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Starting: Wed Aug 1 01:56:29 UTC 2012
Ending: Fri Aug 31 21:38:57 UTC 2012
Messages: 726

• entitlement   Wilson Gray
  • entitlement   Jonathan Lighter
  • entitlement   Joel S. Berson
  • entitlement   Jonathan Lighter
  • entitlement   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Laurence Horn
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Dan Goncharoff
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Laurence Horn
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Joel S. Berson
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Jonathan Lighter
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Dan Goncharoff
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Wilson Gray
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Dan Goncharoff
  • Sacrifice = opportunity cost   Benjamin Barrett
• Fwd: Research idea - dictionaries   Arnold Zwicky
  • Fwd: Research idea - dictionaries   Jeff Prucher
  • Fwd: Research idea - dictionaries   Amy West
• Research idea - dictionaries   W Brewer
  • Research idea - dictionaries   Garson O'Toole
  • Research idea - dictionaries   Jonathan Lighter
  • Research idea - dictionaries   Ben Zimmer
  • Research idea - dictionaries   Joel S. Berson
  • Research idea - dictionaries   Amy West
• Google Books Search - erratic behavior   Jonathan Lighter
• "dull as ditchwater" vs. "dull as dishwater"?   Joel S. Berson
  • "dull as ditchwater" vs. "dull as dishwater"?   Garson O'Toole
  • "dull as ditchwater" vs. "dull as dishwater"?   Joel S. Berson
• "letter vitamins"   Arnold Zwicky
• wazzock?   George Thompson
• "Indian scrawl"   Joel S. Berson
• "Rogue Algorithm" -- a cinch for idiom of the year lists.   Martin Kaminer
  • "Rogue Algorithm" -- a cinch for idiom of the year lists.   Joel S. Berson
• pipe water   James Harbeck
  • pipe water   Benjamin Barrett
  • pipe water   Amy West
  • pipe water   Joel S. Berson
• A Clockwork Orange   Randy Alexander
  • A Clockwork Orange   Neal Whitman
  • A Clockwork Orange   Laurence Horn
  • A Clockwork Orange   Arnold Zwicky
  • A Clockwork Orange   Wilson Gray
  • A Clockwork Orange   Randy Alexander
  • A Clockwork Orange   Randy Alexander
  • A Clockwork Orange   Jeff Prucher
  • A Clockwork Orange   Garson O'Toole
  • A Clockwork Orange   Wilson Gray
  • A Clockwork Orange   Wilson Gray
• pipewater (1466) AND MORE   David Barnhart
• just heard   David Barnhart
  • just heard   Jonathan Lighter
  • just heard   Wilson Gray
  • just heard   Douglas G. Wilson
• irony punctuation marks   Jonathan Lighter
  • irony punctuation marks   Ben Zimmer
  • irony punctuation marks   W Brewer
• big bazooka   David Barnhart
• perMIT;   Jonathan Lighter
• pipewater (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Heard on Springer   Wilson Gray
  • Heard on Springer   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on Springer   Jonathan Lighter
  • Heard on Springer   Laurence Horn
  • Heard on Springer   Jonathan Lighter
  • Heard on Springer   Wilson Gray
• "nearly" - approaching something from above   Joel S. Berson
  • "nearly" - approaching something from above   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: The customer is not an interruption of our work - he is the purpose of it (May 1941, Kenneth B. Elliott)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: The customer is not an interruption of our work - he is the purpose of it (May 1941, Kenneth B. Elliott)   Laurence Horn
  • Quote: The customer is not an interruption of our work - he is the purpose of it (May 1941, Kenneth B. Elliott)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: The customer is not an interruption of our work - he is the purpose of it (May 1941, Kenneth B. Elliott)   Laurence Horn
• Snowclone studying: "Is The New"   Jesse Sheidlower
  • Snowclone studying: "Is The New"   Wilson Gray
  • Snowclone studying: "Is The New"   Arnold Zwicky
  • Snowclone studying: "Is The New"   Jesse Sheidlower
• Inquiring minds want to know...   Laurence Horn
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Dan Goncharoff
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Wilson Gray
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Jonathan Lighter
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Laurence Horn
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Jonathan Lighter
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Jeff Prucher
