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Starting: Wed Dec 1 00:04:56 UTC 2010
Ending: Fri Dec 31 20:44:49 UTC 2010
Messages: 795

• New Spelling System in Spanish   Tom Zurinskas
  • New Spelling System in Spanish   Damien Hall
• shoot blanks   Wilson Gray
  • shoot blanks   Victor Steinbok
• fresh off the boat   Wilson Gray
  • fresh off the boat   Dan Goncharoff
  • fresh off the boat   Michael Newman
• Junk terms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• one-drop rule   Paul Frank
  • one-drop rule   Jesse Sheidlower
  • one-drop rule   Wilson Gray
  • one-drop rule   Paul Frank
  • one-drop rule   Darla Wells
  • one-drop rule   Victor Steinbok
  • one-drop rule   Wilson Gray
• to fumfer   Paul Frank
• sci-fi western and space western   Paul Frank
  • sci-fi western and space western   Eric Nielsen
  • sci-fi western and space western   Wilson Gray
• decimate   Jonathan Lighter
  • decimate   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• groinal   Jonathan Lighter
  • groinal   Joel S. Berson
  • groinal   David Bowie
  • groinal   Charles C Doyle
  • groinal   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • groinal   Laurence Horn
  • groinal   Ronald Butters
  • groinal   Arnold Zwicky
  • groinal   Arnold Zwicky
  • groinal   Arnold Zwicky
  • groinal   Laurence Horn
  • groinal   Ronald Butters
  • groinal   David Bowie
  • groinal   Arnold Zwicky
• Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Eric Nielsen
  • Singing in a dialect and "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Joel S. Berson
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Shapiro, Fred
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Joel S. Berson
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Jesse Sheidlower
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Jesse Sheidlower
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing?   Joel S. Berson
• flip, bounce (drinks); coaster (coastal sailor); 1702   Joel S. Berson
• "chit chat way", 1766   Joel S. Berson
• The Telegraph and the OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • The Telegraph and the OED   Michael Quinion
  • The Telegraph and the OED   Garson O'Toole
• zoonymy   Jonathan Lighter
• gone parabolic   Victor Steinbok
  • gone parabolic   Joel S. Berson
• datascape   Paul Frank
• rigged/kabuki   Victor Steinbok
• bubkes/bupkis, etc.   Victor Steinbok
  • bubkes/bupkis, etc.   Laurence Horn
  • bubkes/bupkis, etc.   Wilson Gray
  • bubkes/bupkis, etc.   Victor Steinbok
  • bubkes/bupkis, etc.   Victor Steinbok
• cables   Neal Whitman
• Fwd: groinal   Arnold Zwicky
  • Fwd: groinal   Jesse Sheidlower
  • Fwd: groinal   Laurence Horn
• gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Arnold Zwicky
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Tom Zurinskas
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Robin Hamilton
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Robin Hamilton
  • gone parabolic (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Ballal ballar   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• bubkes/bupkis, etc. (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Earliest Acronym   Shapiro, Fred
  • Earliest Acronym   Joel S. Berson
  • Earliest Acronym   Laurence Horn
• The new on-line OED -- quotations missing? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • The new on-line OED -- quotations missing? (UNCLASSIFIED)   Shapiro, Fred
• Quick search & View full entry (OED Nov. 2010)   Joel S. Berson
• "Timeline of entries in the OED"   Joel S. Berson
• Quote: To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer (William E. Vaughan 1969 April 2)   Garson O'Toole
• pink taco   Ronald Butters
  • pink taco   Victor Steinbok
  • pink taco   Laurence Horn
  • pink taco   Sam Clements
  • pink taco   Alice Faber
  • pink taco   Garson O'Toole
  • pink taco   Victor Steinbok
  • pink taco   Douglas G. Wilson
  • pink taco   Arnold Zwicky
  • pink taco   Garson O'Toole
• More on rapping and rolling   Laurence Horn
  • More on rapping and rolling   Wilson Gray
• symphony = long classical work?   Herb Stahlke
  • symphony = long classical work?   Michael Covarrubias
  • symphony = long classical work?   Herb Stahlke
  • symphony = long classical work?   Laurence Horn
• wetwork (semantic drift)   Robin Hamilton
• Yips   David A. Daniel
• groinal and loinal   Joel S. Berson
• Sign-in to new OED   Joel S. Berson
• Acronyms and pronouncability   Joel S. Berson
  • Acronyms and pronouncability   Arnold Zwicky
• real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • real-time (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• it's Coke and Pepsi   Paul Frank
  • it's Coke and Pepsi   Laurence Horn
• pink taco etc.   Ronald Butters
  • pink taco etc.   Robin Hamilton
• New OED and mistyping   Joel S. Berson
• loinal   Arnold Zwicky
  • loinal   Joel S. Berson
