December 2004 Archives by thread
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- dialectal "from the home" /of the home
Baker, John
- Cock tail (1806); Jonnycake
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- shock rock, one-hit wonder, psychedelicatessen (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Marsha Alley
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
sagehen
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Wilson Gray
- "Long, Tall Texan"
Mark A. Mandel
- middle relief (1955), middle reliever (1961)
Benjamin Zimmer
- middle relief (1955),-antedating 1952
Sam Clements
- all-star team/game/break
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
- Linguistics research
Beverly Flanigan
- Pigeon shoots
Page Stephens
- more baseball
Mullins, Bill
- Wolof hip
Mark A. Mandel
- "New York Rangers" naming mystery (1926)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- hip hop and Barry Popik
Mullins, Bill
- "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
- ADS-L Digest - 28 Nov 2004 to 29 Nov 2004 (#2004-335)
Kathryn Remlinger
- off-speed pitches
Benjamin Zimmer
- Query: Q score/Q rating/just plain Q
Grant Barrett
- e-dress
Damien Hall
- Attention Arnold!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- MVP
Benjamin Zimmer
- Phonetic alphabets
Barbara Need
- nightcap (baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- our cup-sprung and cherry-merry ancestors
Benjamin Zimmer
- BVD's
Wilson Gray
- 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
- Orange Revolution; Baseball; Hip-Hop; Whores
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- me-too
Benjamin Zimmer
- Mickey Finn (1918)
Benjamin Zimmer
- tennis elbow
Mullins, Bill
- those hip NYers, 1786
George Thompson
- Mike Salovesh
George Thompson
- Wet clothes...Dry Martini (1940)
Fred Shapiro
- "Wicked City"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Re: the Lenape language
Beverly Flanigan
- "Wake me up when Kirby dies" (1886)
Jonathan Lighter
- "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
- FWIW
Jonathan Lighter
- FWIW
Sam Clements
- FWIW
Jonathan Lighter
- The Sanas (etymology) of Faro
Daniel Cassidy
- Fwd: Department of mixed metaphors
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
- Wait in Times Square (1926); Limerick; More Whores
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FWIW II
Wilson Gray
- x-locker
Bruce Hunter
- book titles
Mullins, Bill
- "to mill", to steal: 1752
George Thompson
- dasher/cut a dash
George Thompson
- "terrible to pay"
George Thompson
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Mullins, Bill
- shining knob
Wilson Gray
- Articles (as in the Constitution)
Jan Kammert
- x-lockers
Bruce Hunter
- Phonetic alphabets +
neil
- shining knob +
neil
- New Slang Mailing List
Jesse Sheidlower
- A 'blue zillion'
David Bowie
- Johnny shirt
Mark A. Mandel
- No subject
Emily Drach
- I never saw a purple brain...
Mark A. Mandel
- Chicago Tribune: WINDY CITY: Where did it come from?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- awkward phrase
FRITZ JUENGLING
- black head
Mullins, Bill
- "Windy City" story--a few thoughts
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Pronunciation of "Lowth" (Was Re: Phonetic alphabets)
Alan Baragona
- Ground Zero (September 11, 2001)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "the hots"
Mullins, Bill
- Gandy Dancer (1918)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "medaling" (in golf, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Gibson Cocktail" wrong in Arthur Schwartz NEW YORK FOOD
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pronouncing Bowie
David Bowie
- "numbers" (= baseball stats)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: dude!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dude!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- I'm done my homework
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Nunberg on "curl up with a good book"
Benjamin Zimmer
- American Speech on CNN
AAllan at AOL.COM
- A newly popular word
Rebecca Larche Moreton
- 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
- uh-uh
Laurence Horn
- "dude" et al.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- More on Wolof "hip"
Jesse Sheidlower
- southpaws, wingers, wrong-wingers
Dan Goodman
- shock rock, cock rock
Benjamin Zimmer
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- shock rock, cock rock
Mullins, Bill
- shock rock, cock rock
Benjamin Zimmer
- shock rock, cock rock
Jesse Sheidlower
- shock rock, cock rock
Erik Hoover
- shock rock, cock rock
Wilson Gray
- shock rock, cock rock
Wilson Gray
- shock rock, cock rock
Erin B. Waggoner
- shock rock, cock rock
Laurence Horn
- Universal Free Dictionary
Grant Barrett
- A newly popular word - I am a wing nut.
Kathleen E. Miller
- Who's got the right one, baby (UH-HUH)?
Mark A. Mandel
- ADS Annual Meeting - General Information
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Re: More on Wolof "hip"
Wilson Gray
- "blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- I'm all done my homework
ddr11
- Re: Arnold Zwicky et al. aside ...
RonButters at AOL.COM
- 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
- "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
- Greek penicillin (Avgolemono soup); That Windy City
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Windy City"--a few more thoughts
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Teenspeak
Jonathon Green
- Singular "yez"?
