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- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Robert Fitzke
- "as one in the same"
crg
- flak
Jonathan Lighter
- antedating of "Murphy bed" (1913)
Sam Clements
- MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames
Mark A. Mandel
- "The" Philippines
Barbara Need
- Daylight Saving Time (two new books!); Re: "The" Philippines
bapopik at AOL.COM
- pea-warmer / pee-warmer
Jonathan Lighter
- Dave Wilton's Dictionary; Salad Dressing-ed
bapopik at AOL.COM
- colder than a witch's tit
Mark A. Mandel
- proof-reading fun
Mark A. Mandel
- dope-slap, n., v., interj.
Jonathan Lighter
- documentate!!
James A. Landau
- Hollywood/California Stop (1975)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nitty Gritty (1952)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Alan Dundes (70), Frank Perdue (84) obituaries today
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Geographical Regions (was RE: "The" Philippines)
Benjamin Barrett
- Tizzletalk?
Duane Campbell
- "Is the Pope (a) Catholic?" (1963); Tizzletalk
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Young Lady from Niger (1891); All the trees/earth were bread and cheese (1849, 1869)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "A poet can do more than owner of nail factory" (Roosevelt, 1898)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Is the Pope (a) Catholic?" (1963);
Mullins, Bill
- Lo Fan
Benjamin Barrett
- Nicaragua
Paul Frank
- whole fam-damily (1943)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Vatican City"; was Re: "The" Philippines
Barbara Need
- foreign tongues
David Bergdahl
- Wal-Marted
James A. Landau
- Philadelphia Story 1
neil
- Johnson's dictionary
Paul Frank
- buoy
David Bergdahl
- cush(t)y-mush(t)y
Douglas G. Wilson
- "backslided"
sagehen
- Earlier "jinks" = "jinx" (1904-7)
Douglas G. Wilson
- The Philippines
sagehen
- The wall crumbles
Wilson Gray
- Cushy cow (1805?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "pokeraticians" sighting
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: "pokeraticians" sighting
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Philadelphia Story 2
neil
- OED vs. 18th Century CO (was Johnson's dictionary)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- origin of JINER?
neil
- "that," adv. = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- Kant
David Bergdahl
- Kant
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Kant
David Bergdahl
- distribute
David Bergdahl
- verneshot
Jonathan Lighter
- "poo poo"; was Re: "Red hat, no drawers."
Christine Waigl
- A sign of the Apocalypse?
Wilson Gray
- van Goch (was: Nicaragua)
Peter A. McGraw
- "poo poo"
sagehen
- 'legalize' = "refer disputes about X to the courts"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- antedating of "bangtail" (1812)
Sam Clements
- "Called a New York--"
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- Philadelphia Story 3
neil
- Hooplehead
Michael Quinion
- Two classic American riddles (1854)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Elephant Joke"
Fred Shapiro
- Re: Re: Kant
RonButters at AOL.COM
- bambooing
Mullins, Bill
- PAST forms in VERB+(e)d+(e)d
Wilson Gray
- what i mean
Arnold M. Zwicky
- /bolth/ for both
Greg Pulliam
- Attachment parenting (before 1992?)
James Callan
- FYI: GOP & Elephant
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- Antedating of "Gerrymander"
Fred Shapiro
- stunt word, stunt butt, stunt dick
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Lush Worker (1914); No Democratic or Republican way to clean streets
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Riddles from Cumberland County (1963)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Chicken cross the road" (1901) and other riddle answers
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Philadelphia Story 4
neil
- Lighter lid
sagehen
- taint
neil
- Lush Worker (1914)
George Thompson
- Billie Holiday
George Thompson
- "back in history"
Jonathan Lighter
- Flame warrior roster
Paul Frank
- Fwd: ISHT
Arnold M. Zwicky
- NYT: New lexicographer appointed for Oxford American Dictionary
Mark A. Mandel
- Don Q. (was: Nicaragua)
Peter A. McGraw
- new middle school class???
Jan Kammert
- pharming
Dave Wilton
- Big Apple in new book.