• "swamp" as reflexive verb -- which sense?   Joel S. Berson
  • "swamp" as reflexive verb -- which sense?   Eric Nielsen
  • "swamp" as reflexive verb -- which sense?   Joel S. Berson
  • "swamp" as reflexive verb -- which sense?   Eric Nielsen
• wetwork (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• plumed serpent   Ronald Butters
• More on rapping and rolling (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • antedating bitching (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jesse Sheidlower
• Tube Steak WAS Re: pink taco (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Tube Steak WAS Re: pink taco (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• BE a la the UD   Wilson Gray
• "cohoop", v., = "to whoop", 1676; also 1766-1770; 1909   Joel S. Berson
• "cohoop", v., = "to whoop", 1676   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "scrug", a noun from circa 1676?   Joel S. Berson
  • Q: "scrug", a noun from circa 1676?   John McChesney-Young
  • Q: "scrug", a noun from circa 1676?   Joel S. Berson
  • Q: "scrug", a noun from circa 1676?   Joel S. Berson
• Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Garson O'Toole
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Joel S. Berson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Garson O'Toole
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Joel S. Berson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Joel S. Berson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Joel S. Berson
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Garson O'Toole
  • Request: Match p-l-y in 1756 document   Joel S. Berson
• Graffito: "What if the Hokey-Pokey IS what it's all about?" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• chuckie   Paul Frank
  • chuckie   Eric Nielsen
  • chuckie   Ronald Butters
  • chuckie   Paul Johnston
  • chuckie   Joel S. Berson
  • chuckie   Joel S. Berson
  • chuckie   Laurence Horn
  • chuckie   Paul Frank
  • chuckie   Paul Frank
  • chuckie   Joel S. Berson
  • chuckie   Robin Hamilton
• "Jay" as female name   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Jay" as female name   Joel S. Berson
  • "Jay" as female name   Ann Burlingham
• Caingorms   Joel S. Berson
  • Caingorms   Eric Nielsen
• Quote: What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about? (1998 February 21)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about? (1998 February 21)   Jim Parish
  • Quote: What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about? (1998 February 21)   Wilson Gray
• changes to oed   David Barnhart
  • changes to oed   Jesse Sheidlower
• chuckie appears to be un-American   Ronald Butters
  • chuckie appears to be un-American   Paul Frank
  • chuckie appears to be un-American   Dan Goodman
• "bulls and bears" - antedatings to 1725   Joel S. Berson
• Obsolete words ripe for revival   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Wilson waves the white flag   Wilson Gray
• acronym antedated to 1940   Stephen Goranson
  • acronym antedated to 1940   Shapiro, Fred
  • acronym antedated to 1940   Joel S. Berson
  • acronym antedated to 1940   Stephen Goranson
• Antedating of "Initialism"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Initialism"   Victor Steinbok
  • Antedating of "Initialism"   Shapiro, Fred
• OT :-) Antedating of "Initialism"   Joel S. Berson
• Further Antedating of "Initialism"   Shapiro, Fred
• dialect in the comics   Arnold Zwicky
  • dialect in the comics   Wilson Gray
  • dialect in the comics   Laurence Horn
  • dialect in the comics   Wilson Gray
  • dialect in the comics   Ronald Butters
  • dialect in the comics   Wilson Gray
• Thinking of WOTY?   David Barnhart
  • Thinking of WOTY?   Tom Zurinskas
• Backformation: uprise   Neal Whitman
• Nominations: Separated by a Common Language Words of the Year   Lynne Murphy
• Agnostic (non-theological)   Federico Escobar
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Victor Steinbok
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Dan Goncharoff
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Laurence Horn
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Victor Steinbok
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Victor Steinbok
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Garson O'Toole
  • Agnostic (non-theological)   Laurence Horn
• OT: Youneverknow.   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "Spanglish"   Shapiro, Fred
• Hypenated [Was: Agnostic (non-theological)]   Victor Steinbok
• "I have absolutely no control over my _public_ muscles."   Wilson Gray
  • "I have absolutely no control over my _public_ muscles."   Paul Frank
  • "I have absolutely no control over my _public_ muscles."   Darla Wells
  • "I have absolutely no control over my _public_ muscles."   Ronald Butters
  • "I have absolutely no control over my _public_ muscles."   Wilson Gray
