[Ads-l] IRL

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 04:39:42PM -0500, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> 'In real life':
> 
> 2019
> https://medium.com/@davescheirer/midway-movie-live-action-from-1976-versus-cgi-from-2019-3c6a17abe506
> 
> IRL (in real life), no Avengers flew from carriers during the Battle of
> Midway.  -
> 
> 2004 in UrbanD.

And 1988 in OED:

1988 _Hershey Fonts_ in _comp.sources.wanted_ (Usenet newsgroup) 18 Jan. INTERNET: msn at bikini.cis.ufl.edu I.R.L. Michael S. Newsome. 3632 NW 4th Pl. [etc.].

Antedating from Garson or Ben in 3, 2, 1....

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