April 2004 Archives by thread
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- "Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease"
Sam Clements
- Gliterature or Glitterature
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- George Soros "glued"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fw: Brand naming kids
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Chicken Salad from Chicken Scratch
James A. Landau
- "Would Have Taken Better Care of Myself"
Fred Shapiro
- Origin of "p*ss and vinegar"?
Bill Le May
- I am so fucked
Joseph Nardoni
- Counterscaping
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Porchclimber or Porch climber (1883)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- spoiled to describe people?
Larissa H. Chen
- zas, buses, droids, roids--and drates
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "panhandling" 1885
Sam Clements
- "Pan-handling" (1884)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Need [to be] [adjectival phrase]"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Dicty of the Scots Language Now Online
Grant Barrett
- Eat your spinach/broccoli/vegetables
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Momisms, Mother Always Saids, and "Children starving in India/China/Africa"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "If you can't say anything good" (1922) (or, 1942's BAMBI beaten!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- momism
sagehen
- oops
sagehen
- Sure as God made little green apples (1892?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- more demotic adjectives (and nouns)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Julius Jinks
Douglas G. Wilson
- Grover Cleveland (1884)
Laurence Horn
- Gado Gado, Chinese Chicken Salad (1961); "Hot Dog" credit to Bruce Kraig again
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dip (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Grover Cleveland (1884)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Holy Cow(baseball) origin?
Sam Clements
- "Jinx" etymology: "Jinks Hoodoo" (1890)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Holy Cow(baseball) origin?; Yankees
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "If you can't say anything good"
Mark A. Mandel
- Roaring Twenties(1923)
Sam Clements
- "If all is not lost, where is it?"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- More on De- and Un-
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Sandwich Spread (1920); Cheese Spread (1927)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Semitic guess"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- California Dip (1954?, 1955), Texas Dip
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Barry Popik in the NY Post
Alice Faber
- "California Dip" in Los Angeles Times (November 1954, March 1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re; "If all is not lost, then where is it?" (1994)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lost Wages (Las Vegas) (1951)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- California Beer Seed (1860)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Alligator sauce piquant(e) (1985)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re; "If all is not lost, then where is it?" (1994)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Alligator sauce piquant(e); Frisee (1877)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Omakase (1979) and Omusubi (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- All else fails, read the directions (1957); Can't carry a tune in a bucket (1933)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Afghani
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- baseball commentators' sig phrases
sagehen
- whence BUCK NAKED?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- 4c's proposals for 2005
Dennis Baron
- Re: Re: whence BUCK NAKED?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Google goes political
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: RE: Re: † † † Re: whence BUCK NAKED?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- RE: Re: RE: Re: ? ? ? Re: whence BUCK NAKED?
Baker, John
- Interview request from the Washington Post
Manny V Fernandez
- BUCK NAKED?
Laurence Horn
- imaginative etymologies: BUCK NAKED
RonButters at AOL.COM
- 1904 attribtuion sought
Orin Hargraves
- Credit for Barry Popik's work on "hot dog"
Gerald Cohen
- ADS Experts Page
Grant Barrett
- "If you want to find sympathy, it's in the dictionary between..." (1858!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Johnny Canuck
Sam Clements
- Swampoodle
Sean Fitzpatrick
- My karma ran over your dogma (1983); We, the Unwilling (1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Go for the brass ring
Michael Quinion
- Expert apology
Dennis R. Preston
- Interview request from the Washington Post--(WWII terms)
Gerald Cohen
- Read 'em and weep (1920); Put on a clinic (1976)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- WWII terms
Barnhart
- Read 'em and weep (1920)
Laurence Horn
- this message brought to you by the letter P
Arnold M. Zwicky
- On the right track, but can get run over (Rogers? Twain?); Put on a clinic (1973); Law of Holes
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Future not what used to be (1961); No future in time travel (1987); Cards & Chess (1988)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- another bad line break
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Latin "c"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Re: Latin "c"
Steve Boatti
- Antedating of "shotgun house" 1903
Sam Clements
- "No Silver Bullet" (Condoleeza Rice 9-11 testimony); "No Einstein"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Remember the Alamo (1836?, 1844)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Right-Shoring; Where the Money Is (1952)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Musica ranchera; In heat of battle; Hop & Pop and skydiving slang
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Blue sky, black death (1992)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Stand Out/Stick Out Like a Sore Thumb"
Fred Shapiro
- Kittinger's LONELY LEAP (1961) and Murphy's First Law of Physics
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Skydiving terms (1958, 1964, 1989)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kiwi Berry (1962); Pre fix & Prix fixe dinners
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Right-Shoring;
James A. Landau
- riding shotgun
Barnhart
- "Joe Jihadi"
Sam Clements
- A Charleston pronunciation
Alan Baragona
- Florida: Summer on yams, Winter on Yankees (1883)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pop-Opens (1964); City That Works (1973)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "(Why jump from a) Perfectly good airplane" (1971)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Doonesbury on accent and acts of identity
Arnold M. Zwicky
- determination by the nearest
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "But I know what I like" (1902); "Hole in your soul" (1967)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- One=Plagiarism, Many=Research (1941) (not Mizner?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Doonesbury on accent and acts of identity
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Make a small fortune in Vegas (1957); In God We Trusted (1893)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Two Words: Im Possible (1929); TV medium not well done (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Stopped Clock" Proverb
Fred Shapiro
- National Musem of Language Annual Dinner
Erin McKean
- Screamer (Was: another bad line break)
Baker, John
- "Stopped Clock" Proverb & Washington Irving
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- urgent please
Sylwia Frankowska
- "(a woman) built for speed" -- was: urgent please
Gerald Cohen
- Make a small fortune in Vegas (1957)
George Thompson
- Death of Davy Crockett
James A. Landau
- ADS Sessions at MLA 2004
Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A.