• Yet one more case of "bitching"   Victor Steinbok
  • Yet one more case of "bitching"   Jonathan Lighter
• fun with pronouns   Victor Steinbok
  • fun with pronouns   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • fun with pronouns   Robin Hamilton
• Further Antedating of "Spanglish"   Shapiro, Fred
• Still Further Antedating of "Spanglish"   Shapiro, Fred
• Antedating of "Orientalism"   Shapiro, Fred
• Further Antedating of "Spanglish" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms   Ben Zimmer
  • Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms   Jonathan Lighter
  • Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms   Wilson Gray
  • Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms   Ben Zimmer
  • Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms   Wilson Gray
• (no subject)   Robert Hartwell Fiske
• Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Flavorwire: The Year in Rap Neologisms (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "Palaeography"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Palaeography"   Stephen Goranson
  • Antedating of "Palaeography"   Shapiro, Fred
• suggestive business names   Arnold Zwicky
  • suggestive business names   Wilson Gray
• no fun with pronouns   Ronald Butters
  • no fun with pronouns   Laurence Horn
  • no fun with pronouns   Victor Steinbok
  • no fun with pronouns   Robin Hamilton
  • no fun with pronouns   Charles C Doyle
  • no fun with pronouns   Ronald Butters
  • no fun with pronouns   Barbara Need
  • no fun with pronouns   Joel S. Berson
  • no fun with pronouns   Ronald Butters
  • no fun with pronouns   Laurence Horn
  • no fun with pronouns   Ronald Butters
  • no fun with pronouns   Victor Steinbok
  • no fun with pronouns   Robin Hamilton
  • no fun with pronouns   Robin Hamilton
  • no fun with pronouns   Barbara Need
  • no fun with pronouns   Arnold Zwicky
  • no fun with pronouns   Neal Whitman
  • no fun with pronouns   Barbara Need
  • no fun with pronouns   Joel S. Berson
  • no fun with pronouns   Joel S. Berson
• still baffled about fun with pronouns   Ronald Butters
• EOTY -- "food-insecure"?   Joel S. Berson
• way goose, wake goose?   Stephen Goranson
  • way goose, wake goose?   Laurence Horn
  • way goose, wake goose?   Joel S. Berson
• Fear of "His"   Jonathan Lighter
  • Fear of "His"   Federico Escobar
  • Fear of "His"   Jonathan Lighter
• odd form   David Barnhart
  • odd form   Wilson Gray
  • odd form   Jonathan Lighter
• "Representing Justice": Exciting Book & Exciting Website   Shapiro, Fred
• Wrong List Serv   Shapiro, Fred
• Saint Yankey's day   Joel S. Berson
• more gendered inanimates   Laurence Horn
• "With tombstones in NP's eyes"   Wilson Gray
  • "With tombstones in NP's eyes"   Ben Zimmer
  • "With tombstones in NP's eyes"   Wilson Gray
• WikiLeakable   Paul Frank
  • WikiLeakable   Michael Quinion
  • WikiLeakable   Victor Steinbok
  • WikiLeakable   Victor Steinbok
  • WikiLeakable   Laurence Horn
  • WikiLeakable   Victor Steinbok
• the Machine   Paul Frank
  • the Machine   Jonathan Lighter
• face   Victor Steinbok
• the syntax and semantics of pronouns   Ronald Butters
• freshman comp   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • freshman comp   Arnold Zwicky
  • freshman comp   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • freshman comp   Charles C Doyle
  • freshman comp   Herb Stahlke
  • freshman comp   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • freshman comp   Tom Zurinskas
  • freshman comp   Paul Johnston
  • freshman comp   Laurence Horn
• the Machine (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • the Machine (UNCLASSIFIED)   Paul Frank
  • the Machine (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
• Dilinger's   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • Dilinger's   Neal Whitman
  • Dilinger's   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Dislodge its hold   Federico Escobar
• freshman comp (UNCLASSIFIED)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• absolute clarity   Arnold Zwicky
  • absolute clarity   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "swamp" verb, 1675, 1677 (and noun)   Joel S. Berson
• Quote: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! (antedating1973 October 25)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! (antedating1973 October 25)   Charles C Doyle
  • Quote: If it ain't broke, don't fix it! (antedating1973 October 25)   Garson O'Toole
• Idiot Quote by Cultural Luminary   Jonathan Lighter
• thanatical; status orgasticus; attribute with   Jonathan Lighter
  • thanatical; status orgasticus; attribute with   Randy Alexander
• vishing, phishing, spoofing, using social engineering   Tom Zurinskas
• "Sweet Science" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • "Sweet Science" Not in OED   Jesse Sheidlower
• Another "Chinese proverb"   Jonathan Lighter