Alice Faber
- "Windy City"--a few more thoughts; Mo Nickels on "Big Apple"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sandwich Rage
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "faro"<"pharaoh", formerly Re: "dude" et al.
George Thompson
- slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- USCROUTE R08 TYPE
Michael Montgomery
- "It's [still] alive!"
Wilson Gray
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Wilson Gray
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Jonathan Lighter
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Laurence Horn
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Bob Fitzke
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Mark A. Mandel
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Jim Parish
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Fred Shapiro
- "A man, a plan, a canal--Panama" (1955)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- slow boat to china
Fred Shapiro
- 'A man, a plan, a canal--Panama' (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: Eggcorn perfection: "Carrot on a stick"/"Carrot and stick"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Mea culpae
James A. Landau
- "golf clap"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- 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
- lexically minimalist dialogues
Arnold M. Zwicky
- FW: slang from Punk Magazine
Mullins, Bill
- Teen acronyms - the new etymological threat
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dipe" in "Dipe-ducat" (subway ticket) in 1922 "Flappers' Dictionary
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "What You See Is What You Get"
Fred Shapiro
- mishy-phens (was Re: FW: shock rock, cock rock)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "cake-basket" (1922) = limousine--et al.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- The Sanas (etymology) of Dude
Daniel Cassidy
- The Wild Sanas (etymology) of Buccaneer
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of Dude (without diacriticals)
Daniel Cassidy
- "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
- Three-Way Chicken; Golden Moustache
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Singular "yez"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- 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
- 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
- "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
- Singular "yez" and "frozen"idioms
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Battle-weary"
Jonathan Lighter
- tag sale
Mullins, Bill
- moustache
Mullins, Bill
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Tiffany Ferrell
- "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)
- "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)
Baker, John
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Laurence Horn
- "Paris Hilton" quote on a woman's animals (mink, jaguar, tiger) (1991)
Fred Shapiro
- moustaches: "miniature baseball nines"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Uno dos tres catorce" (Junk Spanish?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 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
- Number crunching?
Paul Zebe
- crunked
Mullins, Bill
- basketball slang
Mullins, Bill
- second-guesser (1914), second-guessing (1921)
Benjamin Zimmer
- hot dog
Mullins, Bill
- 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
- "They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat." & "Facts are stubborn things"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- cheers in the UK
Dale Coye
- hot dog--(German war dog sandwich)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- 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
- Hallacas (1909)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Stubborn Things" (Facts? Truth? Rhymes?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kibosh
Sam Clements
- "Off the schneid" (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Luggage and Baggage
Benjamin Barrett
- New expresssions for "dibs"
Se�n Fitzpatrick
- RamaHanuKwanzMas
David Bowie
- The Sanas of the Irish Art of the Lick
Daniel Cassidy
- Uparmoring
Joyce, Thomas F.
- magic mushroom (1957), etc.
Benjamin Zimmer
- screamies
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: dirty words in dictionaries revisted
RonButters at AOL.COM
- dirty words in dict ionaries revisted
Jonathan Lighter
- cu(?)t
Laurence Horn
- FIRE & ICE; Hotropolis
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sanas of Scud, Scudding, Skedaddle
Daniel Cassidy
- "Whole Ball of Wax" (1892)
George Thompson
- as(s)tronomy cites
Mark A. Mandel
- Number Crunching
James A. Landau
- Pronouncing Iraq
sagehen
- No bare root vegetables
Ed Keer
- Cooling my heels
Marsha Alley
- not too shabby (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- astronomy
Mullins, Bill
- WASP (Chicago Tribune, May 1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Sociobiology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Cinematic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Biomedical"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Abstract Expressionism"
Fred Shapiro
- "None too shabby" (1952); MTA, SoDeWha, WhaTHDIW
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- The Sanas of Sneak and its Sneaky English Cognate (cousin)
Daniel Cassidy
- Smart-aleck
Douglas G. Wilson
- smart Aleck
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: journalist's inquiry on the slang of Variety magazine
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- 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
- Antedating of "Unquote"
Fred Shapiro
- West Point Slang (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Burrata (Bon Appetit "ingredients of the year") (1982)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- UNSUBSCRIBE
Amber Gramig
- ball-and-strike count (1924)
Benjamin Zimmer
- 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
- MSM
Laurence Horn
- MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Santa,Nast, and the North Pole
Sam Clements
- MSM (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- Cybersex + 3Bs
neil
- Defend [against]
James A. Landau
- "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Jesse Sheidlower
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Laurence Horn
- lid, meth, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "set the perimeters"
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- pitch-out (1903)
Benjamin Zimmer
- squib, v. (1919), squibber (1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- 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
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Jesse Sheidlower
- "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
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (was: Re: lid, meth, etc. (1966))
Jonathon Green
- "Chicken or the Egg"
Fred Shapiro
- kazillion (1969), gazillion (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- lid, meth, etc.
