December 2004 Archives by date
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- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Baker, John
- Cock tail (1806); Jonnycake
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Marsha Alley
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Jonathan Lighter
- shock rock, one-hit wonder, psychedelicatessen (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Baker, John
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- middle relief (1955), middle reliever (1961)
Benjamin Zimmer
- middle relief (1955),-antedating 1952
Sam Clements
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Marsha Alley
- all-star team/game/break
Benjamin Zimmer
- all-star team/game/break
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Benjamin Zimmer
- jassak and baseball slang
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Would you buy a used car from this man?" (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- one o' cat (1903, 1906); one-eyed cat (1914)
Benjamin Zimmer
- trapshooting slang
Mullins, Bill
- Linguistics research (formerly There is/there are)
George Thompson
- flying saucer
Mullins, Bill
- Blog: MW word of year
Mullins, Bill
- flying saucer
Page Stephens
- Linguistics research
Beverly Flanigan
- Pigeon shoots
Page Stephens
- more baseball
Mullins, Bill
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Mark A. Mandel
- Wolof hip
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
sagehen
- Wolof hip
Beverly Flanigan
- Cock tail (1806); Jonnycake
Beverly Flanigan
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Laurence Horn
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Alice Faber
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Laurence Horn
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Mullins, Bill
- hip hop and Barry Popik
Mullins, Bill
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Grant Barrett
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Fred Shapiro
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Grant Barrett
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Baker, John
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Baker, John
- hip hop and Barry Popik
FRITZ JUENGLING
- hip hop and Barry Popik
Baker, John
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "authentic native speaker" CDs
Mark A. Mandel
- Sentence of the day; Deep doo-doo
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of the Term "Hot Dog"--book now on sale
Dave Hause
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Laurence Horn
- Linguistics research
Benjamin Zimmer
- hip hop and Barry Popik
Benjamin Zimmer
- more baseball
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS-L Digest - 28 Nov 2004 to 29 Nov 2004 (#2004-335)
Kathryn Remlinger
- off-speed pitches
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- Origin of the Term "Hot Dog"--book now on sale
Baker, John
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Sally Donlon
- hip hop and Barry Popik
Mullins, Bill
- Query: Q score/Q rating/just plain Q
Grant Barrett
- e-dress
Damien Hall
- e-dress
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Attention Arnold!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- MVP
Benjamin Zimmer
- Phonetic alphabets
Barbara Need
- Attention Arnold!
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- e-dress
Beverly Flanigan
- e-dress
Wilson Gray
- Phonetic alphabets
Laurence Horn
- Attention Arnold!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- e-dress
Wilson Gray
- nightcap (baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- e-dress
Laurence Horn
- Attention Arnold!
Wilson Gray
- e-dress
Beverly Flanigan
- Phonetic alphabets
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- e-dress
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Laurence Horn
- our cup-sprung and cherry-merry ancestors
Benjamin Zimmer
- our cup-sprung and cherry-merry ancestors
Benjamin Zimmer
- BVD's
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- BVD's
Arnold M. Zwicky
- more BVD's
sagehen
- Not intended for this purpose, but.... Re: "authentic native speaker" CDs
Dan Goodman
- the curious phonology of wisconsin
Arnold M. Zwicky
- no-hit (1898), no-hitter (1911), one-hitter (1918)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Phonetic alphabets
Jonathan Lighter
- BVD's
Jonathan Lighter
- BVD's
Evan Morris
- more BVD's
Wilson Gray
- Orange Revolution; Baseball; Hip-Hop; Whores
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Laurence Horn
- more BVD's
sagehen
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Alice Faber
- ADS-L Digest - 28 Nov 2004 to 29 Nov 2004 (#2004-335)
Wilson Gray
- more BVD's
James C Stalker
- me-too
Benjamin Zimmer
- the curious phonology of wisconsin
Douglas G. Wilson
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Benjamin Zimmer
- more BVD's
James Smith
- the curious phonology of wisconsin
Laurence Horn
- the curious phonology of wisconsin
Wilson Gray
- Mickey Finn (1918)
George Thompson
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Erik Hoover
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Erik Hoover
- tennis elbow
Mullins, Bill
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Mullins, Bill
- tennis elbow
Benjamin Zimmer
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Laurence Horn
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Laurence Horn
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Jonathan Lighter
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Mickey Finn (1918)
George Thompson
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- Phonetic alphabets
Mark A. Mandel
- those hip NYers, 1786
George Thompson
- Mike Salovesh
George Thompson
- Wet clothes...Dry Martini (1940)
Fred Shapiro
- Mike Salovesh
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Wicked City"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Re: the Lenape language
Beverly Flanigan
- "Wake me up when Kirby dies" (1886)
Jonathan Lighter
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Mark A. Mandel
