 1740 antedates 1749-
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Acceptance speech"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "Acceptance speech"
 
Mark Mandel
 - "Acceptance speech"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - awoken/woken -- passive/active past participles?
 
Wilson Gray
 - Non-standard constructions wanted
 
Geoff Nathan
 - "Thank you"
 
Jim Parish
 - "many a" -- singular or plural?  Or just awkward?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "many a" -- singular or plural?  Or just awkward?
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Ann Burlingham
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Baker, John
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Neal Whitman
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Baker, John
 - Saying one thing but meaning the opposite
 
Dan Goodman
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Fwd: ANN: AAS Regional Academic Seminar
 
Joel S. Berson
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Doug_Harris
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Doug_Harris
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Marc Velasco
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Doug_Harris
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - "Clean their clocks" (1879)
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - porno as a count noun
 
Lynne Murphy
 - I Believe . . . This Makes NO Sense
 
Wilson Gray
 - porno as a count noun
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Go soak your head
 
George Thompson
 - porno as a count noun
 
Neal Whitman
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Go soak your head
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - porno as a count noun
 
Ann Burlingham
 - porno as a count noun
 
James Harbeck
 - porno as a count noun
 
Mark Mandel
 - exertion = exercise?
 
Alison Murie
 - porno as a count noun
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - exertion = exercise?
 
Wilson Gray
 - porno as a count noun
 
Dan Goodman
 - High Court to decide whether F-bomb is ready for prime time
 
Dennis Baron
 - Go soak your head
 
Joel S. Berson
 - exertion = exercise?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Go soak your head
 
Laurence Horn
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "make no mistake"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "make no mistake"
 
Laurence Horn
 - exertion = exercise?
 
Mark Mandel
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Mark Mandel
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "make no mistake"
 
Mark Mandel
 - panorama 1794; panorama and catch penny 1795
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "make no mistake"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - cramp one's style (1781)
 
Joel S. Berson
 - exertion = exercise?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Celebu-word-palooza
 
Mark Peters
 - Celebu-word-palooza
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Mark Mandel
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Go soak your head
 
George Thompson
 - "many a" -- singular or plural? Or just awkward?
 
Mark Mandel
 - porno as a count noun
 
Baker, John
 - DOE launches usalearns.org to teach English
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - porno as a count noun
 
Laurence Horn
 - porno as a count noun
 
Dan Goodman
 - Abstracts for 2009 conf. in SF posted
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - all the rage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - all the rage
 
Alison Murie
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Laurence Horn
 - came very much in handy
 
James Harbeck
 - came very much in handy
 
Jeff Kallay
 - Mavericky
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Mavericky
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Mavericky
 
Laurence Horn
 - more on wrap rage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more on wrap rage
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - more on wrap rage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more on wrap rage
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more on wrap rage
 
Doug_Harris
 - came very much in handy
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more on wrap rage
 
Chris Waigl
 - more on wrap rage
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - more on wrap rage
 
Alison Murie
 - Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
 
Doug_Harris
 - Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
 
Sam Clements
 - Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
 
Doug_Harris
 - Party-Colored -- Two Distinctly Different Definitions
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - Should Barack Obama, the first digital president, have to give up Twitter?
 
Dennis Baron
 - "Blue-gum" redux
 
Wilson Gray
 - came very much in handy
 
Laurence Horn
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Laurence Horn
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Wilson Gray
 - An Important Message -- Downsized
 
Doug_Harris
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - An Important Message -- Downsized
 
Joel S. Berson
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Joel S. Berson
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Doug_Harris
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Laurence Horn
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Marc Velasco
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Charles Doyle
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - Nominations for Name(s) of the Year
 
Cleve Evans
 - more seat-of-the-pants etymology for our delectation
 
Mark Mandel
 - Word-of-the-Year Nominations Open
 
Grant Barrett
 - from ADS-L to LLog
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - More intrusive "of"
 
Alison Murie
 - More intrusive "of"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Etymology at the Volokh Conspiracy
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - "wages" as payment *by* worker
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
 
Wilson Gray
 - open the kimono (1974)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - open the kimono (1974)
 
Tom Dalzell
 - from ADS-L to LLog
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Etymology at the Volokh Conspiracy
 
Baker, John
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Wilson Gray
 - Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "cumberbund"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "cumberbund"
 
Chris Waigl
 - "cumberbund"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "cumberbund"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "cumberbund"
 
Marc Velasco
 - "cumberbund"
 
Chris Waigl
 - "cumberbund"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "cumberbund"
 
Laurence Horn
 - "ancestors" redux
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "ancestors" redux
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
 
Josh Macfelder
 - Etymology of "Maverick"?
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Etymology of "Maverick"?
 
