March 2004 Archives by thread
Starting: Mon Mar 1 00:49:58 UTC 2004
Ending: Wed Mar 31 15:47:01 UTC 2004
Messages: 778
- Spending a British Currency Unit, was: Re: Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question)
paulzjoh
- stoopnagle
Sam Clements
- Subject: Re: "Make like a tree and leave"
Jerry Kane
- live by the dictionary or submit!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: cialis
Gerald Cohen
- Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question; possible answer)
Gerald Cohen
- Further Antedating of "Linguistic"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Neologism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Numismatics"
Fred Shapiro
- Kumback/Comback Sauce; Pot Stickers
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Rationalism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Federalism"
Fred Shapiro
- Rodney Dangerfield. Was Re: Kumback/Comback Sauce; Pot Stickers
Sam Clements
- Fwd: New Word
Victoria Neufeldt
- Nesselrode pie (1944)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Croissant (1896)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Boil-in-Bag (1958)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Posting etiquette
David Bowie
- ordering of authors' names
David Bowie
- pidgin English and "Nix Forstay"
Peter A. McGraw
- Movie Hopping
Baker, John
- Movie Hopping; Croissant (1875)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Ralph" (Nader)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "smackdown"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "C-level"
James A. Landau
- "word"
Beth Simon
- "I see" said the blind man (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- C-Level (2000)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- IP (Was: "C-level")
Baker, John
- -- not!
George Thompson
- Attack Ad (1976); Belligerati (2000); Blue Slip (1950)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Marxism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Marxist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of chicle(gum) 1884
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "Racism"
Fred Shapiro
- Anglo Sphere (1998); Attack Fax (1990); Black Cat (1961); Bounce (1980)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Big League (1924); Blinked (
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Heavens to Betsy and X hands 'round!
Douglas G. Wilson
- Commitment Ceremony (1990), Civil Union (1992), Pairage (1997)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Deer in the headlights" (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Montagnards & 9 yards proposal (death of Elaine Shepard)
Gerald Cohen
- Wrong and Holla
Benjamin Barrett
- Wrong; "Street Sweeper" slang irony
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sundae (1900, 1903); "I see," said the blind man
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Yankee" and "Dixie" dialects
Orin Hargraves
- Upstate/downstate
Duane Campbell
- American Name Society/San Francisco Jan 2005
Ed Lawson
- Val-girl [sic] "like"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- one of the oldest written words in the english language still in usage
Joshua Nimocks
- Bridge and Tunnel people
Larissa H. Chen
- Cushion Meat (1996)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Deer in the headlights (1986, 1988); Play the "X" card
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Blind Man (16th century); Beep (1952); Buyer's Remorse; Frienemies
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "pro-life" changed to "anti-abortion", erroneously
Jesse Sheidlower
- Re: Re: "Yankee" and "Dixie" dialects
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Wrong [and Holla]
Mark A. Mandel
- one of the oldest written words in the english language still in usage -- NOT!
Mark A. Mandel
- "Street Sweeper"
Dave Hause
- "poutine" (Quebec food), or how George Bush believed he was endorsed by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Poutine
Gerald Cohen
- "What's tough?" "Life." "What's life?" "A magazine." (1945)
Michael McKernan
- Scots and/or Irish American dialect
Patti Kurtz
- Scots and Irish Dialect part 2
Patti Kurtz
- origin of slur--horizontal Oriental vagina
Sam Clements
- 'mo = homo
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Chili-mac (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Micro-Aggression
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- fansubbing
Benjamin Barrett
- up/down to London
Lynne Murphy
- origin of "muggle"
James A. Landau
- origin of muggle
Lynne Murphy
- Up and down, railways and Oxbridge (was: Upstate/downstate)
Damien Hall
- note concerning Asshole buddies:speculative etymology
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: 'mo = homo
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: origin of slur--horizontal Oriental vagina
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: chopped liver--consciousness-raising is in order
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: † † † chopped liver--consciousness-rais ing is in order
RonButters at AOL.COM
- chopped liver--consciou sness-raising is in order
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Wellerism"
Fred Shapiro
- Re: Re: chopped liver--consciou sness-raising is in order
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Drunken Sailors" and the economy (1898)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Light turns green, car behind you honks (1948, 1950)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Undergraduate front-clipping (was 'mo=homo)
Tom Kysilko
- "Mule Kicking" Chili; Martha
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Remorse
Stahlke, Herbert F.W.