- "Wicked City" in American Periodical Series (1867)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Insult -> badge of honor
Wilson Gray
- FWIW
Wilson Gray
- FWIW
Jonathan Lighter
- FWIW
Wendalyn Nichols
- FWIW
Dennis R. Preston
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Daniel Cassidy
- FWIW
Jonathan Lighter
- FWIW
Sam Clements
- FWIW
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Phonetic alphabets
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Grant Barrett
- Phonetic alphabets
Dan Goodman
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: Department of mixed metaphors
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Arnold M. Zwicky
- History of Rap; Salovesh; Reconstruction Cuisine; Light Bulb=Idea
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Quick Lunch," Grimes & the TImes
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ety. of "limerick": new/old wrinkles
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Barbara Need
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wait in Times Square (1926); Limerick; More Whores
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Wait in Times Square (1926); Limerick; More Whores
Jonathan Lighter
- FWIW II
Wilson Gray
- Phonetic alphabets
Sally Donlon
- FWIW II
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
sagehen
- x-locker
Bruce Hunter
- FWIW II
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Phonetic alphabets
FRITZ JUENGLING
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Mullins, Bill
- phonetic alphabets
Mark A. Mandel
- Phonetic alphabets
Laurence Horn
- "Quick Lunch," Grimes & the TImes
George Thompson
- Phonetic alphabets
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Phonetic alphabets
Laurence Horn
- x-locker
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Mullins, Bill
- book titles
Mullins, Bill
- book titles
Erik Hoover
- book titles
Laurence Horn
- "to mill", to steal: 1752
George Thompson
- dasher/cut a dash
George Thompson
- FWIW II
Wilson Gray
- FWIW II
Joseph Nardoni
- "terrible to pay"
George Thompson
- x-locker
Wilson Gray
- "to mill", to steal: 1752
Wilson Gray
- "to mill", to steal: 1752
Jonathan Lighter
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Mullins, Bill
- shining knob
Wilson Gray
- Articles (as in the Constitution)
Jan Kammert
- Articles (as in the Constitution)
Bruce Hunter
- x-lockers
Bruce Hunter
- Phonetic alphabets +
neil
- shining knob +
neil
- New Slang Mailing List
Jesse Sheidlower
- Phonetic alphabets
David Bowie
- A 'blue zillion'
David Bowie
- A 'blue zillion'
Mullins, Bill
- A 'blue zillion'
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Mark A. Mandel
- Phonetic alphabets
Mark A. Mandel
- Johnny shirt
Mark A. Mandel
- No subject
Emily Drach
- I never saw a purple brain...
Mark A. Mandel
- Phonetic alphabets
Beverly Flanigan
- Johnny shirt
Douglas G. Wilson
- A 'blue zillion'
Laurence Horn
- Chicago Tribune: WINDY CITY: Where did it come from?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Chicago Tribune: WINDY CITY: Where did it come from?
Mullins, Bill
- A 'blue zillion'
Benjamin Zimmer
- A 'blue zillion'
James Smith
- Johnny shirt
Benjamin Zimmer
- Phonetic alphabets
Wilson Gray
- Chicago Tribune: WINDY CITY: Where did it come from?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Phonetic alphabets
FRITZ JUENGLING
- awkward phrase
FRITZ JUENGLING
- awkward phrase
Wilson Gray
- black head
Mullins, Bill
- black head
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Windy City" story--a few thoughts
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Pronunciation of "Lowth" (Was Re: Phonetic alphabets)
Alan Baragona
- black head
Jonathan Lighter
- x-lockers
Jonathan Lighter
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Dave Wilton
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Grant Barrett
- "the hots"
Mullins, Bill
- Gandy Dancer (1918)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "medaling" (in golf, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- x-lockers
Bruce Hunter
- "Gibson Cocktail" wrong in Arthur Schwartz NEW YORK FOOD
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Windy City" story--a few thoughts
Fred Shapiro
- Gandy Dancer (1918)
Jonathan Lighter
- Gandy Dancer (1918)
Jonathan Lighter
- Pronouncing Bowie
David Bowie
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Alice Faber
- Pronouncing Bowie
Laurence Horn
- "numbers" (= baseball stats)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: dude!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: dude!
Beverly Flanigan
- Fwd: dude!
Laurence Horn
- "Windy City" story--a few thoughts
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dude!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dude!
Beverly Flanigan
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dude!
Wilson Gray
- Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"
Jesse Sheidlower
- American Speech on CNN
AAllan at AOL.COM
- A newly popular word
Rebecca Larche Moreton
- A newly popular word
Alice Faber
- A newly popular word
Mullins, Bill
- Phonetic alphabets
James A. Landau
- A newly popular word
Benjamin Zimmer
- I never saw a purple brain...
Cynthia R. Hall
- A newly popular word
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Jonathan Lighter
- AS on-line
Douglas G. Wilson
- "podcast" [Fwd: (fwd) our new podcast: The Accidental Cook, for the amateur chef in all of us]
Dan Goodman
- AS on-line
Grant Barrett
- uh-uh
Laurence Horn
- "dude" et al.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- dude!
Jonathan Lighter
- "dude" et al.
Jonathan Lighter
- Phonetic alphabets
Wilson Gray
- Phonetic alphabets
Wilson Gray
- More on Wolof "hip"
Jesse Sheidlower
- x-lockers
Dave Hause
- More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- x-lockers
Wilson Gray
- A newly popular word
Mullins, Bill
- "dude" et al.
Mullins, Bill
- southpaws, wingers, wrong-wingers
Dan Goodman
- shock rock, cock rock
Benjamin Zimmer
- Universal Free Dictionary
Grant Barrett
- More on Wolof "hip"
Jesse Sheidlower
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- I'm done my homework
David Bowie
- A newly popular word - I am a wing nut.