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Laurence Horn
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   paul johnson
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   Jonathan Lighter
  • Inquiring minds want to know...   paul johnson
• Word: buycott (October 13 1989)   Garson O'Toole
  • Word: buycott (October 13 1989)   Garson O'Toole
• "[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)   Ben Zimmer
• 1956/1957 "whole nine yards" update   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • 1956/1957 "whole nine yards" update   Jonathan Lighter
• Soccer-speak   Charles C Doyle
  • Soccer-speak   Dan Goncharoff
  • Soccer-speak   paul johnson
• Article: Inside the Word World of Merriam-Webster - Atlantic   Garson O'Toole
• Quotation mash-up by cartoonist John Martz   Garson O'Toole
• long + past tense   Jonathan Lighter
• anonymous = 'undistinguished'   Jonathan Lighter
• antedating "docudrama"   Jonathan Lighter
  • antedating "docudrama"   Dan Goncharoff
  • antedating "docudrama"   Jonathan Lighter
• Fwd: Language - dialect - speech of New Jersey   Martin Kaminer
• a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Laurence Horn
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Jonathan Lighter
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Dan Nussbaum
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Ben Zimmer
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Jonathan Lighter
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Laurence Horn
  • a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Laurence Horn
• pre-history of "heavy metal"   Jonathan Lighter
  • pre-history of "heavy metal"   Wilson Gray
• "staged"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "staged"   Baker, John
  • "staged"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "staged"   Joel S. Berson
  • "staged"   Dan Goncharoff
  • "staged"   Jonathan Lighter
• "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Wilson Gray
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Jonathan Lighter
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Wilson Gray
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Neal Whitman
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Laurence Horn
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   George Thompson
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Joel S. Berson
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Wilson Gray
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Margaret Lee
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Eric Nielsen
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Laurence Horn
  • "_Cut_ the fool" and "_cut_ the slave" (not really interesting)   Eric Nielsen
• blinged-out   Victor Steinbok
  • blinged-out   Wilson Gray
• grill~mouth grill   David Barnhart
  • grill~mouth grill   Victor Steinbok
  • grill~mouth grill   Garson O'Toole
  • grill~mouth grill   Wilson Gray
  • grill~mouth grill   Victor Steinbok
  • grill~mouth grill   Laurence Horn
  • grill~mouth grill   Joel S. Berson
• "GIF" = "animated GIF"   Neal Whitman
  • "GIF" = "animated GIF"   Ben Zimmer
• [SPAM:###] Re: [SPAM:#] Re: a new entry for the unpack-that-euphemism competition   Arnold Zwicky
• [masturbating -- or should that be -ed?] vegetables   Joel S. Berson
• You break it you buy it (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • You break it you buy it (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
• Reverse "support" again   Garson O'Toole
  • Reverse "support" again   victor steinbok
  • Reverse "support" again   Jonathan Lighter
• Quote: A professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: A professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either   Dan Goncharoff
  • Quote: A professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either   Garson O'Toole
• Sons of Liberty   victor steinbok
  • Sons of Liberty   Paul Johnston
  • Sons of Liberty   Victor Steinbok
  • Sons of Liberty   Joel S. Berson
  • Sons of Liberty   Garson O'Toole
  • Sons of Liberty   W Brewer
  • Sons of Liberty   Joel S. Berson
• Google Books (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• bell curve   victor steinbok
  • bell curve   Jonathan Lighter
  • bell curve   Wilson Gray
  • bell curve   Jonathan Lighter
  • bell curve   Charles C Doyle
  • bell curve   Laurence Horn
  • bell curve   Jonathan Lighter
• metric mile   Victor Steinbok
  • metric mile   Wilson Gray
  • metric mile   W Brewer
