Chop Suey; Delicatessen; Spanky Pants; O.M.G. Club

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CHOP SUEY (continued)

    OED has 1888.  I previously posted 1886.
    From TEXAS SIFTINGS, 26 September 1885, pg. 3, col. 3:

_CELESTIAL EATING._
_The Things That John Chinaman Thinks Are Good in New York Restaurants._
     (...) Then follow roast duck with pickled carrot, chow chop sue (a
ragout of chicken liver, lean pork, bamboo-tip, celery, bean shoots and
onion), dried fish, steam chopped pork macaroni and chicken, and dainty
dumplings filled with spiced hash meats.

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DELICATESSEN (continued)

     "Delicatessen" was the entire name of a store in St. Louis.
     From the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 12 August 1885, pg. 8, col. 3:

     _Delicatessen._
     The most popular resort in the city for light lunches; pure milk, cream,
pastries, fruits, melons.
716 N. Broadway  712 Olive street.

     A large, page one ad in the same newspaper appeared 3 September 1885.

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SPANKY PANTS

     An article on the new cheerleading movie BRING IT ON mentions that the
cheerleaders use many pairs of "spanky pants."
     Put on a "wife-beater" with your "spanky pants" and you're dressed to
the nines.
     I checked Google--the first "spanky pants" hit was the Peter Tamony
Collection!

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O.M.G. CLUB

     From DEPARTURES (American Express platinum card member magazine to force
you to buy more Gucci), September 2000, pg. 234, col. 1:

ON TOP OF THE WORLD
     (...)  "We've invented the 'O.M.G.' club," says Saxena.  "It includes
everyone who's gone on this trip, spent day after day thinking the sights
can't be topped, and then stop dead in their tracks again to say 'Oh-my-God.'"
     (...)  www.geoex.com