  • Another "Chinese proverb"   Paul Frank
  • Another "Chinese proverb"   Laurence Horn
  • Another "Chinese proverb"   Wilson Gray
• Quote: Meretricious and a Happy New Year (1930 December 6)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: Meretricious and a Happy New Year (1930 December 6)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Quote: Meretricious and a Happy New Year (1930 December 6)   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• square WAS "Sweet Science" Not in OED (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• abreevs   Joel S. Berson
  • abreevs   Paul Johnston
  • abreevs   Victor Steinbok
  • abreevs   Wilson Gray
  • abreevs   Tom Zurinskas
  • abreevs   Paul
  • abreevs   Jonathan Lighter
• Bad Girls Ride Again (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Bad Girls Ride Again (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • Bad Girls Ride Again (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• well, adj.; new light on "diva"   Jonathan Lighter
  • well, adj.; new light on "diva"   Dan Goncharoff
• Q: "coocally", adj. in 1669?   Joel S. Berson
• "Instrument of nature", a euphemism, 1655   Joel S. Berson
  • "Instrument of nature", a euphemism, 1655   Laurence Horn
  • "Instrument of nature", a euphemism, 1655   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Instrument of nature", a euphemism, 1655   Joel S. Berson
  • "Instrument of nature", a euphemism, 1655   Jonathan Lighter
• Slight Antedating of "Conservatism"   Shapiro, Fred
• HSAS and -boo   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • HSAS and -boo   Robin Hamilton
• Antedating of "Classicism"   Shapiro, Fred
• ciggieboo (unverified 1957) was Re: abreevs   Garson O'Toole
  • ciggieboo (unverified 1957) was Re: abreevs   Jonathan Lighter
  • ciggieboo (unverified 1957) was Re: abreevs   Jonathan Lighter
• funny pronouns   Ronald Butters
  • funny pronouns   Joel S. Berson
  • funny pronouns   victor steinbok
• "yanky" as applied to ships   Joel S. Berson
  • "yanky" as applied to ships   Wilson Gray
  • "yanky" as applied to ships   Dan Goncharoff
• HDAS and -boo   Ronald Butters
  • HDAS and -boo   Wilson Gray
  • HDAS and -boo   Paul Johnston
• "Yankee", 1777, antedates 1784--   Joel S. Berson
• A Latin bugalu   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "Biomedical"   Shapiro, Fred
  • Antedating of "Biomedical"   victor steinbok
• _Splib_ redux   Wilson Gray
  • _Splib_ redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • _Splib_ redux   Wilson Gray
  • _Splib_ redux   Jonathan Lighter
  • _Splib_ redux   Wilson Gray
• Antedating of "Biophysical"   Victor Steinbok
• kettling   Paul Frank
  • kettling   Michael Quinion
  • kettling   Lynne Murphy
  • kettling   Michael Quinion
  • kettling   Paul Frank
  • kettling   Michael Quinion
  • kettling   Dan Goncharoff
  • kettling   Jonathan Lighter
  • kettling   George Thompson
  • kettling   Jonathan Lighter
  • kettling   Dan Goncharoff
  • kettling   Joel S. Berson
  • Kettling   Michael Quinion
  • Kettling   Michael Quinion
• YBQ on CNN   Jonathan Lighter
  • YBQ on CNN   Joel S. Berson
  • YBQ on CNN   Federico Escobar
  • YBQ on CNN   Jonathan Lighter
• _Splib_ redux (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • _Splib_ redux (UNCLASSIFIED)   Paul Johnston
  • _Splib_ redux (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • _Splib_ redux (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• ciggie (antedating 1913 October) ciggy (antedating 1914 December)   Garson O'Toole
• stop loss   Paul Frank
  • stop loss   victor steinbok
  • stop loss   Wilson Gray
• Yankee clippers etc.   Joel S. Berson
• Legal Blogger takes pride in OED cites (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Legal Blogger takes pride in OED cites (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • Legal Blogger takes pride in OED cites (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Legal Blogger takes pride in OED cites (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• calzone, bench press (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • calzone, bench press (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Clever company names   Joel S. Berson
• "not so much"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "not so much"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "not so much"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "not so much"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "not so much"   victor steinbok
  • "not so much"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "not so much"   Garson O'Toole
  • "not so much"   Wilson Gray
  • "not so much"   Ronald Butters
  • "not so much"   Robin Hamilton
• Quote: 640K ought to be enough for anyone (attrib Bill Gates 1990 January 1)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: 640K ought to be enough for anyone (attrib Bill Gates 1990 January 1)   Shapiro, Fred