  • metric mile   W Brewer
• "Sons of Liberty", early 1765   Joel S. Berson
• "Sons of Liberty", source thereof   Joel S. Berson
  • "Sons of Liberty", source thereof   Victor Steinbok
  • "Sons of Liberty", source thereof   Joel S. Berson
  • "Sons of Liberty", source thereof   Victor Steinbok
• "Sons of Liberty" -- Barre's or not?   Joel S. Berson
• pseudonym   Victor Steinbok
  • pseudonym   Joel S. Berson
• '-ista"?   Joel S. Berson
• euphemism watch: "fashion health"   Nancy Friedman
  • euphemism watch: "fashion health"   Douglas G. Wilson
• gazillionaire --> bazillionaire   Victor Steinbok
• OT, but possibly interesting; from Slashdot:   Wilson Gray
  • OT, but possibly interesting; from Slashdot:   Dan Goncharoff
• More Slashdot-ery: past predictions of the present future   Wilson Gray
• Obamaloney and Romney-Hood   Victor Steinbok
• gazillionaire --> bazillionaire (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Most Unfortunate Town Name (in U.S.)   Jonathan Lighter
• Exhibit at Morgan Library in New York reportedly contains important information about Winston Churchill anecdote/quotation   Garson O'Toole
  • Exhibit at Morgan Library in New York reportedly contains important information about Winston Churchill anecdote/quotation   George Thompson
  • Exhibit at Morgan Library in New York reportedly contains important information about Winston Churchill anecdote/quotation   Garson O'Toole
  • Exhibit at Morgan Library in New York reportedly contains important information about Winston Churchill anecdote/quotation   Garson O'Toole
• (no subject)   PL
• "knows where the bodies are buried" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "knows where the bodies are buried" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
• Reminder: Aug. 13 is deadline for papers for 2013 annual meeting   Grant Barrett
• Old-school prescriptivism WRT to sports   Wilson Gray
  • Old-school prescriptivism WRT to sports   Arnold Zwicky
• available   Victor Steinbok
  • available   Baker, John
  • available   Laurence Horn
  • available   Victor Steinbok
• And English gets the gold!   Wilson Gray
  • And English gets the gold!   Damien Hall
  • And English gets the gold!   Laurence Horn
• Cookie feedback   Wilson Gray
• Fascism in America   David A. Daniel
  • Fascism in America   Garson O'Toole
  • Fascism in America   Victor Steinbok
  • Fascism in America   David A. Daniel
  • Fascism in America   Shapiro, Fred
  • Fascism in America   Garson O'Toole
• means of production   Victor Steinbok
  • means of production   Jonathan Lighter
  • means of production   Jonathan Lighter
  • means of production   Victor Steinbok
  • means of production   Joel S. Berson
  • means of production   Jonathan Lighter
  • means of production   Laurence Horn
  • means of production   Jonathan Lighter
• "finesse", the adjective   Joel S. Berson
  • "finesse", the adjective   Ben Zimmer
  • "finesse", the adjective   Laurence Horn
  • "finesse", the adjective   Joel S. Berson
  • "finesse", the adjective   Laurence Horn
  • "finesse", the adjective   Joel S. Berson
  • "finesse", the adjective   Laurence Horn
  • "finesse", the adjective   Joel S. Berson
• Quote: The world has waxed old and wicked. Politics are very corrupt (1908, attrib ancient tablet)   Garson O'Toole
• An approach to _break nasty_ "break bad"   Wilson Gray
• "Soul brother"   Wilson Gray
  • "Soul brother"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Soul brother"   Wilson Gray
• anecdata   Victor Steinbok
  • anecdata   Ben Zimmer
• biologic   Victor Steinbok
  • biologic   Arnold Zwicky
• "hero"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "hero"   W Brewer
• coward   Jonathan Lighter
  • coward   Ben Zimmer
  • coward   W Brewer
  • coward   Wilson Gray
  • coward   Dan Goncharoff
  • coward   Joel S. Berson
  • coward   Victor Steinbok
• Mental masturbation   Neal Whitman
• In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Wilson Gray
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Dan Goncharoff
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Jonathan Lighter
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Laurence Horn
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   John McChesney-Young
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Wilson Gray
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   W Brewer
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Dan Goncharoff