Evan Morris
- bo(l)th
Wilson Gray
- "Assume a Ladder" (1989); Re: Big Apple in a new book
bapopik at AOL.COM
- prescriptive grammar
Paul Frank
- Riddles and Conundrums (1883, 1921)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- FYI: NYPL menu collection
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Another Penn State "burger" (1926)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Alley-Oop
Benjamin Zimmer
- Philadelphia Story 5
neil
- English pronunciation of foreign words
Damien Hall
- throwing it down
Orin Hargraves
- Unsubscribe
J. Eulenberg
- Antedating of "Bell Curve"
Fred Shapiro
- Popes n "Tsars"
Rex W. Stocklin
- Accents in Cold Mountain (the movie)
Paul Frank
- Philadelphia Story 6
neil
- Tufthunter
Michael Quinion
- Su Doku; Guerrilla Shooting
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- To fans of the Historical Dict. of American Slang
Jonathan Lighter
- hockey dasher (1926), dasher boards (1942)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Early "jinks" (1903, 1904, 1910)
Douglas G. Wilson
- constant companion
neil
- Philadelphia Story 7
neil
- "five nines": purity (1961), reliability (1992)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Initialisms (Was: Accents in Cold Mountain (the movie))
Victoria Neufeldt
- Cheesecake; Chicken Lollipop; Chicken crossing road (Google Answers)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Major"
Fred Shapiro
- Wimp (?) (1912)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Goog (1911)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Homophones
neil
- computer proverb
James A. Landau
- "tight as a tick"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Computer Science"
Dave Wilton
- Hatlo was Lighter lid
Mullins, Bill
- Popes n "Tsars" (Off-topic)
Rex W. Stocklin
- Handbook of Conundrums (1913); Opposite of progress (1928); ADS-L archives
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Tarzan
Janis Vizier Nihart
- acceptance of tranny 'transsexual'
Mark A. Mandel
- Indian sign (1895, 1897)
Douglas G. Wilson
- SOTA
sagehen
- Wimp (1920) (different sense?)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wimp (1919) (different sense?)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wimp (1917) (standard sense?)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Wicked Hot Chocolate (2002); Fans of HDAS
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- FYI: "Origin of Hot Dog" in Hartford Courant two weeks ago
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Wimp (1911)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Dictionary of American Idioms (Russian e-text)
Benjamin Zimmer
- heavenized
Mullins, Bill
- Vatican Roulette (1960)
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- Umfriend and Mmmfriend
RonButters at AOL.COM
- rock scissors paper, played for keeps
Laurence Horn
- Jinx cartoons--XX---query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Nominations/Applications for PADS editor
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Existentialism"
Fred Shapiro
- ANtedating of "Existentialist"
Fred Shapiro
- Newspaperarchive; Wicked hot hot chocolate (2001); VOA
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Creepers (urban explorers)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- verbal typo
neil
- Antedating of Vamoose
Baker, John
- American Sign Language---query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Ventrilliquism/Bidialectal
Ray Villegas
- world war
Mullins, Bill
- Cheesecake (photos) and Vera Amazar; OT: David Letterman Show
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- "Keeping it real"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- O tempore...
Paul Frank
- Keeping it real
sagehen
- In ordinary conversation: dromaeognathous
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Operation Was Successful"
Fred Shapiro
- Goosepimples (1996); Keeping it real
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Keeping it real (1975?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Squeaky Cheese
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Kiss-up and kick-down" (John Bolton)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ilan Stavans, radical lexicographer and Spanglish champion
bapopik at AOL.COM
- goose pimples (1871)
Barnhart
- Rush Limbaugh's "guttural" language
Benjamin Zimmer
- "go-to"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Help with Heinlein quote
Mullins, Bill
- "drop" in sports: lose (1884), defeat (1920)
Benjamin Zimmer
- drop science (1987)
Benjamin Zimmer
- piemen
Mullins, Bill
- they and them
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Beducator; Panissa
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "The Big Apple" (was: Beducator; Panissa)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Re: they and them
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Rikers Island slang; Semita, Chorreada, Cajeta empanada, Pan de queso, torta, panadero
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hoeing in pretty tall corn
Page Stephens
- Re: Re: they and them
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: DSNA XV
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Literally and Figuratively
Benjamin Barrett
- Southern, New Jersey
Mark A. Mandel
- "The Boondocks" Tuesday, April 12
Wilson Gray
- Carey Harrison -- Free in Vocabula
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- Mexican Banana Split; "Bary Popik" (OUP book)
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- Precious Nonsense (1895) ("Hen Reward Beecher" poem)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "fist": handwriting (1823), radiotelegraphy (1922)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Drunken Spaghetti or Drunken Noodles; Invisible Burgers
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nobody Does It Like Sara Lee?