  • Quote: 640K ought to be enough for anyone (attrib Bill Gates 1990 January 1)   Joel S. Berson
  • Quote: 640K ought to be enough for anyone (attrib Bill Gates 1990 January 1)   Garson O'Toole
• "on the radar" as "aware of surrondings"   Herb Stahlke
  • "on the radar" as "aware of surrondings"   Baker, John
  • "on the radar" as "aware of surrondings"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "on the radar" as "aware of surrondings"   Tom Zurinskas
• antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   Paul Frank
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   victor steinbok
  • antedating scampi (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
• kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Darla Wells
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
  • kizarney (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Laurence Horn
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Joel S. Berson
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Jonathan Lighter
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Wilson Gray
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Laurence Horn
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Laurence Horn
  • another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur   Joel S. Berson
• antedating scampi   Joel S. Berson
• Advanced search with online OED   Joel S. Berson
  • Advanced search with online OED   Victor Steinbok
• spherification   victor steinbok
• OT? [ADS-L] antedating scampi   Joel S. Berson
  • OT? [ADS-L] antedating scampi   victor steinbok
  • OT? [ADS-L] antedating scampi   Laurence Horn
  • OT? [ADS-L] antedating scampi   victor steinbok
• incestuous = 'objectionably reciprocal in social or intellectual terms'   Jonathan Lighter
  • incestuous = 'objectionably reciprocal in social or intellectual terms'   Laurence Horn
• gypsy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • gypsy (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• OED Advanced search   Joel S. Berson
  • OED Advanced search   Jesse Sheidlower
  • OED Advanced search   Joel S. Berson
  • OED Advanced search   Joel S. Berson
• embargo   Paul Frank
  • embargo   Paul Frank
• alphabet soup   Paul Frank
  • alphabet soup   Jonathan Lighter
  • alphabet soup   Victor Steinbok
• Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jim Parish
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dan Goncharoff
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Federico Escobar
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Russ McClay
  • Thank you for having me (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Full Text Newspaper databases (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Full Text Newspaper databases (UNCLASSIFIED)   Shapiro, Fred
• alphabet soup (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Correction: Thank you for having me   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• "Memex" Not in OED   Shapiro, Fred
• brittle, adj.   Jonathan Lighter
  • Thank you for having me   Greg Pulliam
  • Thank you for having me   Jonathan Lighter
  • Thank you for having me   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • Thank you for having me   Albert E. Krahn
• Linguistic dark matter   Michael Quinion
  • Linguistic dark matter   Paul Frank
  • Linguistic dark matter   Jonathan Lighter
  • Linguistic dark matter   Michael Quinion
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Ben Zimmer
  • Linguistic dark matter   Arnold Zwicky
  • Linguistic dark matter   Baker, John
  • Linguistic dark matter   Jonathan Lighter
  • Linguistic dark matter   Baker, John
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Dan Goncharoff
  • Linguistic dark matter   Baker, John
  • Linguistic dark matter   Victor Steinbok
  • Linguistic dark matter   Victor Steinbok
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   David Bowie
  • Linguistic dark matter   Victor Steinbok
  • Linguistic dark matter   Tom Zurinskas
  • Linguistic dark matter   Jonathan Lighter
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Victor Steinbok
  • Linguistic dark matter   Federico Escobar
  • Linguistic dark matter   Jonathan Lighter
  • Linguistic dark matter   Norm Jensen
  • Linguistic dark matter   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • Linguistic dark matter   Norm Jensen
  • Linguistic dark matter   Shapiro, Fred
  • Linguistic dark matter   Victor Steinbok
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Joel S. Berson
  • Linguistic dark matter   Mark Mandel
• "acronym" redux   Ben Zimmer
• Earliest Acronym (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• dark matter matters   David Barnhart
• dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
• Siring [was: Linguistic dark matter]   Joel S. Berson