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   Wilson Gray
  • In the NYT, Jon Grinspan...   W Brewer
• more on allegory   Jonathan Lighter
• Heard this morning on NPR   David Barnhart
• muddled referent   Victor Steinbok
  • muddled referent   Joel S. Berson
  • muddled referent   Arnold Zwicky
  • muddled referent   Wilson Gray
  • muddled referent   Jonathan Lighter
  • muddled referent   Wilson Gray
• unintentional   Victor Steinbok
  • unintentional   Ben Zimmer
  • unintentional   Bonnie Taylor-Blake
  • unintentional   Laurence Horn
  • unintentional   Garson O'Toole
  • unintentional   Jonathan Lighter
• The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• kosher = according to prescribed rules   Benjamin Barrett
  • kosher = according to prescribed rules   victor steinbok
  • kosher = according to prescribed rules   Joel S. Berson
  • kosher = according to prescribed rules   Benjamin Barrett
  • kosher = according to prescribed rules   Wilson Gray
• Mutt   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Mutt   David Barnhart
  • Mutt   Jonathan Lighter
  • Mutt   victor steinbok
  • Mutt   Wilson Gray
  • Mutt   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Mutt   George Thompson
  • Mutt   Garson O'Toole
  • Mutt   Jonathan Lighter
  • Mutt   Douglas G. Wilson
  • Mutt   Garson O'Toole
  • Mutt   Joel S. Berson
  • Mutt   Baker, John
  • Mutt   Wilson Gray
  • Mutt   Baker, John
  • Mutt   Joel S. Berson
  • Mutt   Wilson Gray
• more on _mutt_   David Barnhart
  • more on _mutt_   Jonathan Lighter
• "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; not in OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; not in OED   W Brewer
  • "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; not in OED   Joel S. Berson
  • "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; not in OED   W Brewer
  • "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; not in OED   Jeff Prucher
• Mutt and -head   Joel S. Berson
• "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"   Wilson Gray
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"   Charles C Doyle
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"   Laurence Horn
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!"   Alice Faber
• In the NYT Magazine,   Wilson Gray
  • In the NYT Magazine,   Arnold Zwicky
  • In the NYT Magazine,   Wilson Gray
• George Bernard Shaw denies Shaw-Churchill ticket anecdote (1949) [was Exhibit at Morgan Library in NY etc]   Garson O'Toole
• Cali   Victor Steinbok
  • Cali   Wilson Gray
  • Cali   W Brewer
• to instant hold; to emergency land   Jonathan Lighter
  • to instant hold; to emergency land   Dan Goncharoff
  • to instant hold; to emergency land   Arnold Zwicky
  • to instant hold; to emergency land   Joel S. Berson
  • to instant hold; to emergency land   Wilson Gray
• "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Dave Wilton
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo!" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• unintentional (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• FW:2   PL
  • FW:2   Victor Steinbok
• "Mutt" in Indian religion or law; [not] not in OED   Joel S. Berson
• Mutt: something new (or rather old)   Douglas G. Wilson
• MOS   Jonathan Lighter
• Simultaneous interpretation   Joel S. Berson
• Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Joel S. Berson
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Ben Zimmer
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Ben Zimmer
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Laurence Horn
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Arnold Zwicky
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Joel S. Berson
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Laurence Horn
  • Margalit Fox channels Dorothy Parker?   Arnold Zwicky
• Mouseburger and the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Laurence Horn
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Joel S. Berson
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Wilson Gray
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Shapiro, Fred
  • Mouseburger and the OED   Laurence Horn
• "comb-overed" (a cad, of course)   Joel S. Berson
  • "comb-overed" (a cad, of course)   Arnold Zwicky
  • "comb-overed" (a cad, of course)   Laurence Horn
  • "comb-overed" (a cad, of course)   Joel S. Berson
• Helen Gurley and Mr. Brown   Joel S. Berson
  • Helen Gurley and Mr. Brown   Laurence Horn
