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- another coordination example
Arnold M. Zwicky
- childhood rhymes
Beverly Flanigan
- Texas Weiners, from New Jersey (City Directory check); Popcorn Ice Cream
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Blue Moon
Douglas G. Wilson
- Whole Foods/Whole Paycheck (1994)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Tommyknockers
Dan Goodman
- Unique New York; Merriam-Webster press release makes news
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Behind the Green Door
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- spaldeens!
sagehen
- spaldeen
sagehen
- This is no sh*t.
Arnold M. Zwicky
- that's all you have is X
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Hispanic equivalent of Broadcast Standard
Dan Goodman
- "Is is"
Jonathan Lighter
- unthaw
Laurence Horn
- Slang spread, dialect spread, language spread
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: Re: Proposal to develop a GEMS folder on CHILDES
Beverly Flanigan
- evolution of "cheap date" (was: This is no sh*t.)
Indigo Som
- The history of saluting
James A. Landau
- A German dialect form used as slang by black GI's
Wilson Gray
- Off-point, maybe, query re "stickball"
Wilson Gray
- Homonausea and Intenduendo
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dweeb (1964)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Plog (Amazon's personalized blog)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dweeble (1987)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Murphy's Laws for Combat
James A. Landau
- "a-loose"
Laurence Horn
- language birth
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: gems, 'wrong underlying form"
Beverly Flanigan
- eGoogle: orthographic blend
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Vocabula Bound
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- Yes, We Have No Bananas (1923); Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT)(1976)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: The history of saluting
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Good job! (was Dweeb (1964))
Tom Kysilko
- Chowderhead (1793)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Followship, Followership (not Leadership)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chicken and Waffles; Sextorter (both from NY POST)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- evolution of "cheap date", + "Asian flush"
Indigo Som
- Pier Six brawl
George Thompson
- Snerd (1948-1951)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Really Really Pimpin' in Da South
Baker, John
- Pier Six (1926)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Orphan Drugs; Inholdings; Homo-Nauseous, Asshat, Predatated
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Asshat
Grant Barrett
- WFAN ("the FAN", the NYMets radio station)
George Thompson
- Teen slang (1952): "nerd", "pashpie", "book gook", "jizzy", etc.
Douglas G. Wilson
- Teen slang (1952): "nerd", "pashpie", "book gook", "jizzy", etc.
Wilson Gray
- Teen slang (1952): "nerd", "pashpie", "book gook", "jizzy", etc.
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Teen slang (1952): "nerd", "pashpie", "book gook", "jizzy", etc.
Douglas G. Wilson
- speaking of redundant un-verbs and WFAN...
Laurence Horn
- colophon
Benjamin J Barrett
- Another extraordinary coordination
RonButters at AOL.COM
- question about names
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Privocrat (privacy + bureaucrat)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gangster lean": what's it mean?
Wilson Gray
- Gangster Whitewalls (1971)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ADS Annual Meeting: Deadline Extended
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Playa (was Really Really Pimpin' in Da South)
Grant Barrett
- Bushisms?
Duane Campbell
- Lipstick on a pig (or frog or donkey) (1985)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nitnoid
Michael Quinion
- m & n
Thomas Paikeday
- Atkins for your attic
James A. Landau
- Yellow Journalism (February 1897); Big Apple Fest
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Arnold Palmer (half iced tea, half lemonade) (1998)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Urban planning; Buddhist Proverb ("If you can fix it...")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Block Party (1907)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nero Wolfe; was Re: Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Barbara Need
- a bare simmer
Barbara Need
- Antedating of "bathing beauty" (1897)
Sam Clements
- New York Cuts Steaks
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Buddhist wisdom
John Fitzpatrick
- Antedating of Soda Jerk (1910)
Sam Clements
- Ice Cream/Cone/Cornucopia 1905 again
Sam Clements
- Soda jerker (1889)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: Truespel Analysis of USA English - Book One
Laurence Horn
- Blending, malaphor, or what?