• Modern Proverb: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth - result: blind and toothless (1914 February 5)   Garson O'Toole
• tailgaiting, truck, trucker and a few other assorted pointers   Victor Steinbok
• Quip: Dangers of modern foods; The worst thing in the world for us? - Wedding Cake   Garson O'Toole
• cosmesis   Paul Frank
  • cosmesis   Mark Mandel
• hunt and peck   Paul Frank
  • hunt and peck   Jonathan Lighter
• Linguistic dark matter - obsolete words   Tom Zurinskas
• dark matter matters -word counts   Tom Zurinskas
• OT: Behaviorists   Joel S. Berson
• Chuckies revisited -- Was: Re: Linguistic dark matter   Robin Hamilton
• Quote: little bridegroom on a wedding cake (Nancy Hale 1943) (applied to Dewey - Ruth Hanna McCormick 1944 June 29)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: little bridegroom on a wedding cake (Nancy Hale 1943) (applied to Dewey - Ruth Hanna McCormick 1944 June 29)   Garson O'Toole
• Google Ngram on "Christmas tree"   Joel S. Berson
• "fashionmonger", 1729; interdates OED 1624 -- 1782   Joel S. Berson
• faced paced   Victor Steinbok
• Linguistic dark matter - culturomics   Tom Zurinskas
  • Linguistic dark matter - culturomics   Jonathan Lighter
• Should Dictionaries Include Common Confusions?   Shapiro, Fred
  • Should Dictionaries Include Common Confusions?   Paul Frank
  • Should Dictionaries Include Common Confusions?   Barbara Need
• "Separates" of mid-18th-century Connecticut   Joel S. Berson
• Nominations for WOTYs??   David Barnhart
  • Nominations for WOTYs??   Grant Barrett
  • Nominations for WOTYs??   Victor Steinbok
  • Nominations for WOTYs??   Ben Zimmer
  • Nominations for WOTYs??   Victor Steinbok
• Linguistic dark matter - search for pre-1843 "shyster"   Gerald Cohen
• tschazm   Jonathan Lighter
• "with all four feet"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "with all four feet"   Robin Hamilton
  • "with all four feet"   Dave Hause
  • "with all four feet"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "with all four feet"   Laurence Horn
• "fighting through inadversity"   Laurence Horn
  • "fighting through inadversity"   Ronald Butters
  • "fighting through inadversity"   Laurence Horn
• Google's metadata mish-mash   geoffrey nunberg
  • Google's metadata mish-mash   Victor Steinbok
  • Google's metadata mish-mash   Joel S. Berson
  • Google's metadata mish-mash   Mark Mandel
• Stupid reading-comprehension query: "abuse"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • Stupid reading-comprehension query: "abuse"   David A. Daniel
  • Stupid reading-comprehension query: "abuse"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • Stupid reading-comprehension query: "abuse"   Joel S. Berson
  • Stupid reading-comprehension query: "abuse"   Margaret Lee
• Nominations for WOTYs?? - It's "austerity" for M-W for 2010   Tom Zurinskas
• underwater   Victor Steinbok
• underwater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • underwater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • underwater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
  • underwater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • underwater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• culturomics - word lens   Tom Zurinskas
  • culturomics - word lens   Federico Escobar
• chicken hawk   Paul Frank
  • chicken hawk   Laurence Horn
  • chicken hawk   Michael Newman
  • chicken hawk   Laurence Horn
  • chicken hawk   Michael Newman
  • Chicken Hawk   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• dredged/drenched   Victor Steinbok
• chicken v. twink   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Pedophilia and chicken   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Expressive Matter Vendors   Dan Goncharoff
• 2010 WOTY nominations open   Grant Barrett
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Victor Steinbok
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Victor Steinbok
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Tom Zurinskas
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Laurence Horn
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Victor Steinbok
  • 2010 WOTY nominations open   Garson O'Toole
• Fwd: LSA Annual Meeting Deadlines/Overflow Hotel   Grant Barrett
• gleeking (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Myself ... 'shock and awed' him"   Joel S. Berson
• "information is the currency of democracy"   geoffrey nunberg
  • "information is the currency of democracy"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "information is the currency of democracy"   Garson O'Toole
  • "information is the currency of democracy"   Garson O'Toole
  • "information is the currency of democracy"   Garson O'Toole
  • "information is the currency of democracy"   Joel S. Berson
• SbaCL words of the year   Lynne Murphy
  • SbaCL words of the year   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Ngrams and proper nouns   Joel S. Berson