Kathleen E. Miller
- Pronouncing Bowie
Mark A. Mandel
- I'm done my homework
Mark A. Mandel
- x-lockers
Orion Montoya
- "numbers" (= baseball stats)
Mark A. Mandel
- I never saw a purple brain...
Mark A. Mandel
- Who's got the right one, baby (UH-HUH)?
Mark A. Mandel
- Who's got the right one, baby (UH-HUH)?
Barbara Need
- More on Wolof "hip"
Baker, John
- ADS Annual Meeting - General Information
AAllan at AOL.COM
- "numbers" (= baseball stats)
Benjamin Zimmer
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- I'm done my homework
Jim Parish
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: Re: More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- I'm done my homework
sagehen
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- More on Wolof "hip"
Laurence Horn
- I'm all done my homework
ddr11
- More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- More on Wolof "hip"
Baker, John
- More on Wolof "hip"
Laurence Horn
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Laurence Horn
- Re: Arnold Zwicky et al. aside ...
RonButters at AOL.COM
- More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- Re: Arnold Zwicky et al . aside ...
Beverly Flanigan
- Pronunciation of "Lowth" (Was Re: Phonetic alphabets)
FRITZ JUENGLING
- More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Wilson Gray
- I'm done my homework
James A. Landau
- Phonetic alphabets
James A. Landau
- Dude, it's headline news
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Hip, hep, dig, dogie. (Was Re: More on Wolof "hip")
Jonathan Lighter
- suck = 'to be bad' (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "dude" et al.
Douglas G. Wilson
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- I'm done my homework
Dave Hause
- suck = 'to be bad' (1969)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Laurence Horn
- "dig" probably not from Wolof
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: shock rock, cock rock
Mullins, Bill
- music citations
Mullins, Bill
- I'm don'e my homework
Mark A. Mandel
- music citations
Jesse Sheidlower
- suck = 'to be bad' (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- shock rock, cock rock
Mullins, Bill
- Greek penicillin (Avgolemono soup); That Windy City
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- shock rock, cock rock
Benjamin Zimmer
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- I'm done my homework
David Bowie
- Pronunciation of "Lowth" (Was Re: Phonetic alphabets)
David Bowie
- I'm done my homework
David Bowie
- shock rock, cock rock
Erik Hoover
- I'm don'e my homework
Laurence Horn
- "Windy City"--a few more thoughts
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Teenspeak
Jonathon Green
- Teenspeak
Erik Hoover
- Teenspeak
Jesse Sheidlower
- Teenspeak
Fred Shapiro
- Teenspeak
Jonathon Green
- Singular "yez"?
Alice Faber
- Singular "yez"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Singular "yez"?
Laurence Horn
- "Windy City"--a few more thoughts; Mo Nickels on "Big Apple"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sandwich Rage
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Phonetic alphabets
Wilson Gray
- Hip, hep, dig, dogie. (Was Re: More on Wolof "hip")
Wilson Gray
- Singular "yez"?
Beverly Flanigan
- "faro"<"pharaoh", formerly Re: "dude" et al.
George Thompson
- "faro"<"pharaoh", formerly Re: "dude" et al.
Mullins, Bill
- Singular "yez"?
Jonathan Lighter
- slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- slang from Punk Magazine
Jonathan Lighter
- USCROUTE R08 TYPE
Michael Montgomery
- shock rock, cock rock
Wilson Gray
- slang from Punk Magazine
Wilson Gray
- slang from Punk Magazine
Douglas G. Wilson
- shock rock, cock rock
Wilson Gray
- "It's [still] alive!"
Wilson Gray
- Sandwich Rage
Beckymercuri at AOL.COM
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- FW: shock rock, cock rock
Dave Hause
- slang from Punk Magazine
James C Stalker
- slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "It's [still] alive!"
Dennis R. Preston
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- slang from Punk Magazine
Dennis R. Preston
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- slang from Punk Magazine
Jonathan Lighter
- slang from Punk Magazine
Jonathan Lighter
- slow boat to china
Fred Shapiro
- slow boat to china
Douglas G. Wilson
- slang from Punk Magazine
Wilson Gray
- 'A man, a plan, a canal--Panama' (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "It's [still] alive!"
Wilson Gray
- slang from Punk Magazine
Wilson Gray
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Wilson Gray
- slang from Punk Magazine
Dennis R. Preston
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Mea culpae
James A. Landau
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "golf clap"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- shock rock, cock rock
Erin B. Waggoner
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Laurence Horn
- "dust my broom" (was: "dig" probably not from Wolof)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "golf clap"
Dennis R. Preston
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lexically minimalist dialogues
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lexically minimalist dialogues
Arnold M. Zwicky
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Benjamin Zimmer
- FW: slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- "golf clap"
Mullins, Bill
- Teen acronyms - the new etymological threat
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Alice Faber
- "What You See Is What You Get"
Fred Shapiro
- Singular "yez"?