• From The Hot Word:   Wilson Gray
  • From The Hot Word:   Douglas G. Wilson
  • From The Hot Word:   Jonathan Lighter
  • From The Hot Word:   Wilson Gray
  • From The Hot Word:   Dan Goncharoff
  • From The Hot Word:   Jonathan Lighter
• a better toilet   Victor Steinbok
  • a better toilet   Benjamin Barrett
  • a better toilet   Victor Steinbok
  • a better toilet   Benjamin Barrett
• Revenge of the quote   Victor Steinbok
  • Revenge of the quote   Joel S. Berson
  • Revenge of the quote   Amy West
  • Revenge of the quote   Joel S. Berson
  • Revenge of the quote   Joel S. Berson
  • Revenge of the quote   Amy West
  • Revenge of the quote   Joel S. Berson
• Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Garson O'Toole
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Jonathan Lighter
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Joel S. Berson
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Revenge of the quote (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• Margalit Fox and "parts were considerably younger"   Joel S. Berson
  • Margalit Fox and "parts were considerably younger"   Garson O'Toole
• Tebow verb, now noun   Victor Steinbok
• suspect quotes on writing (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • suspect quotes on writing (UNCLASSIFIED)   Laurence Horn
  • suspect quotes on writing (UNCLASSIFIED)   Victor Steinbok
• Baseball or Base Ball   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Herb Stahlke
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Laurence Horn
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Charles C Doyle
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Geoffrey Nunberg
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Charles C Doyle
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Wilson Gray
  • Baseball or Base Ball   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Off the Cuff   Baker, John
  • Off the Cuff   Garson O'Toole
• OED and "cassina" -- not 1780 nor any other year   Joel S. Berson
• nouns   victor steinbok
  • nouns   paul johnson
  • nouns   Joel S. Berson
• ESL using truespel   Tom Zurinskas
• more on "staging"   Laurence Horn
  • more on "staging"   Jonathan Lighter
  • more on "staging"   Laurence Horn
  • more on "staging"   Wilson Gray
  • more on "staging"   Joel S. Berson
  • more on "staging"   Joel S. Berson
  • more on "staging"   Laurence Horn
  • more on "staging"   Wilson Gray
  • more on "staging"   Eric Nielsen
  • more on "staging"   Joel S. Berson
  • more on "staging"   Eric Nielsen
• Heard on Springer: _smashed_ "had sex"   Wilson Gray
• "... banal forays into _political-opinion-having_ =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6=22_?=[NT]   Wilson Gray
• TIME: " … a kind of online _dashboard_ …"   Wilson Gray
• "Newcastle Brown Ale!"   Wilson Gray
  • "Newcastle Brown Ale!"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "Newcastle Brown Ale!"   Wilson Gray
  • "Newcastle Brown Ale!"   Joel S. Berson
  • "Newcastle Brown Ale!"   Wilson Gray
• Anecdote: Write 'damn' instead of 'very'. The editor will strike out the word, 'damn'. (William Allen White 1935)   Garson O'Toole
  • Anecdote: Write 'damn' instead of 'very'. The editor will strike out the word, 'damn'. (William Allen White 1935)   Laurence Horn
• Quip: Diplomat - a gent who thinks twice before he says nothing (August 1953)   Garson O'Toole
• Coinage of "Carjacking"   Shapiro, Fred
• "every since"   Laurence Horn
  • "every since"   Douglas G. Wilson
  • "every since"   Wilson Gray
  • "every since"   Eric Nielsen
  • "every since"   Wilson Gray
• People Mag v. "Honey Boo Boo"   Wilson Gray
• au jus   Victor Steinbok
  • au jus   Arnold Zwicky
  • au jus   Victor Steinbok
  • au jus   Laurence Horn
• something missing at DQ   Victor Steinbok
  • something missing at DQ   Wilson Gray
• Slashdot's incisive mind pierces to the heart of the matter:   Wilson Gray
  • Slashdot's incisive mind pierces to the heart of the matter:   Jonathan Lighter
• Simultaneously in the wild and in print   Wilson Gray
• Automatic reply: ADS-L Digest - 17 Aug 2012 to 18 Aug 2012 (#2012-232)   Damien Hall
• "Jew" in Wikipedia   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Bon appetit, quoth Julia Child   W Brewer
• is there a "yo" around here?   George Thompson
  • is there a "yo" around here?   Douglas G. Wilson
  • is there a "yo" around here?   Jonathan Lighter
• artificial, n.   Jonathan Lighter