- Lie like a rug (1951); Billion here, billion there (1975); Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda (1952)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gurney" etymology
Douglas G. Wilson
- Billion here, billion there (1975);
Sam Clements
- Statesman is a politician who is dead (1896); Conservative is liberal mugged (1980)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bargaining Chip (1960, 1964)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Query: Verb vs. Noun Syllable Stress (Modified by Grant Barrett)
Grant Barrett
- Bargaining Chip (1941); "RINO" on Word Spy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Problems are opportunities in work clothes (1960); Part of the problem (1961)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Liars Figure (1892); Illegal, Immoral, Fattening (1936); Hash Brownies
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Garbage in uploads
Page Stephens
- An upload without garbage
Page Stephens
- "bargaining chip"
Stephen Goranson
- bargaining chips
sagehen
- AILA 05 Call for Papers Rhetoric & Stylistics
Gail Stygall
- Reporter seeks ads-l help on restaurant lingo
Gerald Cohen
- Bargaining chip
Alan Baragona
- Hash Brownies (1966); Duck Bread; Aviator's Salad (1909, 1937)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Snarf
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Steakery (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lie like a rug (1951)
James A. Landau
- "morally bankrupt"
James A. Landau
- Bargaining Chip (1960, 1964) (7)
James A. Landau
- riding shotgun (now 1921)
Sam Clements
- ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?
Laurence Horn
- Re: ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?
Steve Boatti
- hallway (1860) & hall (=hallway)
Barnhart
- Re: Re: ADJ (of) a -- whe re's the plural?
Steve Boatti
- Speaking of the Latin "c"....
sagehen
- hallway (1860) & hall (=hallway, 1834!!)
Barnhart
- Re: Re: ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?
Steve Boatti
- Re: Speaking of the Latin "c"....
Steve Boatti
- Re: Re: † † † ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?
Steve Boatti
- ???Re: ADJ (of) a -- where's the plural?
Benjamin Barrett
- first dictionary with @?
Barnhart
- Of (was: (of) a: where's the plural?)
Damien Hall
- Antedating of "boot leg" 1885
Sam Clements
- intransitive "hail as" = 'be; count as'
Mark A. Mandel
- student gems (fwd)
Peter A. McGraw
- early cite for theory 'movies incite violence' (1911)
Sam Clements
- Fulbright Grant Opportunities in theoretical and applied ling uistics/TEFL in Lithuania (Modified by Grant Barrett)
Grant Barrett
- MMBA (Milies & Miles of Bloody Africa); Bootleg
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- early cite for "jass" band(1916)
Sam Clements
- Languages of Namibia (1998); Look like a million dollars (1908)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Superliner; Madagascar sauce; Island mountain; Fairy circle; Washboard road; Jass band
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Americaner; Chakalaka; Passata; BRAAI BUDDY & Russians, Potjiekos
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jass band
Baker, John
- bobby sox
Jonathon Green
- Mathematical terms in popular usage
James A. Landau
- Antedating "bobby socks" (1927)
Sam Clements
- You have to be Jewish
James A. Landau
- Cubby--girlfriend/boyfriend (for pre-schoolers)
Gerald Cohen
- Fw: intransitive "hail as" = 'be; count as'
Sean Fitzpatrick
- "Bobby pin" (1926)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Pietersite (1962); Sugilite (1970s)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Washboard road
James A. Landau
- DSNA XV
Steve Kl.
- Fwd: "next big thing"
Kathleen E. Miller
- Cubby
Prof. R. Sussex
- Possessive Antecedent Again
Geoff Nathan
- Catskinner
Michael Quinion
- early candidate for WOTY races
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "tree hugger" (1965)
Sam Clements
- Heard on TV tonight
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Rape Town, Gangster's Paradise (GP) and more
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- porn-star names that are puns
RonButters at AOL.COM
- questionized
Clai Rice
- Antedating of "booby hatch"-nautical 1806
Sam Clements
- "Chickenpox party" in American Speech spring 2004 issue
James A. Landau
- marsh-mallow paste(1857)
Sam Clements
- Skeleton Coast; Schweine Ohren; Zebra Crossing; Fools Names & Faces
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- [?] "Chickenpox party" in American Speech spring 2004 issue
Barnhart
- "Next Big Thing" in 1923
Fred Shapiro
- "Next Big Thing" in 1910
Fred Shapiro
- Discovery on "Whole Nine Yards"
Fred Shapiro
- POTE-niss thang!
Wilson Gray
- short arm (was: Rape Town...)
Mark A. Mandel
- Letters fron soldiers
James Smith
- Dry Water; Pronking; Possum out of a polecat
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Listen up"
Joan Houston Hall
- Magicians' words
Michael Quinion
- slanguage story from Press of Atlantic City
Gerald Cohen
- Queen of Battle
James A. Landau
- Take Care of Little Things; Apple Mousse; Fork in the Gravy; Slop SHoot
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- South African hot dogs
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Magician's words
James A. Landau
- Climbing Lane; Madiba shirt
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Madiba shirt
Lynne Murphy
- Climbing Lane
Lynne Murphy
- Song and word usage
Page Stephens
- Song and word usage; SA cookbooks; Namibian Cocktails, Hotdogs
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- malaprop amongst the flowers
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Good Landing (1928); Sense God Gave a Goose (1948); Aklafluence of Inkahol (1943)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Good Landing (1928);
Dave Hause
- ready, willing and able-1825
Sam Clements
- Fwd: Re: Dutch influence
Joan Houston Hall
- Availability of Old Dictionaries Online
Fred Shapiro
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