Bethany K. Dumas
- "What You See Is What You Get"
Douglas G. Wilson
- shock rock, cock rock
Laurence Horn
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Laurence Horn
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Laurence Horn
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Douglas G. Wilson
- Teen acronyms - the new etymological threat
Wilson Gray
- FW: shock rock, cock rock
Laurence Horn
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Wilson Gray
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Douglas G. Wilson
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Wilson Gray
- Singular "yez"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Teen acronyms - the new etymological threat
Jonathan Lighter
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- "What You See Is What You Get"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Douglas G. Wilson
- mishy-phens (was Re: FW: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Douglas G. Wilson
- one good eggcorn deserves another
James A. Landau
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Erik Hoover
- The Sanas (etymology) of Dude
Daniel Cassidy
- The Wild Sanas (etymology) of Buccaneer
Daniel Cassidy
- The Sanas (etymology) of Dude
Sam Clements
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Jonathan Lighter
- Sanas of Dude (without diacriticals)
Daniel Cassidy
- The Sanas (etymology) of Dude
Daniel Cassidy
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Sam Clements
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Sanas of the noisy Racket
Daniel Cassidy
- The Sanas of Fluke is not a fluke
Daniel Cassidy
- "Dipe"/"dive"--correction on the authorship
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Another Irish Cop
Daniel Cassidy
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Jonathan Lighter
- Another Irish Cop
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Sam Clements
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Sam Clements
- Three-Way Chicken; Golden Moustache
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Douglas G. Wilson
- Re: Re: Singular "yez"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Singular "yez"?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"
Sam Clements
- Faro the Turning Game #2 - a gloss
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of Crony or Croney
Daniel Cassidy
- The Sanas of "On the Lam"
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of Skinny
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of the Grifter and the Gimmick
Daniel Cassidy
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- Singular "yez"?
James C Stalker
- Singular "yez"?
James C Stalker
- On the Lam, #2 (trying again without diacriticals)
Daniel Cassidy
- Grifter and his gimmick (trying again without diacriticals)
Daniel Cassidy
- "Let's be careful out there"; "Chu Chee" Tofu
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- On the Lam, #2 (trying again without diacriticals)
Sam Clements
- "Chutzpah" classic definition (by Heywood Broun?) (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- eggs over easy (1930)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Carbon Look
Benjamin Barrett
- "When you leave New York, you're just camping out" (1898)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere" (1976)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere" (1976) (now 1971)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- schmo (1943), from Kokomo (1947)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere" (1976) (now 1971)
Benjamin Zimmer
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Wendalyn Nichols
- "Chutzpah" classic definition (by Heywood Broun?) (1962)
Fred Shapiro
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Dale Coye
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Bob Fitzke
- Singular "yez"?
Laurence Horn
- Singular "yez" and "frozen"idioms
RonButters at AOL.COM
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Victoria Neufeldt
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Baker, John
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Dale Coye
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Grant Barrett
- "dust my broom" (was: "dig" probably not from Wolof)
George Thompson
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Laurence Horn
- Singular "yez"?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Laurence Horn
- Singular "yez"?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Carbon Look
Orion Montoya
- Singular "yez"?
Alice Faber
- Singular "yez"?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Battle-weary"
Jonathan Lighter
- Re: Re: Singular "yez"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- yankee swap/chinese auction
Jonathan Lighter
- Singular "yez"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- Singular "yez"?
Mullins, Bill
- tag sale
Mullins, Bill
- moustache
Mullins, Bill
- Singular "yez"?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Singular "yez"?
Wilson Gray
- moustaches: "miniature baseball nines"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- tag sale
Benjamin Zimmer
- moustache
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Uno dos tres catorce" (Junk Spanish?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Uno dos tres catorce" (Junk Spanish?)
Dave Wilton
- "Uno dos tres catorce" (Junk Spanish?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- STOP SUBSCRIBTION
Fred Dolez
- Fwd: 15.3488, Diss: Lang Acquisition: French: 'Phonological Working..'
Laurence Horn
- far cries from
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- google is digitizing libraries
Mullins, Bill
- astronomy cites
Mullins, Bill
- regulators
George Thompson
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Wilson Gray
- "Feedback" a count noun?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Number crunching?
Paul Zebe
- crunked
Mullins, Bill
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Wilson Gray
- astronomy cites
Laurence Horn
- basketball slang
Mullins, Bill
- basketball slang
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Let's be careful out there"; "Chu Chee" Tofu
Mark A. Mandel
- second-guesser (1914), second-guessing (1921)
Benjamin Zimmer
- hot dog
Mullins, Bill
- basketball slang
Benjamin Zimmer
- Roman Punch (1821); Turkey Shoot (1831); Turkey Trot (1910); Apple Pie (1921)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Madam, I'm Adam" (1862)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- crumble?
neil
- crumble?
Stephen Goranson
- basketball slang
Benjamin Zimmer
- "They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat." & "Facts are stubborn things"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Mark A. Mandel
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Wilson Gray
- cheers in the UK
Dale Coye
- "They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat." & "Facts are stubborn things"
Jesse Sheidlower
- hot dog--(German war dog sandwich)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- hot dog--(German war dog sandwich)
Dennis R. Preston
- second-guesser (1914), second-guessing (1921)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- crumble?
James C Stalker
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Beverly Flanigan
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Dennis Baron
- "Feedback" a count noun?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "Feedback" a count noun?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Hallacas or Hayacas (Venezuelan Christmas dish) (1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- slam-dunking (was Re: "They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat." & "Facts are stubborn things")
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Laurence Horn
- "They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat." & "Facts are stubborn things"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Rebecca Prather
- "Feedback" a count noun?
