July 2004 Archives by thread
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Ending: Sat Jul 31 20:22:14 UTC 2004
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- Ms. [off topic]
Anne Gilbert
- dirty words in dictionaries: semi-final thoughts
Fred Shapiro
- God Gulf (2003); BRAT diet (1989); Reservationists (1995); Rocket Shake
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fripps (potato slices)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Periods after abbreviations
Kim & Rima McKinzey
- facilitation
Orin Hargraves
- Gurgitator (2002)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- mmmkay? and its kin
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" (1973)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Absence od evidence is not evidence of absence" (1969)
Stephen Goranson
- (OT): Request for translation service
Gerald Cohen
- Federal nugget
Peter A. McGraw
- making a federal case of it
George Thompson
- BRAT diet (1989)
James A. Landau
- fluxuation
Barnhart
- Newspeak
Arnold M. Zwicky
- the thin line between error and mere variation II
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Hipsterati; "De-Lovely" review; Where Now?: Jim Crotty
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- conundrum onomasticum (Algonquian word for U.S. president)
Gerald Cohen
- the respelling tactic
Arnold M. Zwicky
- When in doubt, punt (1923) or mumble (1970)
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- spelling matters
sagehen
- Eat Off (1948?); Offer you can't refuse; New Yorker
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- "jimmies" in Philadelphia
Mark A. Mandel
- wedded to the hyphen
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New Yorker (1746, 1749, 1751, 1754)
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- R. W. Burchfield
Jesse Sheidlower
- failures of parallelism
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "I've got a gun, and I'm not afraid to use it!"
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- Fwd: Re: "jimmies" in Philadelphia
Laurence Horn
- Jachnun, Lafa, Matbucha, Melawah, Shakshoukah, Zhug (Yemen cuisine)
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- Shaken, not stirred (1965); Stir, don't shake (1963)
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- Jimmies in NY?
Ed Keer
- Archive-- Am I missing something?
Sam Clements
- Banana Republic(ans); Always room for dessert (1965)
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- Fwd: Re: Fwd: Jimmies in NY?
Geoff Nathan
- Offer you can't refuse
Kathleen E. Miller
- "the plural of anecdote is (not) data."
Sam Clements
- "Plural of anecdote is data" (Ray Wolfinger)
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- Why "jimmy a lock?"--(was: Jimmies in NY?)
Gerald Cohen
- "White knuckle" flight (1965); "White knuckler" (1971)
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- "big apple: -- miscellaneous
George Thompson
- "That's the ticket (for soup)!" (1828)
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- "Bloke" etymology (speculative at best)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Golden Triangles; OT: My lobby in NY Times
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- semantic change: chutzpah
Arnold M. Zwicky
- databases
Mullins, Bill
- question
Kristen and Ted
- "World War I, II" in Google Answers
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- Wag
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wag
Sam Clements
- Wag
Peter A. McGraw
- Wag
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Wag
Victoria Neufeldt
- Wag
Mullins, Bill
- Wag
GSCole
- Wag
Duane Campbell
- Wag
Bruce Dykes
- Wag
James A. Landau
- extraordinary coordination
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [?] databases
Barnhart
- Pittsburgh-style steak (1976)
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- The Charge of the Light Apostrophe, or "their's" in Tennyson
Mark A. Mandel
- failures of parallelism (disjunctive division)
Laurence Horn
- Ms. First Lady, not just anybody
Carolina Jimenez-Marcos
- upped/up?
Bethany K. Dumas
- Pittsburgh-style steak (FACTIVA cites); The Fun CIty (January 7, 1966)
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- Metcalf, Nunberg books; New Yorker & Tar Beach; Black Russian (1957)
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- Pit Master/Pitmaster (1968)
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- Walt Whitman's baseball quote (surely not 1846!)
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- 1st gentleman
Dennis R. Preston
- "checking the mail"
George Thompson
- Another "upped/up" controversy
Wilson Gray
- "Cracker" in Early Encounters in North America
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- COMPLETELY OT: "Secret Life of Popcorn" on Food Network tonight
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- the safirean collective
Arnold M. Zwicky
- upped and...
Laurence Horn
- English Dialect Dictionary
George Thompson
- Lawfare; Early American Newspapers
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- "Five Foot Shelf"
Mullins, Bill
- First Gentleman
Dan Goodman
- First Gentleman -- a couple more uses
Dan Goodman
- Mongo
Geoff Nathan
- Pro-fil-ac-tic
Duane Campbell
- on the blend slip watch
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Claudio R. Salvucci
George Thompson
- Coolidge quote on preacher & sin:"He was against it" (1925)
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- Amateurs Built Ark,Professionals Built Titanic (1990)
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- WSJ.com - All Talk, No Action: A Funeral for Verbs, With Few Pallbearers
Baker, John
- for all you zeugmaphiles out there...