  • Ngrams and proper nouns   Victor Steinbok
• Is Google improving its metadata?   Joel S. Berson
  • Is Google improving its metadata?   Shapiro, Fred
  • Is Google improving its metadata?   Joel S. Berson
• "pluche" not in the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "pluche" not in the OED   Victor Steinbok
• (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Joel S. Berson
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Mark Mandel
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Joel S. Berson
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Mark Mandel
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Mark Mandel
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Joel S. Berson
  • (Another bogus in?) Google's metadata mish-mash   Victor Steinbok
• Connecticut is no longer in New England -- or perhaps anywhere?   Joel S. Berson
  • Connecticut is no longer in New England -- or perhaps anywhere?   Laurence Horn
  • Connecticut is no longer in New England -- or perhaps anywhere?   Victor Steinbok
  • Connecticut is no longer in New England -- or perhaps anywhere?   Ann Burlingham
• "shyster" [was: Linguistic dark matter]   Joel S. Berson
• "spitten image" goes mainstream   Laurence Horn
• New format of OED Online; finding keys   Mark Mandel
  • New format of OED Online; finding keys   Victor Steinbok
  • New format of OED Online; finding keys   Jesse Sheidlower
• signature, adj.   Paul Frank
  • signature, adj.   Jesse Sheidlower
  • signature, adj.   Victor Steinbok
  • signature, adj.   Neal Whitman
  • signature, adj.   Dennis During
• New OED interface -- Advanced search   Joel S. Berson
• Velvet Elvis   Victor Steinbok
• QOTY? - "I am not promiscuous. ...   Joel S. Berson
• surf-bathing   Paul Frank
• T-bone, the verb (and corresponding noun)   Joel S. Berson
• Barnhart's Words   David Barnhart
• ADS-L Digest - 22 Dec 2010 to 23 Dec 2010 (#2010-358) [AutoReply]   Damien Hall
• Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Paul Frank
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   David A. Daniel
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Michael Quinion
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Joel S. Berson
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Tom Zurinskas
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   David A. Daniel
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Charles C Doyle
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Laurence Horn
  • Happy Christmas vs. Merry Christmas   Joel S. Berson
• trash   Jonathan Lighter
• incredulous   Jonathan Lighter
  • incredulous   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• whatever = "you're welcome"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Indian" joins "Negro"   Jonathan Lighter
• "public library", 1674   Joel S. Berson
• Possible WOTY: HMU   Baker, John
• violence   Jonathan Lighter
  • violence   Charles C Doyle
  • violence   Laurence Horn
  • violence   Jonathan Lighter
• Happy Christmas heard   David Barnhart
• WOL's WOTY   Alison Murie
• more Happy Christmases   David Barnhart
• minor OED annoyance   Victor Steinbok
  • minor OED annoyance   Ben Zimmer
• Equal opportunity: more Happy [and Merry] Christmases   Joel S. Berson
  • Equal opportunity: more Happy [and Merry] Christmases   Tom Zurinskas
• [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Herb Stahlke
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Douglas G. Wilson
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Douglas G. Wilson
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Tom Zurinskas
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Laurence Horn
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Herb Stahlke
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Tom Zurinskas
  • [dZ&gwar], [dZ&gjuwar], and [dZ&gwaIr]   Tom Zurinskas
• WOTY in Philadelphia Inquirer on Christmas   David Barnhart
• handcrafted   Jonathan Lighter
  • handcrafted   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • handcrafted   Dan Goncharoff
  • handcrafted   Jonathan Lighter
  • handcrafted   Dan Goncharoff
  • handcrafted   Jonathan Lighter
  • handcrafted   Dan Goncharoff
  • handcrafted   Victor Steinbok
  • handcrafted   Tom Zurinskas
  • handcrafted   Ronald Butters
  • handcrafted   James Smith
  • handcrafted   Ronald Butters
  • handcrafted   Federico Escobar
  • handcrafted   Jonathan Lighter
  • handcrafted   Joel S. Berson
• blendmaster   Jonathan Lighter
• rich   Jonathan Lighter
  • rich   Laurence Horn
• antedating boxing day (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• How Geezers are Said to Talk   Jonathan Lighter
• refudiate in the news again   Victor Steinbok
• Made in China   Victor Steinbok
  • Made in China   Ronald Butters
  • Made in China   Laurence Horn
  • Made in China   Victor Steinbok