Wilson Gray
- Hallacas (1909)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Stubborn Things" (Facts? Truth? Rhymes?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kibosh
Sam Clements
- Kibosh
Wilson Gray
- Kibosh
Douglas G. Wilson
- Kibosh
Wilson Gray
- "Off the schneid" (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Luggage and Baggage
Benjamin Barrett
- "Stubborn Things" (Facts? Truth? Rhymes?)
Fred Shapiro
- Luggage and Baggage
Barnhart
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Tiffany Ferrell
- New expresssions for "dibs"
Se�n Fitzpatrick
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
David Bowie
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
neil
- New expresssions for "dibs"
Dave Wilton
- The Sanas of the Irish Art of the Lick
Daniel Cassidy
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
Laurence Horn
- "Stubborn Things" (Facts? Truth? Rhymes?)
Baker, John
- Uparmoring
Joyce, Thomas F.
- Uparmoring
Erik Hoover
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Beckman, Jennifer Elizabeth (UMC-Student)
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Benjamin Zimmer
- Uparmoring
Jeff Prucher
- screamies
Benjamin Zimmer
- Uparmoring
Benjamin Zimmer
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Benjamin Zimmer
- astronomy cites
Douglas G. Wilson
- Re: dirty words in dictionaries revisted
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Jonathan Lighter
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Jonathan Lighter
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Laurence Horn
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Baker, John
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Baker, John
- cu(?)t
Laurence Horn
- FIRE & ICE; Hotropolis
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Uparmoring
Dave Wilton
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Jonathan Lighter
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Laurence Horn
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Jesse Sheidlower
- Sanas of Scud, Scudding, Skedaddle
Daniel Cassidy
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
David Bowie
- "Whole Ball of Wax" (1892)
George Thompson
- cu(?)t
Wilson Gray
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Baker, John
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Wilson Gray
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Baker, John
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Mark A. Mandel
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Wilson Gray
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Jonathan Lighter
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Jonathan Lighter
- Kibosh
Mark A. Mandel
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Baker, John
- as(s)tronomy cites
Mark A. Mandel
- Uparmoring
James A. Landau
- Sanas of Scud, Scudding, Skedaddle
Mullins, Bill
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
Mullins, Bill
- as(s)tronomy cites
Douglas G. Wilson
- as(s)tronomy cites
Mullins, Bill
- Number Crunching
James A. Landau
- Luggage and Baggage
James A. Landau
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Benjamin Zimmer
- Pronouncing Iraq
sagehen
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Benjamin Zimmer
- Number Crunching
Erik Hoover
- Kibosh
George Thompson
- Number Crunching
Bill Lemay
- Number Crunching
sagehen
- Number Crunching
Benjamin Zimmer
- Number Crunching
Erik Hoover
- Number Crunching
Marsha Alley
- cu(?)t
George Thompson
- No bare root vegetables
Ed Keer
- cu(?)t
Baker, John
- cu(?)t
George Thompson
- cu(?)t
Laurence Horn
- Luggage and Baggage
James Smith
- Pronouncing Iraq
James Smith
- cu(?)t
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cooling my heels
Marsha Alley
- not too shabby (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- not too shabby (1969)
Mullins, Bill
- Kibosh
Douglas G. Wilson
- astronomy
Mullins, Bill
- not too shabby (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cooling my heels
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Kibosh
Benjamin Zimmer
- WASP (Chicago Tribune, May 1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cooling my heels
Sam Clements
- Kibosh
Douglas G. Wilson
- Pronouncing Iraq
Allen Maberry
- WASP (Chicago Tribune, May 1957)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Sociobiology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Cinematic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Biomedical"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Abstract Expressionism"
Fred Shapiro
- Cooling my heels
Jonathan Lighter
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
Laurence Horn
- Kibosh
Wilson Gray
- Cooling my heels
Jonathan Lighter
- Cooling my heels
Beverly Flanigan
- Cooling my heels
Marsha Alley
- Cooling my heels
Marsha Alley
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Wilson Gray
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Laurence Horn
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Wilson Gray
- dirty words in dictionaries revisted
Mullins, Bill
- "None too shabby" (1952); MTA, SoDeWha, WhaTHDIW
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "None too shabby" (1952); MTA, SoDeWha, WhaTHDIW
Benjamin Zimmer
- The Sanas of Sneak and its Sneaky English Cognate (cousin)
Daniel Cassidy
- WASP (Chicago Tribune, May 1957)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Kibosh
Michael Quinion
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Fred Shapiro
- Smart-aleck
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Whole Ball of Wax" (1892)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cooling my heels
Bethany K. Dumas
- Cooling my heels
Arnold M. Zwicky
- No bare root vegetables
Arnold M. Zwicky
- smart Aleck
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: journalist's inquiry on the slang of Variety magazine
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: journalist's inquiry on the slang of Variety magazine
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Cinematic"
Erik Hoover
- journalist's inquiry on the slang of Variety magazine
Grant Barrett
- "First you get into the stadium, then you look for the seat"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Number Crunching
Educational CyberPlayGround
- astronomy
Mark A. Mandel
- Antedating of "Unquote"
Fred Shapiro
- "Whole Ball of Wax" (1892)
Benjamin Zimmer
- West Point Slang (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Burrata (Bon Appetit "ingredients of the year") (1982)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Unquote"