Dennis Baron
 - "cumberbund"
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "cumberbund"
 
Marc Velasco
 - "cumberbund"
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "cumberbund"
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - the final step in commas after role descriptors
 
James Harbeck
 - "cumberbund"
 
James Harbeck
 - woty 08 abroad
 
Dennis Baron
 - woty 08 abroad
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - woty 08 abroad
 
Laurence Horn
 - "cumberbund"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - woty 08 abroad
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
 
James Harbeck
 - "cumberbund"
 
Randy Alexander
 - "cumberbund"
 
Marc Velasco
 - "cumberbund"
 
Randy Alexander
 - "cumberbund"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
 
Laurence Horn
 - "cumberbund"
 
Lynne Murphy
 - "cumberbund"
 
Wilson Gray
 - A Sad State for Marriage
 
Doug_Harris
 - today's verbing
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - "cumberbund"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "cumberbund"
 
Neal Whitman
 - "cumberbund"
 
Charles Doyle
 - "cumberbund"
 
Randy Alexander
 - "cumberbund"
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - "cumberbund"
 
Ann Burlingham
 - "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
 
Ann Burlingham
 - "cumberbund"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "cumberbund"
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Antedating of "Money Shot" in Volokh Conspiracy
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - "cumberbund"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - today's verbing
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "the financial equivalent of Hurricane Katrina"
 
Baker, John
 - Etymology of "Maverick"?
 
Baker, John
 - Intrusive N in Messenger, Passenger etc.
 
Mark Mandel
 - "cumberbund"
 
Mark Mandel
 - today's verbing
 
Mark Mandel
 - today's verbing
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - today's verbing
 
Marc Velasco
 - today's verbing
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - today's verbing
 
Marc Velasco
 - today's verbing
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Junker/Junko/Junco Partner
 
sagehen
 - today's verbing
 
Mark Mandel
 - Lie down with dogs ...
 
Wilson Gray
 - Double import: rare cheesecake
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - on principle/in principal blend?
 
Alison Murie
 - on principle/in principal blend?
 
Laurence Horn
 - on principle/in principal blend?
 
Alison Murie
 - Coming full circle on "X is the new Y"
 
Laurence Horn
 - on principle/in principal blend?
 
Laurence Horn
 - Coming full circle on "X is the new Y"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - today's verbing
 
Doug_Harris
 - Lie down with dogs ...
 
Doug_Harris
 - on principle/in principal blend?
 
Doug_Harris
 - "maroonage" not in OED?!
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Webster ’s New World College Dictionary announ ces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
Grant Barrett
 - Webster ’s New World College Dictionary an nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
Alison Murie
 - Webster's New World College Dictionary announces its wor d-of-the-year candidates
 
Doug_Harris
 - Webster ’s New World College Dictionary an             nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
 
Wilson Gray
 - "maroonage" not in OED?!
 
Wilson Gray
 - Webster's New World College Dictionary an nounces its word-of-the-year candidates
 
Laurence Horn
 - "maroonage" not in OED?!
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
 
Mark Mandel
 - Heard on The Judges: "gank" con; "blow" cell phone; "an habitual ..."
 
Grant Barrett
 - "maroonage" not in OED?!
 
Joel S. Berson
 - valedictocracy
 
James Harbeck
 - Heard on The Judges: "gank"
 
Katharine The Grate
 - more back-formation
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "to line-jump"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Deliberate Speed
 
Baker, John
 - More meh
 
Mark Peters
 - Deliberate Speed
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Q:  animal "produce"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Q:  animal "produce"?
 
Michael Covarrubias
 - "Hustle [one's] nuts"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Q:  animal "produce"?
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Jocelyn Limpert
 - Nonliners
 
Michael Quinion
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - on verbing "extinct"
 
Laurence Horn
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - Deliberate Speed
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Deliberate Speed
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Nonliners
 
D Harris
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Jocelyn Limpert
 - The Saxon for "Watch out (I'm going to attack you)!"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Nonliners
 
Joel S. Berson
 - semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 -       Re: [ADS-L] Q: anim al "produce"?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - on verbing "extinct"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Alice Faber
 - meat,meats (was  animal "produce"?)
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Hillary Brown
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Alison Murie
 - on verbing "extinct"
 
Wilson Gray
 - "Hustle [one's] nuts"
 
Scot LaFaive
 - "cumberbund"
 
Baker, John
 - "Hustle [one's] nuts"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Nonliners
 
James Harbeck
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - guffin, MacGuffin
 
Stephen Goranson
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Charles Doyle
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Laurence Horn
 - "extinguish" 'make extinct'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Laurence Horn
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna (UNCLASSIFIED)
 
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Laurence Horn
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "cumberbund"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - Whore's Bath
 
Scot LaFaive
 - Whore's Bath
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - "cumberbund"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Whore's Bath
 
Paul
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Doug Harris
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Jeff Prucher
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Jeff Prucher
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Laurence Horn
 -       Re: [ADS-L] animal  "produce" (some Google results)?
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - useless information of the day
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Wilson Gray
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - useless information of the day
 
Scot LaFaive
 - Whore's Bath
 
Wilson Gray
 - Criminalizing cyberspace: from Myanmar to California, going digital can mean going to jail
 
Dennis Baron
 - Whore's Bath
 
N2life4
 - Whore's Bath
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - Circularity in OED
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - Circularity in OED
 
Jesse Sheidlower
 - useless information of the day
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Whore's Bath
 
Joel S. Berson
 - useless information of the day
 
Doug Harris
 - Whore's Bath
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Jocelyn Limpert
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Jocelyn Limpert
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama";"Mary, the  girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Doug Harris
 - useless information of the day
 
Doug Harris
 - eat my shorts (1973)
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - useless information of the day
 
Bradley A. Esparza
 - useless information of the day
 
Marc Velasco
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - useless information of the day
 
Scot LaFaive
 - useless information of the day
 
Doug Harris
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Laurence Horn
 - animal "produce"?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - useless information of the day
 
Dan Goodman
 - ping jockey
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - Speaking of military jargon ...
 