  • Made in China   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Which Chikun? Was: -- Re: handcrafted   Robin Hamilton
  • Which Chikun? Was: -- Re: handcrafted   Ronald Butters
  • Which Chikun? Was: -- Re: handcrafted   Robin Hamilton
• recent nominations   David Barnhart
• North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns   Russ McClay
• off topic--not (was "China")   ronbutters at AOL.COM
• Chicken Little, Chicken-Licken, Henny-Penny, Hen Pen and other characters   Garson O'Toole
  • Chicken Little, Chicken-Licken, Henny-Penny, Hen Pen and other characters   Tom Zurinskas
• a gay   Victor Steinbok
  • a gay   geoffrey nunberg
  • a gay   Charles C Doyle
  • a gay   Laurence Horn
  • a gay   Jonathan Lighter
  • a gay   Charles C Doyle
  • a gay   ronbutters at AOL.COM
  • a gay   Joel S. Berson
  • a gay   Victor Steinbok
  • a gay   Laurence Horn
  • a gay   Joel S. Berson
• Made in China (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Made in China (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• it must be earlier   David Barnhart
  • it must be earlier   Dan Goncharoff
  • it must be earlier   Ben Zimmer
  • it must be earlier   Laurence Horn
• Which Chikun?   Joel S. Berson
  • Which Chikun?   Garson O'Toole
  • Which Chikun?   Joel S. Berson
• Caspar Milquetoast   Victor Steinbok
• "Damn You, Auto Correct!"   Mark Mandel
• live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Jonathan Lighter
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Dan Goncharoff
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Laurence Horn
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Laurence Horn
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Margaret Lee
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Jonathan Lighter
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Dan Goncharoff
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Jonathan Lighter
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Joel S. Berson
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Charles C Doyle
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Dan Goncharoff
  • live, adj. = "(of entertainment) thrilling"   Joel S. Berson
• NTWOTY -- connectome/connectomics   Joel S. Berson
• "bogge", v., = "boggle, balk,hesitate (at)", 1700   Joel S. Berson
• "beyond the pall"   Joel S. Berson
  • "beyond the pall"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "beyond the pall"   Herb Stahlke
  • "beyond the pall"   Laurence Horn
  • "beyond the pall"   Joel S. Berson
• marking   Victor Steinbok
• "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Joel S. Berson
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Dan Goncharoff
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Joel S. Berson
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Dan Goncharoff
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Victor Steinbok
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Laurence Horn
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Victor Steinbok
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Joel S. Berson
  • "refudiate" (v.) repudiate (adj,)   Federico Escobar
• Proud flesh and proud door panels   Michael Sheehan
• "chucking" = "noisy vocalization by humans", 1692   Joel S. Berson
  • "chucking" = "noisy vocalization by humans", 1692   Jonathan Lighter
• WOTY candidate: "prehab" (gratia Charlie Sheen)   Laurence Horn
  • WOTY candidate: "prehab" (gratia Charlie Sheen)   Seán Fitzpatrick
• Antedating of "Accident-Proneness"   Shapiro, Fred
• "(speech) balloon", as in the comics   Joel S. Berson
  • "(speech) balloon", as in the comics   Baker, John
• Ben Z on NPR today   Laurence Horn
  • Ben Z on NPR today   Judy Prince
  • Ben Z on NPR today   Victor Steinbok
• "beyond the pale"   Joel S. Berson
  • "beyond the pale"   Joel S. Berson
• pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Charles C Doyle
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Alice Faber
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Jerome Foster
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Jocelyn Limpert
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Jerome Foster
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Lynne Murphy
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Paul Johnston
  • pronunciation of "Syracuse"   Alison Murie
• Query: "Frog and Toe" (London; New York City; 19C. cant)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Ikuko Patricia Yuasa
  • Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Tom Zurinskas
  • Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Jonathan Lighter
  • Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Karl Hagen
  • Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Herb Stahlke
  • Creaky voice: Invitation to be part of my research project   Herb Stahlke
• ADS Membership glitch   Tom Zurinskas

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