March 2016 Archives by thread
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- [Ads-l] Article: Linguists Not Exactly Wow About Facebook's New Reactions
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] [VAR-L] She text me
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Word: narwhal: Canadian tech company worth C$1 billion
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Pronunciation of "faith" and "also" in parts of Alabama
Charles Law
- [Ads-l] Pronunciation of "faith" and "also" in certain parts of Alabama
Charlie Law
- [Ads-l] New retronym: kinetic, opposite of cyber
Hugo
- [Ads-l] New retronyms: analogue phone and analogue handset
Hugo
- [Ads-l] New York Daily News interview request
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] Trump as our "glorious leader"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] leapster, leapling
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] She text me
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] Crash blossom or something else?
victor steinbok
- [Ads-l] Crash blossom headline?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "football" (American) in 1883
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Quote: There are really no dull subjects. There are only dull writers. (Richard Le Gallienne, April 24, 1991)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] "If you want to travel fast, travel alone; if you want to travel far, travel with others."
Charles C Doyle
- [Ads-l] pinch a loaf (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] On National Grammar Day, stop acting like the earth is flat
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] "Grey" in AmE
Mark Mandel
- [Ads-l] Peter Reitan's work on origins of Alfred E. Neuman and "What -- Me Worry?"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] On National Grammar Day . . .
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] dihydrogen monoxide
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] on national grammar day
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] milk sibling
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] vocal fry video
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] Peter Reitan's work on origins of Alfred E. Neuman and
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] in one speech two negatives affirm (was: National Grammar Day)
Baron, Dennis E
- [Ads-l] dihydrogen monoxide (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "con artist"
Hugo
- [Ads-l] "Day of Infamny" rides again
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Intrusive "of" rises again
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] In the beginning was a dictionary
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "daisy" old or British for "doozy"?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "Crying Wolof"
Z Rice
- [Ads-l] Antedating Naked as a Jaybird
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Confidence Artist"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] help with question on emojis as lingua franca
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Daisy cuter bombs
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Fw: Daisy cuter bombs
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Daisy cuter bombs
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] lie/lay
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] RES: lie/lay
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Hip/Hep and "Crying Wolof" (for Horn & Sheidlower)
Z Rice
- [Ads-l] Inform vs Knowledgeable "Hip" (for Mr. Horn/Mr. Sheidlower)
Z Rice
- [Ads-l] Phrase: hipped on the subject
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] _millenniums_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] amicus wrangler & amicus whisperer
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] Seen, OT
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] quoted without comment
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] Heard: unusual "correction"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Stuff heard on reality TV
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] racesplainers
Christopher Philippo
- [Ads-l] Is "clockworks" singular?
Dan Goncharoff
- [Ads-l] "color crayon" for a child's drawing implement
Charles Law
- [Ads-l] hip/hep and happenin
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] QOTY contender
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] early "buddy"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Fwd: Hip/Hep and "Crying Wolof" (for Horn & Sheidlower)
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] "Crying Wolof" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Hip/Hep and "Crying Wolof" (for Horn & Sheidlower) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Query about "hobo"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: "Crying Wolof" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] NYTimes: _millenniums_, again, as is becoming usual
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Query: "It's (all) Greek to me"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] another QOTY
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Bun in AAV and "Crying Wolof" Myth
Z Rice
- [Ads-l] Migraine in women and men
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "Chicken fight"
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] An alleged hubcap
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Bop as a girls name
delphine vandevoorde
- [Ads-l] RES: Bop as a girls name
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Bop as a girl's name
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [Ads-l] Antedating "Teddy's Bear" for a toy bear
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Soap Opera"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] MetroLex II: Lexicography, Language, and the Law
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] Syntax tragedy of the day
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] 1908 pazaza
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [Ads-l] Uranium, Argon, Nitrogen, Arsenic
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Razzle-Dazzle.