- getting your own postings
Mark A. Mandel
- 1909 World Series Lingo
davemarc
- Spider Cake (1895); "JFK" Googles ADS-L; Ski Butler
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- english-only yet again
Dennis Baron
- Bridge & Tunnel Crowd Redux
Dave Wilton
- Googleable ADS-L
Douglas G. Wilson
- Spider Cake (1873) and Bannock (1810)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Finishing Sauce (1985)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- shindig
Michael McKernan
- Beer Can Chicken (1993)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ambulance Chaser (1896)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Deviance"
Fred Shapiro
- Spider Cake (1895)
Laurence Horn
- easy/eager
Arnold M. Zwicky
- solid oysters
Michael McKernan
- Wildfires v. Forest Fires
Dave Wilton
- Can of Worms (1951); Candy From a Baby (1902); How You Play the Game (1926)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating? of tchotchke and bummerkeh (ca. 1912)
Sam Clements
- How You Played the Game (1918); Tsatske
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- De-gaying
Benjamin Barrett
- Re: Undergraduate front-clipping (was 'mo=homo)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Actor's Dialects
Ray Villegas
- "Show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser" (1965)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedatings of Terminate, Termination, Prejudice (Euphemisms)
Fred Shapiro
- "Candy from a baby"(1900)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Wine Cooler; Sangria
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Thumbprint Cookies (1950); Sangria (1951); Wine Cooler & Adult Soda Pop
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- NY Times cartoonist Dargan
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rockefeller Gesture; Reverse McCarthyism; Bleeding Heart; Beltway Bandit
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hanover and Hindoo prices
Jonathon Green
- Hanover and Hindoo prices:corrigendum
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hindoo and Hanover
Jonathon Green
- doesn't/don't
Page Stephens
- obscene words from "Deadwood"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- obscene words from deadwood
Dennis Baron
- Cut the Mustard (1898); Love You Beans & Rice; Milk, Milk, Lemonade
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Piss in your Cheerios (1990); Must be jelly; White on rice; Stuffed like turkey
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fat Cat (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- starving the beast query
Allen D. Maberry
- ambulance chaser
James A. Landau
- Hoe
Page Stephens
- Hector was a pup (1906)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of 'hard/tough row to hoe' ( 1829)
Sam Clements
- Hector was a pup (1906)/ now 1904
Sam Clements
- Straight Dope (1905)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Does "hurler" predate 1906?
Gerald Cohen
- politically sensitive labels
Prof. R. Sussex
- Straight Dope (1904); Mojama (1992), Mosciame; Broccoflower (1989)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Par bake" (bread); Dorgan on Journal-American (!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Must be jelly (1942); White on rice (1976)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- architecting
Wendalyn Nichols
- subject-verb agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "jazz" in painting, 1915/1916
George Thompson
- Milk, Milk, Lemonade
Mark A. Mandel
- outsourcing
Mark A. Mandel
- Fwd: "yestersol"
Mark A. Mandel
- democrat as an adjective and some conservative buzz words
Jerome Foster
- Antedating of "Democrat Party"
Fred Shapiro
- Wrap fish in newspaper (1952); Line bird cage in newspaper (1949)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- If life hands you lemons, make lemonade (1908)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Grab a root and growl (1939); Something in the milk ain't clean (1997)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rode hard, put away wet (1958); Zigged, should have zagged (1949)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fw: hippie trivia question
Page Stephens
- subject-verb agreement - stridden
James Smith
- democrat as an adjective
James A. Landau
- Zigged, should have zagged (1949)
George Thompson
- Schawafel (shawarma + falafel), Amba Sauce
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: subject-verb agreement - stridden
Steve Boatti
- snow-related deaths
Mark A. Mandel
- 'mo
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Cosmonaut"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Karate"
Fred Shapiro
- Something the cat dragged in (1921); Shooting fish in a barrel (1911)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Cosmonaut"; Crying Towel (1929)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Slight Antedating of "Bamboo Curtain"
Fred Shapiro
- Slight Antedating of "Veep"
Fred Shapiro
- Rode hard, put away wet (1958)
Page Stephens
- Something the cat dragged in (1921);
Dave Hause
- useful site for finding movie maledictions
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Long-Tailed Cat & Rocking Chairs (1953); Off Like a Dirty Shirt (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Early cite for Canuck
Sam Clements
- Animal Crackers (1883); Whistling Woman & Crowing Hen (1840)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fish or Cut Bait (1860); Canuck