Benjamin Zimmer
- UNSUBSCRIBE
Amber Gramig
- ball-and-strike count (1924)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Unquote"
Douglas G. Wilson
- black consciousness (1951)
Benjamin Zimmer
- black caucus (1964)
Benjamin Zimmer
- NY Times on "Reuben" sandwich
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- euphemisms for the F-word
Mullins, Bill
- MSM
James A. Landau
- MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Santa,Nast, and the North Pole
Sam Clements
- MSM
Laurence Horn
- MSM (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- Cybersex + 3Bs
neil
- Cybersex + 3Bs
Erik Hoover
- Defend [against]
James A. Landau
- Santa, Nast, and the North Pole
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Santa,Nast, and the North Pole
Sam Clements
- "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Santa,Nast, and the North Pole
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cooling my heels
James Smith
- "set the perimeters"
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- "set the perimeters"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
Mark A. Mandel
- "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
Baker, John
- Cooling my heels
sagehen
- "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
Arnold M. Zwicky
- smart Aleck
Mark A. Mandel
- pitch-out (1903)
Benjamin Zimmer
- MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Jesse Sheidlower
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- squib, v. (1919), squibber (1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Defend [against]
FRITZ JUENGLING
- LSA help
Beverly Flanigan
- "hivey" (quick to learn; U.S. Military Academy slang)--Origin?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Totally off topic -- Signing off/Happy Holidays
Kathleen E. Miller
- "Windy City"--"Windy" humorously/incorrectly connected with the wind/hot air of Chicago's businessmen
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Benjamin Zimmer
- Totally off topic -- Signing off/Happy Holidays
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Jesse Sheidlower
- unsubscribe
Cynthia R. Hall
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Laurence Horn
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Ben Zimmer
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Laurence Horn
- "Chicken or the Egg"
Fred Shapiro
- kazillion (1969), gazillion (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chicken or the Egg"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chicken or the Egg"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Chicken or the Egg"
Benjamin Zimmer
- lid, meth, etc.
Dan Goodman
- smart Aleck
Douglas G. Wilson
- Bennies
Michael Quinion
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Jonathon Green
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- more drug measurements
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS-L Digest - 19 Dec 2004 to 20 Dec 2004 (#2004-356)
James A. Landau
- unsubscribe
Jonie Sexton
- compensation in China
Conversa
- Bennies
Dave Wilton
- Bennies
Michael Quinion
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: cross-post: Etymology of 'Bikini Atoll'
Laurence Horn
- Bennies
Benjamin Zimmer
- compensation in China
Beverly Flanigan
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Laurence Horn
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Benjamin Zimmer
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Benjamin Zimmer
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- more counter-culture and drug stuff
Mullins, Bill
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Bennies
Dave Wilton
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Douglas G. Wilson
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Laurence Horn
- REDACTED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- REDACTED
Douglas G. Wilson
- bloops and bloopers (radio, film, baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bennies (slang term for Benzedrine)
Jerry E Kane
- "talkie" slang lists (1929)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bennies (slang term for Benzedrine)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "talie" slang lists (1929)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- greenery
Paul Frank
- Bennies (slang term for Benzedrine)
Jesse Sheidlower
- more counter-culture and drug stuff
Mark A. Mandel
- more counter-culture and drug stuff
Jonathon Green
- Fresh Air Fund (1869)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Neal Goldfarb
- "Remember the Neediest" (New York Times, 1912--Present)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bennies (slang term for Benzedrine)
Tom Dalzell
- "Camp Cupcake" (Martha Stewart's place)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Camp Cupcake" (Martha Stewart's place)
Tom Dalzell
- "talie" slang lists (1929)
Mullins, Bill
- REDACTED
Baker, John
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- REDACTED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Dennis R. Preston
- Re: On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Steve Boatti
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Laurence Horn
- Re: Re: On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Steve Boatti
- Air Force Slang
Mullins, Bill
- Air Force Slang
Mullins, Bill
- REDACTED
Benjamin Zimmer
- two notes on MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- bloops and bloopers (radio, film, baseball)
Mullins, Bill
- REDACTED
Benjamin Zimmer
- REDACTED
Baker, John
- two notes on MSM
Benjamin Zimmer
- two notes on MSM
Laurence Horn
- Tikka Masala (1969, sort of)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
Alice Faber
- From _The Nation_
Mullins, Bill
- From _The Nation_
Erik Hoover
- euphemisms for the F-word
Tom Kysilko
- "Death takes a holiday" (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- From _The Nation_
Benjamin Zimmer
- Typo? New word?
Wilson Gray
- "talie" slang lists (1929)
Dave Hause
- Hillbilly armor
Grant Barrett
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
Laurence Horn
- Typo? New word?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- two notes on MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Typo? New word?
Laurence Horn
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- REDACTED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- bloops and bloopers (radio, film, baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
David Bowie
- Typo? New word?