Dan Goodman
- Bennies
Michael Quinion
- more drug measurements
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS-L Digest - 19 Dec 2004 to 20 Dec 2004 (#2004-356)
James A. Landau
- compensation in China
Conversa
- "blow (one's own/someone else's) mind" (with implications for cognitive science)
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: cross-post: Etymology of 'Bikini Atoll'
Laurence Horn
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Laurence Horn
- second thoughts on Nkinis
Laurence Horn
- more counter-culture and drug stuff
Mullins, Bill
- REDACTED
Arnold M. Zwicky
- bloops and bloopers (radio, film, baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bennies (slang term for Benzedrine)
Jerry E Kane
- "talkie" slang lists (1929)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "talie" slang lists (1929)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- greenery
Paul Frank
- Fresh Air Fund (1869)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Remember the Neediest" (New York Times, 1912--Present)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Camp Cupcake" (Martha Stewart's place)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Steve Boatti
- Re: Re: On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Steve Boatti
- Air Force Slang
Mullins, Bill
- two notes on MSM
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Tikka Masala (1969, sort of)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Verbification of Martha Stewart
Alice Faber
- From _The Nation_
Mullins, Bill
- "Death takes a holiday" (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Typo? New word?
Wilson Gray
- Hillbilly armor
Grant Barrett
- Fwd: MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Annual Meeting program: updated version
AAllan at AOL.COM
- woty
Dennis Baron
- Antedating of "The Late Unpleasantness"
Fred Shapiro
- 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
- "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
- Further Antedatings of "Skydiving" and "Skydiver"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Wheeler-Dealer"
Fred Shapiro
- Vanity Pounds
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Population Explosion"
Fred Shapiro
- roadside bomb
Dennis Baron
- Pittsburgh Christmas Carol
Douglas G. Wilson
- Dictionary of Barbershop terms (Singlish?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chinese Popcorn (Sweet & Pungent Shrimp); Shredded Ice
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "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
- "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Roast beast"
James Callan
- whole nine yards and "Smash" Chandler
Sam Clements
- False "Mandela" quote ("Brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Spaghetti Western"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Whodunit"
Fred Shapiro
- Write what?
Wilson Gray
- 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
- "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
- Fwd: "Merry Christmas"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- This year, we blaused to TiVo a wardrobe malfunction
James A. Landau
- grant barrett in the NYT (was Re: "Cake Day" in New York City?)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- season's greetings
Mark A. Mandel
- Banana and Peanut Butter Sadnwiches ("The Elvis") (1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bougatsa (Greek dessert) and Titan Foods
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- anyone for an anecdote fact-check? (yeah, yeah)
Laurence Horn
- "movie" compounds
Benjamin Zimmer
- whole nine montagnards
Mullins, Bill
- Naming diseases
David Bowie
- Further Antedatings of "Population Explosion"
Fred Shapiro
- the whole nine 'yards
Stephen Goranson
- air force slang: more annotations
Wilson Gray
- GI: "Government Issue"?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- WOTY press release
AAllan at AOL.COM
- "with regards to"--(looks like a blend)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- thimble-rig, was: "Rube" 1846?
Mullins, Bill
- Eggheads' Naughty Word Games
Arnold M. Zwicky
- OT: Eglin trip (for military slang)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing" (1971)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Microneighborhood; Eddie Layton dies ("Charge!")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Muskie: "Winning isn't everything, but losing isn't anything" (1972)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rojak (1966) (a Malay salad)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- the whole nine (')yards
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Strausbaugh's dismissive comment on "dude" (was Re: Eggheads' Naughty Word Games)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Antedating of "Underclass"
Fred Shapiro
- 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
- Noodling or Hogging (Handfishing)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Noodling (August 18, 1916)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- More on "Winning isn't everything"
Mullins, Bill
- from Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The ADS WOTY conference
Barbara Need
- Antedating of "Native American"
Fred Shapiro
- New light on "Ms." (1901)
Benjamin Zimmer
- slice (golf) antedate
Mullins, Bill
- muck-a-muck = bigwig (1883)
Benjamin Zimmer
- MUDder, MUDding (Jan. '90)
Benjamin Zimmer
- gleeking (= squirting saliva)
Tom Kysilko
- 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) and more
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Football "Hut" (1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mary Jane
Art Goodtimes
- Sanas (etymology) of Four Racist terms
Daniel Cassidy
- Sanas of Mucky Mucks
Daniel Cassidy
- Move With A Purpose
Dave Wilton
- Mary Jane; Corker
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- Mary Jane; Corker (1993)
Orion Montoya
- some WOTY candidates, and others
Laurence Horn
- Golf "mulligan" (1937)
Benjamin Zimmer
- multiculti (1990)
Benjamin Zimmer
- yegg
Mullins, Bill
- yegg
Benjamin Zimmer
- yegg
Jonathan Lighter
- yegg
Jonathan Lighter
- multinational (1854), multinationalism (1944), multi-ethnic (1941)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hut (football) (1954)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- mixed media (1945), multimedia (1950)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Welfare State"
Fred Shapiro
- 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
- multitrack (various senses)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: Antedating of "Teenager"
AAllan 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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