Bethany K. Dumas
- fandom
Mullins, Bill
- rocketman
Mullins, Bill
- Hen-re-ward Beecher (1871)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- mulberry bush
neil
- silliness
Arnold M. Zwicky
- joystick
Mullins, Bill
- are we making since yet?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Re: are we making since yet?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- New York Review of Each Other's Books
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Curious expurgations (1821)
Benjamin Zimmer
- homerism (1955)
Benjamin Zimmer
- stack
Mullins, Bill
- "no strings attached"
Mullins, Bill
- Goosepimples
Beverly Flanigan
- McD's "I'd Hit It" (was Re: Nobody Does It Like Sara Lee?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "The Buck Stops Here" (ca. 1930)
Jonathan Lighter
- Red Devil & Hot Dog in NY Times; Soup for a Bum: Mudslide (cookie)
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- Moore's Law (1965, 1972?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ice cream names (racist or Nazi?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Friend of Dorothy" (lesbian)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "extremely moot"
Stephen Goranson
- one more (slightly used) eggcorn
Laurence Horn
- stockholm syndrome
Mullins, Bill
- American Speech 80.2 (Summer 2005) contents
Grant Barrett
- PADS 89: You Know My Steez
Grant Barrett
- Banana Split (1905)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- 3 "h"s in "Khrushchev"
Mark A. Mandel
- Eggcorn v. dialect
Wilson Gray
- "For every complex problem" (Mencken?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- OUP 2005 Francis March Research Internship
Grant Barrett
- IHL
Mark A. Mandel
- NY cop slang
Mullins, Bill
- "Wag" = "carry"
Wilson Gray
- Memory key
Barbara Need
- bicycle / motorcycle / racing terms
Mullins, Bill
- crick vs. crook in the neck (was: Eggcorn v. dialect)
Victoria Neufeldt
- Track Pizza
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Newspaperarchive's latest
bapopik at AOL.COM
- keep a cow
Roger Shuy
- Quotations from 2005
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Computer Virus"
Fred Shapiro
- Re: keep a cow
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Another one
Roger Shuy
- ? ? ? keep a cow
James C Stalker
- pass the buck (1856)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Reinventing Pidgin?
Michael Quinion
- Antedating of "Social Climbing"
Fred Shapiro
- How did we miss this one? (the "whizzinator")
Laurence Horn
- keep a cow/have a cow
Jan Kammert
- Re: Re: ? ? ? keep a cow
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Trademark status of "whizzinator"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- crooner (1924)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: Re: Trademark status of "whizzinator"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ? ? ? Re: ? ? ? keep a cow
James C Stalker
- Mencken quote & Up and at 'em; Lebanese Rice & Aleppo Yogurt
bapopik at AOL.COM
- If you don't like "whizzinator"...
Laurence Horn
- Re: Re: How did we miss this one? (the "whizzinator")
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Fwd: retro "psych"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- the verb(s) "second-best"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Bamboo Spanish; Hell Bent for Leather (1918)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- One More Question
Fred Shapiro
- the meaning of ''developed from''
RonButters at AOL.COM
- the historical ''base''
RonButters at AOL.COM
- B-boy (was Re: Bamboo Spanish, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: Re: the meaning of ''developed from''
RonButters at AOL.COM
- the meaning of ''developed from'' (and a googling paradox)
Laurence Horn
- "gaze' for "graze"
Wilson Gray
- Re: Re: the meaning of ''developed from''
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Industrial Revolution"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Millionaire"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Capitalism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Materialism"
Fred Shapiro
- Moh Gang Custard; Blackberry Thumb
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Friend-Raiser (like a "fund-raiser")
bapopik at AOL.COM
- love of mike
Mullins, Bill
- "Brooklyn clothesline" and "To the moon!"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- some reference help needed
Laurence Horn
- Question for "red herring"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects
RonButters at AOL.COM
- aviation terms
Mullins, Bill
- edumacation, edumacated (1925)
Benjamin Zimmer
- retro "psych"
Mark A. Mandel
- "butter knife" = 1-iron
Benjamin Zimmer
- (price) specialing
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slurbs (1962)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Divine Afflatus" (1917) (LONG-delete if necessary)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Politicians crossing a bridge with the devil
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Voodoo Shrimp & Volcano Shrimp; Chocolat Moderne; Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago
bapopik at AOL.COM
- gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Benjamin Zimmer
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Mullins, Bill
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Benjamin Zimmer
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Towse
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Dave Robertson
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Towse
- exactamundo was Re: gigung(o)us, gigund(o)us, gigunda, gigundo
Benjamin Zimmer
- exactamundo
Barnhart
- Heard in passin'
Wilson Gray
- "blitz rapist"
Wilson Gray
- Angnother one (was: Heard in passin')
Peter A. McGraw
- Autoreply: ADS-L Digest - 27 Apr 2005 to 28 Apr 2005 (#2005-119)
Vanessa Winans
- bodacious, c1936
Benjamin Zimmer
- Traffic Lingo; Restaurant Nicknames
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- humongous (1967), humongeous (1970)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Mass Transit" (1930)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- shell shock
Mullins, Bill
- shell shocked
Mullins, Bill
- Renditioning
Benjamin Zimmer
- (b)owdacious (1837)
Benjamin Zimmer
- moonshot; magnetohydrodynamics
Mullins, Bill
- 1880 "Windy City" in Chicago Tribune, from Cincinnati
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- Slam Dunk (1969)
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- Ilan Stavans, radical lexicographer
Paul Frank
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