• "like thunder upon beer"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "like thunder upon beer"   Laurence Horn
  • "like thunder upon beer"   W Brewer
  • "like thunder upon beer"   Garson O'Toole
  • "like thunder upon beer"   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: dog days and vacations   Victor Steinbok
  • OT: dog days and vacations   Wilson Gray
  • OT: dog days and vacations   Victor Steinbok
  • OT: dog days and vacations   Wilson Gray
  • OT: dog days and vacations   Victor Steinbok
  • OT: dog days and vacations   Wilson Gray
• Mike O'Hare, Language Cop   Victor Steinbok
  • Mike O'Hare, Language Cop   David A. Daniel
  • Mike O'Hare, Language Cop   Laurence Horn
• Football (was: Baseball or Base Ball)   Damien Hall
  • Football (was: Baseball or Base Ball)   Laurence Horn
• FW: word of the year?   David Barnhart
  • FW: word of the year?   Hollis Barnhart
• word of the year?   Michael Newman
  • word of the year?   Arnold Zwicky
  • word of the year?   Michael Newman
  • word of the year?   paul johnson
  • word of the year?   Joel S. Berson
  • word of the year?   Laurence Horn
  • word of the year?   Jonathan Lighter
  • word of the year?   Ben Zimmer
  • word of the year?   Jonathan Lighter
  • word of the year?   Geoff Nathan
  • word of the year?   Brenda Lester
  • word of the year?   Wilson Gray
  • word of the year?   Benjamin Barrett
  • word of the year?   Charles C Doyle
  • word of the year?   Benjamin Barrett
  • word of the year?   Laurence Horn
  • word of the year?   Laurence Horn
  • word of the year?   Joel S. Berson
  • word of the year?   Joel S. Berson
  • word of the year?   Wilson Gray
• Microbes Maketh Man, and vice versa   Joel S. Berson
  • Microbes Maketh Man, and vice versa   David A. Daniel
• neologism: notymology   Mark Mandel
• Football   Victor Steinbok
• transitive "be done" (again?)   Laurence Horn
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Geoff Nathan
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Geoffrey Steven Nathan
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Laurence Horn
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Arnold Zwicky
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Ben Zimmer
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Laurence Horn
  • transitive "be done" (again?)   Douglas G. Wilson
• word of the year? ("legitimate rape")   Arnold Zwicky
  • word of the year? ("legitimate rape")   Victor Steinbok
• Coinage of "Carjacking" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • Coinage of "Carjacking" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Baker, John
  • Coinage of "Carjacking" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Douglas G. Wilson
• owners are waiving in their commitment   Garson O'Toole
  • owners are waiving in their commitment   George Thompson
  • owners are waiving in their commitment   Laurence Horn
• jeah   Victor Steinbok
  • jeah   Victor Steinbok
  • jeah   Arnold Zwicky
  • jeah   Ben Zimmer
  • jeah   Arnold Zwicky
• jelly vs. jam   Victor Steinbok
  • jelly vs. jam   Eric Nielsen
  • jelly vs. jam   Dan Goncharoff
  • jelly vs. jam   Eric Nielsen
  • jelly vs. jam   Victor Steinbok
  • jelly vs. jam   Benjamin Barrett
  • jelly vs. jam   Victor Steinbok
  • jelly vs. jam   Jonathan Lighter
  • jelly vs. jam   Joel S. Berson
• nabe (attrib.) 'neighborhood': 1922, 1938   Ben Zimmer
  • nabe (attrib.) 'neighborhood': 1922, 1938   Michael Newman
  • nabe (attrib.) 'neighborhood': 1922, 1938   Ben Zimmer
• Lawtalk! (Fred et al. on lexical lexicography with a light touch)   Laurence Horn
  • Lawtalk! (Fred et al. on lexical lexicography with a light touch)   Wilson Gray
• Fallout from the loss of [hw]-   Wilson Gray
• worldly = 'from far away in the world'   Wilson Gray
• e-K önyvek az Akadémiai Kiadó _webshopjába =?UTF-8?Q?n=5F!_?=[NT]   Wilson Gray
• Slashdot: " … threatened a manager _for_ termination … =?UTF-8?Q?=22_?=[NT]   Wilson Gray
• "right back at you"   Laurence Horn
  • "right back at you"   Jonathan Lighter
  • "right back at you"   Garson O'Toole
• oops   Laurence Horn
  • oops   Wilson Gray
  • oops   Laurence Horn
• "reverse retouching" another woty candidate?   David Barnhart
  • "reverse retouching" another woty candidate?   James Harbeck
• pail / pale   Charles C Doyle
  • pail / pale   Joel S. Berson
  • pail / pale   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
  • pail / pale   Victor Steinbok
  • pail / pale   Ben Zimmer
• oops, Lionel   Joel S. Berson