John Fitzpatrick
- Blending, malaphor, or what? ("iron on")
Gerald Cohen
- Truespel Analysis of USA English - Book One
Grant Barrett
- Those pesky negatives (revisited)
Laurence Horn
- Dude of honor, Manmaid; Dude (1881)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fleica (Romanian Grilled Steak with Garlic); So Long, Superstar
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- wheel barrels?
Bethany K. Dumas
- WHEEL.bair.uh? (was "wheel barrels?")
Thomas Paikeday
- <digitally>?
Bethany K. Dumas
- Re: Re: Those pesky negatives (revisited)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Hot Dogging (1964, 1965)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Denver Boot (1952)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- another eggcorn
Bethany K. Dumas
- A Nasturtium by Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet
Baker, John
- BOOBS, NINCOMPOOPS
Daniel Cassidy
- done/through (was: Those pesky negatives (revisited))
Mark A. Mandel
- Cal-Mex (1964); Say it ain't so (1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Putang [Tagalog] (1945)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Another "$100 Misunderstanding" (1)
Wilson Gray
- PC and Dialects in fiction
Patti J. Kurtz
- H. L. Mencken Quote
Fred Shapiro
- Nitnoy
Douglas G. Wilson
- Nitnoi/Nitnoy (1970)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Police Parlance (1946) & The Whole Shmear (1946)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chicano English and Code switching
Patti J. Kurtz
- NYT ?computerized? syntax
Wilson Gray
- Amos 'n' Andy (was: PC and Dialects in fiction)
James A. Landau
- The "Big Apple Fest" must die! (Globe & Mail this time)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Popular article, "A New Kind of English"
Mark A. Mandel
- Anniversary To Your Wife
Dave Wilton
- Jug Handle (all to one side) (1822); In God We Trust (1807)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mencken's Pecksniffian
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Wrong-Wing"
Dan Goodman
- Alexander Cocktail (1929)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- BE syntax
Wilson Gray
- non-monetary "buck"
Gordon, Matthew J.
- A meaning missing from DARE
Wilson Gray
- Shtik (1960); Canuck (1843)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Amos and Andy & Holy Mackerel
Daniel Cassidy
- Perfectivity, BE syntax
Dennis R. Preston
- BE slang and Amos & Andy
Wilson Gray
- JUG HANDLE (ALL TO ONE SIDE)
Mark A. Mandel
- 'Buck' not meaning $1 (was: non-monetary "buck")
Damien Hall
- The "Brooklyn Boys" in Eugene O'Neil
Daniel Cassidy
- "for" or "of"
Regina McMahon
- Garrison Finish (1890); Chile Con Carne (1882)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- No "I" in "Team" (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Best 18th Century Quote Ever
Jonathan Lighter
- Michael Adams' new job
Brenda Lester
- Republican Elephant & GOP
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Out & Out (NJ governor newspaper headline)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Military jargon
Wilson Gray
- H. L. Mencken
callary ed
- Overheard
sagehen
- Eggplant Caviar (1942) and Melintzanosalata
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- but can you speak English?
Vida J Morkunas
- "Follow-upped" (and other Fresh Air anomalies)
Orin Hargraves
- "Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program" (fwd)
Fred Shapiro
- Dueling dialects
Wilson Gray
- Borrow/lend and other reversals.
Dan Goodman
- "You spend a billion here and a billion there..."
James Smith
- Our Simon
Benjamin J Barrett
- Re: Our Simon
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Oh, THAT Simon!
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Oh, THAT Simon!
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Nerd" etymology (speculative only)
Douglas G. Wilson
- RE: Re: Oh, THAT Simon!
Benjamin J Barrett
- "Eternity is a ham and two people" (1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nerd" etymology (speculative only) (addendum)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Rima McKinzey
Enid Pearsons
- addenda/s...alumni
Benjamin J Barrett
- Sukosi
Dennis R. Preston
- Skosh
Dennis R. Preston
- Etymology of Skosh
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Not in HDAS?