Jonathan Lighter
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
Alice Faber
- Annual Meeting program: updated version
AAllan at AOL.COM
- woty
Dennis Baron
- Antedating of "The Late Unpleasantness"
Fred Shapiro
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
Laurence Horn
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Chris F Waigl
- yet another for the eggcorn file
Laurence Horn
- 'coward out' quickly revisited
Laurence Horn
- Bill Mullins spots 1896 "hot dog" in a Utah newspaper (first non-college attestation)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Bill Mullins spots 1896 "hot dog" in a Utah newspaper (first non-college attestation)
Douglas G. Wilson
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Arnold M. Zwicky
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- "Keep your eye upon the donut" (1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- frankfurter sausage
Mullins, Bill
- Atlanta Constitution and Boston Globe in ProQuest for December, January!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bill Mullins spots 1896 "hot dog"--(more thoughts)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Antedating of "Skydiving" and "Skydiver"
Fred Shapiro
- Bill Mullins spots 1896 "hot dog"--(more thoughts)
Jonathan Lighter
- Further Antedatings of "Skydiving" and "Skydiver"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Wheeler-Dealer"
Fred Shapiro
- Bill Mullins spots 1896 "hot dog"--(more thoughts)
Dave Wilton
- second thoughts on Nkinis
James A. Landau
- frankfurter sausage
Benjamin Zimmer
- No subject
Benjamin Zimmer
- frankfurter sausage
Fred Shapiro
- Vanity Pounds
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Skydiving" and "Skydiver"
Benjamin Zimmer
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Population Explosion"
Fred Shapiro
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Wilson Gray
- roadside bomb
Dennis Baron
- roadside bomb
Dave Wilton
- roadside bomb
Tom Dalzell
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Jonathan Lighter
- second thoughts on Nkinis
sagehen
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Wilson Gray
- Pittsburgh Christmas Carol
Douglas G. Wilson
- Pittsburgh Christmas Carol
Sam Clements
- Dictionary of Barbershop terms (Singlish?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chinese Popcorn (Sweet & Pungent Shrimp); Shredded Ice
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Mark A. Mandel
- "Don't make waves"--message from Reinhold Aman
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- second thoughts on Nkinis, bis
Mark A. Mandel
- Optimist's Creed on the donut (1904)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Arnold M. Zwicky
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Douglas G. Wilson
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Grant Barrett
- Phonetic alphabets
Mark A. Mandel
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Mark A. Mandel
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Mark A. Mandel
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Merry Christmas"
Barbara Need
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Roast beast"
James Callan
- "Roast beast"
Barnhart
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Sam Clements
- "Merry Christmas"
Sam Clements
- "Merry Christmas"
Jonathan Lighter
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Jim Parish
- False "Mandela" quote ("Brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Sam Clements
- "Merry Christmas"
Wilson Gray
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Merry Christmas"
Barbara Need
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Spaghetti Western"
Fred Shapiro
- "Merry Christmas"
Dave Wilton
- Antedating of "Whodunit"
Fred Shapiro
- Write what?
Wilson Gray
- "Merry Christmas"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- No subject
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Whodunit"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Atlanta Constitution and Boston Globe in ProQuest for December, January!
Fred Shapiro
- motormouth (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Article: Word sleuths dig up true origin of the term "hot dog"
Grant Barrett
- Other articles (Was: Re: Article: Word sleuths dig up...)
Jesse Sheidlower
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Jonathan Lighter
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Jonathan Lighter
- "Merry Christmas"
Jonathan Lighter
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- WOTY
Grant Barrett
- "Cake Day" in New York City?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sees glass half full or half empty (1935, by Josiah Stamp?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Rube" 1846?
Sam Clements
- second thoughts on Nkinis
James A. Landau
- WOTY
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Fwd: "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- This year, we blaused to TiVo a wardrobe malfunction
James A. Landau
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- one good eggcorn deserves another
Laurence Horn
- grant barrett in the NYT (was Re: "Cake Day" in New York City?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- WOTY
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: "Merry Christmas"
Laurence Horn
- WOTY
Jesse Sheidlower
- WOTY
Grant Barrett
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- Sees glass half full or half empty (1935, by Josiah Stamp?)
Jonathan Lighter
- WOTY
Grant Barrett
- grant barrett in the NYT (was Re: "Cake Day" in New York City?)
Grant Barrett
- grant barrett in the NYT (was Re: "Cake Day" in New York City?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- season's greetings
Mark A. Mandel
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Douglas G. Wilson
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- WOTY
sagehen
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- Banana and Peanut Butter Sadnwiches ("The Elvis") (1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Banana and Peanut Butter Sadnwiches ("The Elvis") (1930)
Mullins, Bill
- Bougatsa (Greek dessert) and Titan Foods
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Laurence Horn
- "movie" compounds
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Roast beast"
James Callan
- air force slang
Mullins, Bill
- whole nine montagnards
Mullins, Bill
- Sees glass half full or half empty (1935, by Josiah Stamp?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Benjamin Zimmer
- air force slang
Dave Wilton
- air force slang
Bruce Hunter
- "movie" compounds
Fred Shapiro
- Naming diseases
David Bowie
- "Merry Christmas"
Wendalyn Nichols
- "Roast beast"
Allen Maberry
- Further Antedatings of "Population Explosion"
Fred Shapiro
- Naming diseases
Douglas G. Wilson
- the whole nine 'yards
Stephen Goranson
- "Rube" 1846?
George Thompson
- second thoughts on Nkinis
James A. Landau
- air force slang: more annotations
Wilson Gray
- the whole nine 'yards
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- "Rube" 1846?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- "Rube" 1846?
Michael Quinion
- Eggcorn
Dennis R. Preston
- WOTY press release
AAllan at AOL.COM
- "Merry Christmas"
Jeff Prucher
- "with regards to"--(looks like a blend)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- thimble-rig, was: "Rube" 1846?