  • oops, Lionel   Wilson Gray
  • oops, Lionel   Joel S. Berson
• _Dead End_ is...   Wilson Gray
  • _Dead End_ is...   Benjamin Barrett
  • _Dead End_ is...   Laurence Horn
  • _Dead End_ is...   Wilson Gray
  • _Dead End_ is...   Jeff Prucher
  • _Dead End_ is...   Benjamin Barrett
  • _Dead End_ is...   Victor Steinbok
  • _Dead End_ is...   Joel S. Berson
  • _Dead End_ is...   Alice Faber
  • _Dead End_ is...   David Barnhart
  • _Dead End_ is...   Wilson Gray
  • _Dead End_ is...   Jonathan Lighter
• beyond / over and pale / pail   David Barnhart
• suck   Victor Steinbok
  • suck   Wilson Gray
  • suck   Joel S. Berson
• pop-undering   Victor Steinbok
  • pop-undering   Wilson Gray
• More RepublicanSpeak   Charles C Doyle
  • More RepublicanSpeak   Laurence Horn
• Quote: A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon (attrib Napoleon)   Garson O'Toole
  • Quote: A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon (attrib Napoleon)   Jonathan Lighter
• Major Antedating of "Seven Sisters"   Shapiro, Fred
• Automatic reply: jelly vs. jam   Loiterstein, David
• Trekker POTUS?   Dan Goncharoff
  • Trekker POTUS?   Victor Steinbok
  • Trekker POTUS?   Michael Everson
  • Trekker POTUS?   Victor Steinbok
  • Trekker POTUS?   Dave Wilton
  • Trekker POTUS?   Garson O'Toole
  • Trekker POTUS?   Jonathan Lighter
• Biology trumps linguistics?   Joel S. Berson
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Laurence Horn
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Joel S. Berson
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Victor Steinbok
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Eric Nielsen
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Michael Newman
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Joel S. Berson
  • Biology trumps linguistics?   Victor Steinbok
• Anatolia and Indo-European   Joel S. Berson
  • Anatolia and Indo-European   Herb Stahlke
  • Anatolia and Indo-European   W Brewer
• Headline: _Kidnapping_ d=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99un_?=enfant [NT]   Wilson Gray
• More dumbing-down   Wilson Gray
  • More dumbing-down   Dan Goncharoff
• another photo "action"   Victor Steinbok
  • another photo "action"   Garson O'Toole
• cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Victor Steinbok
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Jonathan Lighter
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Joel S. Berson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Victor Steinbok
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Jonathan Lighter
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Joel S. Berson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Victor Steinbok
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   George Thompson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Jonathan Lighter
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Dan Goncharoff
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Victor Steinbok
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Michael Everson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Jonathan Lighter
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Joel S. Berson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   W Brewer
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Laurence Horn
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Wilson Gray
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Joel S. Berson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Jonathan Lighter
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Joel S. Berson
  • cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs   Wilson Gray
• Garry Wills explains pig in a poke...   Victor Steinbok
• "I could shit-care less!"   Jonathan Lighter
• From PARADE archives   Victor Steinbok
  • From PARADE archives   Benjamin Barrett
  • From PARADE archives   Joel S. Berson
  • From PARADE archives   Wilson Gray
• You Only Live Once - YOLO   Ben Zimmer
  • You Only Live Once - YOLO   Laurence Horn
  • You Only Live Once - YOLO   Charles C Doyle
  • You Only Live Once - YOLO   Laurence Horn
  • You Only Live Once - YOLO   Garson O'Toole
  • You Only Live Once - YOLO   Ben Zimmer
• Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Joel S. Berson
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Wilson Gray
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Benjamin Barrett
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Joel S. Berson