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine (1868)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Two shakes of a lamb''s tail (1855); Older than the hills and twice as dusty
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Big Dogs/Porch (1986); Same Dog's Tail (1954); Cow in Fly Time (1877)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Socks on a Rooster (1959)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- sign off
Bob & Judy Sydow
- Re: Re: † † † 'mo = homo
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Big Dogs/Porch (1986)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Charles Carson's surgery
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "the cutting edge"--Question
Gerald Cohen
- "chopped liver" revisited
Gerald Cohen
- "whole nine yards"
Stephen Goranson
- ADS Sessions at MLA 2004
Michael Adams
- Big Dogs/Porch (1986) (trademarks)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- doesn't/don't: first-hand experience
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Atlanta Hartsfield Airport
James A. Landau
- E.V.O.O. or EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) (1916)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Further Antedating of "Deviance"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Racism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of 'press conference'
Sam Clements
- President 'Wildon' = Wilson
Sam Clements
- Comedy is tragedy plus time (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of John Kerry's last name
Gerald Cohen
- Life is just one... (1909); Dirty Shirt; Extra Virgin
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Atlanta Hartsfield Airport
RonButters at AOL.COM
- When the Dead Sea was only sick (1948?); Rooster socks
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Big Hat, No Cattle (1961, 1977)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kicked to death by grasshoppers (1817)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Southeastern Conference on Linguistics positions
Michael Montgomery
- Razor Soup(1876); So ugly(1984); Off/Prom Dress(1990); Tragedy/Pants Torn (1936)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Weaned on a pickle (1924)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- A WHISTLING WOMAN AND A CROWING HEN
Mark A. Mandel
- ppl of "strode"
Mark A. Mandel
- Remarkable Definition & Antedating of "Burgle"
Fred Shapiro
- thriftless drunken sailors
George Thompson
- Go to Hell thru [what city?] first
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Moneybags ("chiefly British"--OED)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ficelle (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- as ADJ of a N as
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? (1990)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: polygotry
RonButters at AOL.COM
- (Messed up/Queer/Gay as a) Football Bat (1990)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Shit/Shoot fire and save the matches (1961)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Boiled owl (1861); Hogan's goat (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "gerries" for old persons
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Weber "skunks" the Chicago Tribune on "Windy City"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- new saying
James A. Landau
- Re: Re: stridden
Arnold M. Zwicky
- whack 'whacked'
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: whack 'whacked'
Steve Boatti
- polygotry
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Apologies
Michael Adams
- stridden
sagehen
- Nerd (1954)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- That is so dick!
RonButters at AOL.COM
- linguistic tolerance
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "WYSIWYG" in Seybold obituary
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- The Eruditor? [9 'yards! Essenes!]
Stephen Goranson
- Islamist
Lynne Murphy
- "Second City" in OED
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Three-dollar bill (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Phony as a three dollar bill (1945)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Times Square (17 March 1904); Curry Hill (1995)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Tarte Tatin (1898)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Why "drunk as a boiled owl"? (was: Boiled owl (1861);...)
Gerald Cohen
- Whack
davemarc
- Hot and Sour (1931, 1964)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: "gerries" for old persons
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Pandoro (1950); Chicken Tenders (1984, 1986)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Vigoron (1988)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Infoganda or Info-ganda (1993)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Through hell and half of Georgia (1913)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Creeks don't rise (1892); Ugly as homemade sin (1890); Licked red off your candy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nothing beats "homemade" (was Ugly as homemade sin (1890))
Dennis R. Preston
- Needs + past part. in New England?
Joanne M. Despres
- A Posting on "Windy City" Not by Barry Popik
Fred Shapiro
- Fwd: Re: Audiotapes of English dialects
Beverly Flanigan
- Only way to fly
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Flexitarian?