Wilson Gray
 - mess gear
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary, the girl that I watch her kids", etc.
 
Wilson Gray
 - Circularity in OED
 
Shapiro, Fred
 - "Hustle [one's] nuts"
 
George Thompson
 - The Saxon for "Watch out (I'm going to attack you)!"
 
Mark Mandel
 - semantic drift "officer," "avoid"
 
Mark Mandel
 - Q: animal "produce"?
 
Mark Mandel
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - KMAG YOYO
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - "select" = certain (of many)
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - useless information of the day
 
Scott
 - "wages" as payment *by* worker
 
Joel S. Berson
 - useless information of the day
 
Doug Harris
 - "wages" as payment *by* worker
 
Doug Harris
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
 
Josh Macfelder
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Ann Burlingham
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Whore's Bath
 
David Bowie
 - Whore's Bath
 
Joel S. Berson
 - bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
 
Joel S. Berson
 - bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
 
Benjamin Zimmer
 - bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on Springer: "my cousin nephew"; "your baby mama"; "Mary,
 
Josh Macfelder
 - bailout/bale out; or: planes, boats, and MW
 
Michael Quinion
 - "Hustle [one's] nuts"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Joel S. Berson
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Laurence Horn
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Jim Parish
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Laurence Horn
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Herb Stahlke
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Mark Mandel
 - Beyond the Pale: White House Hanukkah invite is actually Christmas card
 
Dennis Baron
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Wilson Gray
 - Happy Thanksgiving
 
Josh Macfelder
 - "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - "unbanked" and the verb "bank" 'cause to have a bank account'
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Q: "coned", v. (past tense), 1741
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
 
Joel S. Berson
 - animal "produce" (some Google results)?
 
Mark Mandel
 - "don" = to wear; (hence) to bear on the exterior.
 
Wilson Gray
 - paramat(e)rize
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
 
Mark Mandel
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - "empath" as lexicographic lacuna
 
Laurence Horn
 - a seasonal back-formation: "to holiday-shop"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 -       Re: [ADS-L] "empath"  as lexicographic lacuna
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
 
Mark Mandel
 - "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
 
Laurence Horn
 - "come and" (V) as quasi-auxiliary
 
Mark Mandel
 - The word of the year for 2008 is Obama
 
Dennis Baron
 - back and forth
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - back and forth
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - butt dust
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - Ahh, Shoot!
 
Doug Harris
 - "call someone out of their name"
 
Jonathan Lighter
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Baker, John
 - value = amount of discount?
 
Tom Zurinskas
 - "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
 
ronbutters at AOL.COM
 - "call someone out of their name"
 
Douglas G. Wilson
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Mark Mandel
 - Friday the 13th and the Templars
 
Baker, John
 - back and forth
 
Alison Murie
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Alison Murie
 - Ahh, Shoot!
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
 
Chris Waigl
 - "wrecked my brain" possible eggcorn?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - "wrecked my brain" possible eggcorn?
 
Chris Waigl
 - "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
 
Laurence Horn
 - Ahh, Shoot!
 
Wilson Gray
 - "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
 
Herb Stahlke
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - "wait/stand on line" in the UK?
 
Joel S. Berson
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Laurence Horn
 - back and forth
 
Wilson Gray
 - back and forth
 
Wilson Gray
 - "little/few but" (was: "long from" for "far from")
 
Laurence Horn
 - Heard on The Chocolate News:
 
Wilson Gray
 - "wise, holy, just. and good"
 
Joel S. Berson
 - destroyed forever
 
James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
 - "wise, holy, just. and good"
 
Doug Harris
 - destroyed forever
 
Doug Harris
 - paramat(e)rize
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Engineering talk --  was:  Re: destroyed forever
 
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
 - Preposition deletion
 
Grant Barrett
 - hoper you werre able to plow
 
Paul
 - Preposition deletion
 
RonButters at AOL.COM
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Herb Stahlke
 - Preposition deletion
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Fwd: "Antihomonuptial"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "coach potato" another possible eggcorn?
 
Benjamin Barrett
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - "in/on line"
 
Arnold Zwicky
 - Preposition deletion
 
Wilson Gray
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Gerald Cohen
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Laurence Horn
 - "long from" for "far from"
 
Alison Murie
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Wilson Gray
 - Another one bites the dust?
 
Wilson Gray
 - Early Use of S.O.L.
 
Baker, John
 - "Can / May I ask you a question?"
 
Doug Harris
    
 
    
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