Laurence Horn
- Re: for all you zeugmaphiles out there...
RonButters at AOL.COM
- inadvertent relevance
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A Little More On "First Lady"
Dave Wilton
- White Trash Russian, Poor Man's Margarita, Muddy Bottom, Colt Python
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- Ladies and Gentlemen, the firsts
Carolina Jimenez-Marcos
- Ark/amateurs, Titanic/professionals (from Factiva) (1979);Spoiler
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- barrypopik.com; Matled Milk & Chicago
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- "preventative"
Wilson Gray
- slang terms for "clitoris"
Wilson Gray
- Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- 'Nother blend (or, telling on myself)
David Bowie
- A nursery rhyme
Wilson Gray
- "Sunday bests"?
Alan Baragona
- Odd expression: "screw the pooch" = get things all fouled up
Gerald Cohen
- believe them say
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "blue"(English)=obscene. Why "green" in Spanish?
Sam Clements
- Re: Re: Odd expression: "screw the pooch" = get things all fouled up
RonButters at AOL.COM
- down the middle or across
Barbara Need
- Another nursery rhyme
Dan Goodman
- Smoke-filled room (1915, 1920)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- farty
Dennis R. Preston
- -ing vs. -in' in expletives
RonButters at AOL.COM
- forehead
Page Stephens
- Green, yellow, etc.
Page Stephens
- "douche" vs. "douche-bag"
James A. Landau
- hoarse-horse
Dennis R. Preston
- The show
Janis Vizier Nihart
- Re The show
Janis Vizier Nihart
- A big time at the [picture] show
Wilson Gray
- Acme--two syllables or three? :)
Sam Clements
- Spelling errors as a reflection of non-standard speech
Wilson Gray
- Poontang
Douglas G. Wilson
- Laptopping
Mullins, Bill
- Poontang and Tagalog
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: -ing vs. -in' in expletives
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Centralia, Illinois (was "The show")
Wilson Gray
- A children's punning/rhyming game
Wilson Gray
- The mouse
Janis Vizier Nihart
- Stay Classy & Ginormous; Giclee; Eating Your Words; barrypopik.com
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- East Texas blacks shake hands with Oxford University
Wilson Gray
- South Park
Wilson Gray
- Giclee
Mullins, Bill
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Kathleen E. Miller
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jeff Prucher
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Mark A. Mandel
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Page Stephens
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
James A. Landau
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Page Stephens
- Grab-handle or Strap in Car, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- Re: Re: slang (was Re: Phat [was Re: gay/ghey/ghay])
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Negimaki or Negimayaki
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ginormous
Carolina Jimenez-Marcos
- "laid" and other random BE slang in the HDAS
Wilson Gray
- circle jerk
Arnold M. Zwicky
- JASSM
Grant Barrett
- Brooklyn Side (1911); July Is the Cruelest Month (for "hot dog")
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- Errant journalistic treatments of "hot dog"
Gerald Cohen
- New simile
Jonathan Lighter
- Sweat Shop (1890)
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- "Poontang" etymology (speculative)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Tooth Mouse, tooth fairy
Dan Goodman
- random BE slang in the HDAS
Beverly Flanigan
- pseodonyms
Page Stephens
- Gunkholing
Kathleen E. Miller
- Gunkholing ?1995
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- This is new to me
Wilson Gray
- A couple of examples of black-GI slang influenced by German
Wilson Gray
- O.K & Booze
Jonathan Lighter
- Language Files
Beverly Flanigan
- Lawfare (1975)
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- tori kara
Benjamin J Barrett
- This is no sh*t.
Wilson Gray
- Wackadoos and Hate-triots
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- Re: Re: mmmkay? and its kin
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Next Best Thing to Robert Redford (1966?, 1982)
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- another coordination example
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dog robber
Page Stephens
- Twitchy?
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- Unthaw
Page Stephens
- ADS-L Digest - 27 Jul 2004 to 28 Jul 2004 (#2004-211)
Mark A. Mandel
- "Who-all" and "what-all"
Jim Parish
- language birth
Dennis Baron
- Re 2: A couple of examples of black-GI slang influenced by German
Wilson Gray
- Pizza Margarita (1880?)
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- Roller Derby (1922)
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- lifestyle drug
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The history of saluting
James A. Landau
- This is no shit
sagehen
- No subject
Wilson Gray
- Hide-and-seek (was [Damn! Forgot to supply subject!])
Wilson Gray
- Hide-and-seek ([was "Damn! Forgot to supply subject!])
Wilson Gray
- "Who-all" and "what-all" (and a Southern Illinois side note)
Douglas Bigham
- childhood rhymes
Beverly Flanigan
- From Rags to Riches (1903)
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- Blue Moon
Tom Kysilko
- ..NYT and Disco Rice..
GSCole
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