Mullins, Bill
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Jonathan Lighter
- GI: "Government Issue"?
sagehen
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Bruce Hunter
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "movie" compounds
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Arnold M. Zwicky
- OT: Eglin trip (for military slang)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Grant Barrett
- WOTY press release
Dave Wilton
- the whole nine 'yards
Douglas G. Wilson
- WOTY press release
Grant Barrett
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Laurence Horn
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Benjamin Zimmer
- air force slang
Tiffany Ferrell
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Fred Shapiro
- Muskie: "Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything" (1972)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rojak (1966) (a Malay salad)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Laurence Horn
- Rojak (1966) (a Malay salad)
Laurence Horn
- the whole nine (')yards
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Beth Simon
- Strausbaugh's dismissive comment on "dude" (was Re: Eggheads' Naughty Word Games)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Laurence Horn
- Rojak (1966) (a Malay salad)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Strausbaugh's dismissive comment on "dude" (was Re: Eggheads' Naughty Word Games)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- the whole nine 'yards
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Underclass"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Underclass"
Beverly Flanigan
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Fred Shapiro
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Underclass"
Mullins, Bill
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Laurence Horn
- REDACTED
Bethany K. Dumas
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- Write what?
Erik Hoover
- Naming diseases
Dave Hause
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Donut/Optimist Creed (April 15, 1904)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- book by Rebecca Mercuri on sandwiches
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Benjamin Zimmer
- GI: "Government Issue"?
sagehen
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Wilson Gray
- Noodling or Hogging (Handfishing)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- Noodling or Hogging (Handfishing)
Grant Barrett
- Noodling or Hogging (Handfishing)
Jesse Sheidlower
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Noodling or Hogging (Handfishing)
Grant Barrett
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Mullins, Bill
- Noodling (August 18, 1916)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- More on "Winning isn't everything"
Mullins, Bill
- from Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- from Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- REDACTED
Douglas G. Wilson
- "movie" compounds
Benjamin Zimmer
- Noodling (August 18, 1916)
Grant Barrett
- "movie" compounds
Fred Shapiro
- The ADS WOTY conference
Barbara Need
- The ADS WOTY conference
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "Native American"
Fred Shapiro
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Patty Davies
- New light on "Ms." (1901)
Benjamin Zimmer
- REDACTED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "movie" compounds
Jonathan Lighter
- slice (golf) antedate
Mullins, Bill
- muck-a-muck = bigwig (1883)
Benjamin Zimmer
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Tom Kysilko
- "movie" compounds
Benjamin Zimmer
- MUDder, MUDding (Jan. '90)
Benjamin Zimmer
- GI: "Government Issue"?
James A. Landau
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- The ADS WOTY conference
Laurence Horn
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Laurence Horn
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
Tom Kysilko
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- Rojak, Nasi Lemak (1909)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Optimist looks at eyes, pessimist at feet" (Chesterton, 1908)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gula Malaka" or "Gula Malacca" (1931)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gula Malaka" or "Gula Malacca" (1931)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Gula Malaka" or "Gula Malacca" (1931) and more
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Football "Hut" (1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- muck-a-muck = bigwig (1883)
Art Goodtimes
- Mary Jane
Art Goodtimes
- Mary Jane
Jesse Sheidlower
- Sanas (etymology) of Four Racist terms
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of Mucky Mucks
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas (etymology) of Four Racist terms
Philip E. Cleary
- Sanas (etymology) of Four Racist terms
Daniel Cassidy
- Move With A Purpose
Dave Wilton
- Mary Jane; Corker
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mary Jane; Corker (1993)
Orion Montoya
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
Dave Robertson
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Dennis R. Preston
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
Laurence Horn
- Football "Hut" (1956)
Benjamin Zimmer
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
Grant Barrett
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
FRITZ JUENGLING
- muck-a-muck = bigwig (1883)
Benjamin Zimmer
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Wilson Gray
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Sanas of Mucky Mucks
Educational CyberPlayGround
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Beverly Flanigan
- Mary Jane; Corker
Art Goodtimes
- Mary Jane
Art Goodtimes
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Laurence Horn
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Alice Faber
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Benjamin Zimmer
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Laurence Horn
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Benjamin Zimmer
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Mullins, Bill
- Golf "mulligan" (1937)
Benjamin Zimmer
- multiculti (1990)
Benjamin Zimmer
- multiculti (1990)
Benjamin Zimmer
- yegg
Mullins, Bill
- multinational (1854), multinationalism (1944), multi-ethnic (1941)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hut (football) (1954)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- mixed media (1945), multimedia (1950)
Benjamin Zimmer
- yegg
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Welfare State"
Fred Shapiro
- yegg
Jonathan Lighter
- yegg
Jonathan Lighter
- "Merry Christmas"
Bruce Hunter
- natural disaster (1902); disaster relief (1898)
Barnhart
- "Cat faces" on tomatoes (1934)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Swing Voter"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Teenager"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Swing Voter"
Barnhart
- multitrack (various senses)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- technically correct subject-verb agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: Antedating of "Teenager"
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Teenager"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Re: 1) yegg; 2) a few racist terms
Jonathan Lighter
- "Topsite": new word?
Wilson Gray
- multiversity (1926), pluriversity (1951)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Fries"
Jonathan Lighter
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