Wilson Gray
- a games
Laurence Horn
- Best/Finest Police in the World (1874); Remembering Rima; Daily Candy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- GU-geographically undesirable (1971, 1972)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- monastery (1st. century)
Stephen Goranson
- "Bearded Lady" (NJ governor's wife)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- another mishearing-based reanalysis
Laurence Horn
- "John/Jane Doe"--Why "Doe"?
Gerald Cohen
- FW: Judoka
Benjamin J Barrett
- Fw: Skosh
Dave Robertson
- a billion here, a billion there
Gerald Cohen
- Wordcraft site
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chowing (pond-swooping with a parachute)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Judoka
Mark A. Mandel
- Remembering Rima
Victoria Neufeldt
- New edition of Wheelock's Latin grammar
Mark A. Mandel
- Early Modern English version of R&J
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: American Bostonian dialect in the 1750s
Joan Houston Hall
- Holy Cow! (1920)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Getting over on DARE
Wilson Gray
- on the eggcorn beet
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Antedating of "Underwhelmed"
Fred Shapiro
- "Underwhelm" [noun] (1923)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Nickel gets you on subway, but garlic gets a seat"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Trash talk
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Okolehau/okolehao
Douglas G. Wilson
- Flarf (1998); Re: Okolehau/okolehao
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Flarf (unmangled this time?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- A note on color terminology
Page Stephens
- home/hone switch
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- Holy Cow
Page Stephens
- Intrinsic vowel length
Dennis R. Preston
- "Fear and Smear"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "A Good Time Was Had By All" (except the word researchers)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Aug 2004 to 25 Aug 2004 (#2004-239)
Daniel Cassidy
- Skordalia (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pedilogical
Michael Quinion
- my name
Dennis R. Preston
- YMCA
James A. Landau
- YMCA
Arnold M. Zwicky
- YMCA
Benjamin J Barrett
- YMCA
Grant Barrett
- YMCA
Wilson Gray
- Natural-Born Lover : Words
Wilson Gray
- Western Dressing and Catalina Salad
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jimmy Crack(-ed?/-s?) Corn
Peter A. McGraw
- still more eggcorn stuff on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- the new english?
Bethany K. Dumas
- the headline comma
Mark A. Mandel
- the new english? Totally different point
Duane Campbell
- Big Apple Whore Hoax (update); Oxford Food Book; Panda (OED?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Further Antedating of "Bakery"
Fred Shapiro
- Dan Emmett's "Jimmy Crack Corn"
Daniel Cassidy
- oops!
sagehen
- FWD: "Cohen" Crack Corn
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Cohen" Crack Corn
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "cotton-eyed" (Joe) 1875
Sam Clements
- Blowback (or "blow back")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nigerian malaproppery
Mark A. Mandel
- Jerker (1874); "Kick Me" sign (1875); Ketcham, Cheatham & Skinner (1874)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- I am <...> and I approve this message
Dave Hause
- 1874 Slang article
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Panzanella, Penne, Peposo, Scarpaccia, Sformato and the Tuscan Cookbook
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dixie(1860) (Not an antedating)
Sam Clements
- Rappel; Cracktress
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Come with; was Re: Natural-Born Lover : Words
Barbara Need
- "Under the weather" (1826)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Race not always to swift--but that's the way to bet" (1936)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Moving Day (1830)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- nuancification
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Barry in NYT!
Jesse Sheidlower
- Come with
Beverly Flanigan
- "pick fun at" [was "I am <...> and I approve...]
Wilson Gray
- Gimmy Crack Corn
Beverly Flanigan
- Popular Language Periodicals
Fred Shapiro
- Dueling jargons
Wilson Gray
- wrong title
sagehen
- wide array of death euphemisms
Kara Everman
- Slangfest
Peter A. McGraw
- slangfest, slang fest, slang-fest
Grant Barrett
- Slangfest (fwd)
Peter A. McGraw
- unsubsuscribe
Yerkes, Susan
- f-bomb
Tom Kysilko
- LES (Lower East Side); Unscotti
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Libercon
Terry Lynn Irons
- LES (Lower East Side);
Mullins, Bill
- N-bomb
Mullins, Bill
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