C Muir
- Phood (Food + Pharma, or nutritionally enhanced food); Chicago Public Library
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Should kittens born in an oven be called biscuits? (1895)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pour piss out of a boot with directions on the heel (1942)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Phony"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Phony"
Fred Shapiro
- Nothing beats "homemade" (was Ugly as homemade sin (1890)
David Bowie
- definition of grassroots
NOLA DAISY
- Further Antedating of "Phony" (1894)
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "grass widow/widower" 1843/1856
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "good time Charlie" 1925/1926
Sam Clements
- whack: a cool rule?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- so stink
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "where's the fire?" 1875
Sam Clements
- in-migrant (was: Through hell and half of Georgia)
Mark A. Mandel
- Santa Maria Barbecue (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mai Tai (1958)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Victory has a hundred fathers, defeat is an orphan (1945)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going (1956)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chilighetti (1958); Ranger Cookies (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Winning Isn't Everything (1950)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nacatamales (1945); Ranger Cookies (1950); Hard Knocks School (1878)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Oprah's "Tossed Salad" of sex slang
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Prioritize"
Fred Shapiro
- Howard Stern's "blumpkin," "balloon knot," "David Copperfield"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- COCK as vernacular pop adjectival
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Singapore COCK is probably not CACK
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Got up on wrong side of bed (1862)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lobengulous
Mark A. Mandel
- "Nacatamal," "Rosquillas," "Vaho" and Nicaraguan food; "New-Haveners"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Reposado (1990); Cotija (1966); Gremolata (1977)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 101
Mark A. Mandel
- 101
Jesse Sheidlower
- 101
Thomas Paikeday
- 101
Barnhart
- 101
Page Stephens
- 101
Baker, John
- 101
Kathleen E. Miller
- 101
Fred Shapiro
- ou'doors
Dale Coye
- Lose head if not attached (1943); Chicken head (1889); Reposado; Gremolata
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Noodle Bar (1960); Nabe & Shabu-Shabu (1963); Sam Sloan's epitaphs
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lose head if not attached
Damien Hall
- 101: Course Inflation
Geoff Nathan
- "English" in billiards
George Thompson
- "That'll be the day" (1942)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Don't Dangle Your Participles in Public
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Uttapam" of Indian vegetarian cooking
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Why name "Madison" so popular for girls?
Gerald Cohen
- Why name "Madison" so popular for girls?
Sam Clements
- Do you still beat your wife? (1901)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- The dog ate my homework (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "All broth and no beans" & "Fine as cream gravy" (Two from Texas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- OT: Errors in Reporting
Kathleen E. Miller
- In defense of journalists
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Why name "Madison" so popular
James A. Landau
- "Texas Butter" & "Narrow at the Equator;" SALLIE LEMONS!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "English" in billiards (New York Clipper)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- History lived forward, written backward; Two chances: slim and none
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: 17.737 new on WWW: records of the Old Bailey
Clai Rice
- demotic adjectives
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Web servey of perception of Germanic languages
Sean Fitzpatrick
- Walk and Chew Gum (1966); So Old School...; Tom Fuller (1900)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Walk and Chew Gum (1965?); So Old School...; Tom Fuller (1900)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Waitress (1825); Food Myths at IACP conference
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Some "laws"
James A. Landau
- new on WWW: records of the Old Bailey
Mark A. Mandel
- No subject
Jerome Foster
- Like a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat (1901); Sub screen doors
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- in-migrant
Beverly Flanigan
- Grits ain't groceries (1965); "Blind man," "Candy & nuts" update
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Navajo "Frybread" (1957); Nacatamales (1945); Waitress (1818, 1819)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Jinx" etymology summary
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hatchet Job (1940); Hatchet Man (1936); Subway Series
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- grass roots (1880's)
Barnhart
- anchorman (1952?)
Orin Hargraves
- "Astroturf"
James A. Landau
- anchorman (1952?); Astroturf
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Talking Turkey (1837, 1839); Poor as Job's Turkey (1828)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Tip of the iceberg (1947); Keep your chin up (1882, 1893)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Keep your feet on the ground (1896, 1913); Keep your fingers crossed (1913)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Keep up with the Joneses (1894?, 1913); Keep your nose clean (1877)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Let the chips fall/fly where they may/will (1855)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- That's the way the cookie crumbles (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mop Flops & Ball Bounces; Popcorn (verb)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Inch/Cinch, Yard/Hard (1947); Lie can go around world... (1854)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Brand naming kids
David Bowie
- Keep up with the Joneses (1894?, 1913)
Laurence Horn
- Astroturf
Grant Barrett
- guttural (was: "Astroturf")
Mark A. Mandel
- Chicken Salad from Chicken Scratch; Monkey See/Do; No Good Deed
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease"
Fred Shapiro
- Mercedes (Was: Brand naming kids)
Peter A. McGraw
- Origin of "p*ss and vinegar"?
Bill Le May
- Ford Maddox Ford
David Bergdahl
- Pep & Vinegar (1915), Pickles & Vinegar (no "piss")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ford Madox Ford
Mark A. Mandel
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