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Razmataz
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Early Variant of Pizazz
Peter Reitan
- [Ads-l] Ad headline
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Stapler"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Mid-Atlantic becomes General American
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] Bun in AAV and "Crying Wolof" Myth (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Does Shakespeare prefer Apple. Linux, or Microsoft?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] placebo 1774; antedates OED3 sense 4. 1785--
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] battlelust
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Melting Pot"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Placebo"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] _four arm_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of "Wiccan"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of podcast, podcasted, podcasting, podcaster
Hugo
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Televangelism"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] sexist "crazy"
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "Microbe"
Shapiro, Fred
- [Ads-l] Gertrude Stein on the American Language (1945):
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of vlog, video blog, vlogging, vlogger
Hugo
- [Ads-l] Antedating of "bro hug"
Hugo
- [Ads-l] Quantifier/state-of-affairs ambituity (Was Re: sexist "crazy")
Neal Whitman
- [Ads-l] Can "desegregate" be intransitive?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Q: What is a "transitional verb"?
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of vlog, video blog, vlogging, vlogger (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of vlog, video blog, vlogging, vlogger (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of vlog, video blog, vlogging, vlogger (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Antedatings of vlog, video blog, vlogging, vlogger (UNCLASSIFIED)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] buckle of the bible belt (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] moist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] In a letter to NYT.com
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] to long-press
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] dictionary-wise 1749
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] twentysomething
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] twentysomething (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Bedside Baptist (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] RES: twentysomething
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] "granivory" (and relatives) -- not in OED3
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] New to me: cybersquatting; typosquatting
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Garbling (Re: on national grammar day)
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Hawai'i
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] a mysterious term, 1792
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] RES: sexist "crazy"
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] "to brute-force," "to brute-force search"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Phrase: baring the blunt - does not refer to naked marijuana smokers
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] fewmet
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] scratch - territorial mark
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Scrape (Re: scratch - territorial mark)
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] misuse of "permutation"
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] hella (Aug. 1986)
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] antedating totem pole (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] Crash blossom from the NYT obits page
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Garbling, redux [Re: misuse of "permutation"]
David Champion
- [Ads-l] in the first place
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Oh, well.
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: sexist "crazy" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] more back-formed verbs being skated out on the ice
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] Most have probably forgotten about this...
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] QOTD
Jonathan Lighter
- [Ads-l] Garbling, redux - and how I fixed it for me
Dave Hause
- [Ads-l] Heard: _you guys_ = "you women"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] "red herring" expression--Treatment by Robert Scott Ross
Ben Zimmer
- [Ads-l] trial of links to see if garble is off
Tom Zurinskas
- [Ads-l] Facebookery
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] TV dialogue from _NUMB3RS_:
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Miscellanea/trivia
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Quote: They're not writers; they're typists. (Truman Capote, Sprint 1957)
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] Another useful header option
Jesse Sheidlower
- [Ads-l] query ADS-L
Michael Quinion
- [Ads-l] Quote - They're not writers; they're typists. Truman Capote, Sprint 1957
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] X kei = X style
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] genderless kei and genderlessness
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Quote: What--ah! another d--d big square book--eh? 1807
ADSGarson O'Toole
- [Ads-l] a nice example of reversed "substitute"
Laurence Horn
- [Ads-l] thwit
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Hiphopthon (pron. [HIFF-up-thon]?)
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] wench
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] error (How could I?)
David Barnhart
- [Ads-l] Quote - They're not writers; they're typists. Truman Capote,
James A. Landau
- [Ads-l] Conga, terp (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] debunking opportunity
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] hat name
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 24 Mar 2016 to 25 Mar 2016 (#2016-86)
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] "He is a _rarified_ bird."
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Again from nytimes.com
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Subject: Re: Caucus/Caucusi (was Facebookery)
Brian Hitchcock
- [Ads-l] RES: Again from nytimes.com
David Daniel
- [Ads-l] New to me: _brill_
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Off topic: _Soul Brothers_ redux
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] _wag_ "tote"
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Aloha akbar!
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] Is this the right use of _verge_?
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Antedating Jihad
Peter Morris
- [Ads-l] lawj xeeb/lauj xeeb - 2007
Benjamin Barrett
- [Ads-l] Reversed "replace" yet once again
Joel Berson
- [Ads-l] "goal" or "gaol"?
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] S-drop in BE
Wilson Gray
- [Ads-l] Trump campaign manager charged with battery
W Brewer
- [Ads-l] =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9Ccyberbanging=E2=80=9D=3A_?=Chicago cop-talk
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: "goal" or "gaol"? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] piss-burned
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] "confiscate"
George Thompson
- [Ads-l] piss-burned (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
- [Ads-l] From a letter to the NYTimes.com
Wilson Gray
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