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Laurence Horn
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Herb Stahlke
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Herb Stahlke
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Herb Stahlke
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   V
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Tom Zurinskas
  • Breaking doubled consonants into syllables   Herb Stahlke
• "Let no lap go un-danced!" [NT]   Wilson Gray
• Labov on vowel shifts   Tom Zurinskas
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Wilson Gray
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Herb Stahlke
  • Labov on vowel shifts   W Brewer
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Michael Newman
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Laurence Horn
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Tom Zurinskas
  • Labov on vowel shifts   David Metevia
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Amy West
  • Labov on vowel shifts   W Brewer
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Laurence Horn
  • Labov on vowel shifts   W Brewer
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Paul Johnston
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Neal Whitman
  • Labov on vowel shifts   Paul Johnston
• OT: from a post to TidBITS.com:   Wilson Gray
• another photo "action" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • another photo "action" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Ben Zimmer
  • another photo "action" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Wilson Gray
• Kinsley gaffe   David Barnhart
  • Kinsley gaffe   Wilson Gray
• Akin gaffe   David Barnhart
• gaffeland   David Barnhart
• In a post to Slashdot: "_Woah_, slow down!"   Wilson Gray
• nuncio   Victor Steinbok
  • nuncio   Wilson Gray
  • nuncio   Dave Wilton
  • nuncio   Jonathan Lighter
  • nuncio   Jonathan Lighter
  • nuncio   Victor Steinbok
• the other Kelsey's Law:   David Barnhart
• Friends don't let friends   Benjamin Barrett
  • Friends don't let friends   Dave Wilton
  • Friends don't let friends   Benjamin Barrett
  • Friends don't let friends   Garson O'Toole
  • Friends don't let friends   Garson O'Toole
  • Friends don't let friends   Benjamin Barrett
• HuffPost headline   Wilson Gray
• "negotiable affections" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
  • "negotiable affections" (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• easy, n.   Jonathan Lighter
  • easy, n.   Victor Steinbok
• forefinger and index finger   Joel S. Berson
  • forefinger and index finger   Dan Goncharoff
  • forefinger and index finger   Joel S. Berson
  • forefinger and index finger   Arnold Zwicky
  • forefinger and index finger   Dan Goncharoff
  • forefinger and index finger   Wilson Gray
  • forefinger and index finger   Joel S. Berson
  • forefinger and index finger   W Brewer
• OT? Is David Brooks channeling Maureen Dowd?   Joel S. Berson
• Heard on The Judges: "=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=gave me _money for a supposed-to-be drug test_."   Wilson Gray
• new eggcorn?   Victor Steinbok
  • new eggcorn?   Benjamin Barrett
  • new eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
• _CRUCEMOS LOS DEDOS_ "We're crossing our fingers"   Wilson Gray
• See the usage note   David Barnhart
  • See the usage note   Benjamin Barrett
• just e-nun-ci-ate   George Thompson
• Wait, what?   Wilson Gray
• A new dictionary-related inquiry   Shapiro, Fred
  • A new dictionary-related inquiry   Ben Zimmer
  • A new dictionary-related inquiry   Jonathan Lighter
  • A new dictionary-related inquiry   Baker, John
  • A new dictionary-related inquiry   Ben Zimmer
  • A new dictionary-related inquiry   Joel S. Berson
• Breaking doubled consonants into syllables (UNCLASSIFIED)   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• Maureen Dowd denies David Brooks is channeling her   Joel S. Berson
• Fron a Facebook post:   Wilson Gray
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Eric Nielsen
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Benjamin Barrett
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Joel S. Berson
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Brenda Lester
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Wilson Gray
  • Fron a Facebook post:   Joel S. Berson

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