August 2005 Archives by subject
Starting: Mon Aug 1 01:35:59 UTC 2005
Ending: Wed Aug 31 23:06:43 UTC 2005
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- "Affordable housing" (1979-present?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "All seriousness aside"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "All seriousness aside"
Laurence Horn
- "All seriousness aside"
Peter A. McGraw
- "All seriousness aside"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "All seriousness aside"
Laurence Horn
- "All seriousness aside"
Wilson Gray
- "All seriousness aside"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "All seriousness aside"
Wilson Gray
- "Ax(e) to grind" redux
Laurence Horn
- "Between Chuck Schumer and a camera" quotation
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathon Green
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Victoria Neufeldt
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Laurence Horn
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Michael McKernan
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Chris Waigl
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Laurence Horn
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Your Name
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Wilson Gray
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
sagehen
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Victoria Neufeldt
- "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence
Mullins, Bill
- "Chicago is America with the lid off" (George Bernard Shaw?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Dennis R. Preston
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Laurence Horn
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Chinaman's chance" in the news
Dennis R. Preston
- "Chop Suey" invented today in 1896; it's on NY1; WAMO has a point
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "cocktail arms"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Drowned Alive"
Barbara Need
- "Drowned Alive"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Drowned Alive"
Laurence Horn
- "Drowned Alive"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Drowned Alive"
Michael McKernan
- "Drowned Alive"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Drowned Alive"
Baker, John
- "Drowned Alive"
Michael McKernan
- "Drowned Alive"
Margaret Lee
- "Drowned Alive"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Drowned Alive"
Laurence Horn
- "Drowned Alive"
Michael McKernan
- "get your habits on" (1899, 1924, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "get your habits on" (1899, 1924, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Go hard or go home!" (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "GOLF" = (you know)
Jonathan Lighter
- "GOLF" = (you know)
Mullins, Bill
- "GOLF" = (you know)
Laurence Horn
- "GOLF" = (you know)
Jonathan Lighter
- "hall of fame"
Mullins, Bill
- "hall of fame"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "hall of fame"
Mullins, Bill
- "hall of fame"
Mullins, Bill
- "hall of fame"
Mark A. Mandel
- "hall of fame"
Joanne M. Despres
- "hall of fame"
Joanne M. Despres
- "hall of fame"
Mullins, Bill
- "hall of fame"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "hall of fame"
Laurence Horn
- "hall of fame"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "hall of fame"
Laurence Horn
- "hall of fame"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Jonathan Lighter
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Wilson Gray
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Jonathan Lighter
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Wilson Gray
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Mark A. Mandel
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Wilson Gray
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Mullins, Bill
- "Halloo" = "hello," as simple greeting
Wilson Gray
- "Here's a few items"--grammatical query
Margaret Lee
- "Hipper than thou" (1967)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)
Sam Clements
- "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "It's a dirty job, but somebody's has to do it." (1977)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Kill your television" - before 1989?
James Callan
- "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is burning" (1974, 1977)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)
Baker, John
- "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)
Laurence Horn
- "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" (1936)
Mark A. Mandel
- "Lawn and Order"
Michael McKernan
- "Lawn and Order"
sagehen
- "Lawn and Order"
Laurence Horn
- "Let's don't/not and say we did"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "like" and "as if"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "like" and "as if"
Laurence Horn
- "Lungs of the City" & the Olmstead myth (1872)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "might oughta"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "novel"= "epic poem"
Jonathan Lighter
- "O tempora, O mores!"
Joanne M. Despres
- "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"
John McChesney-Young
- "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"
John McChesney-Young
- "Oxford Dictionary talks tech"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Politics is a dirty business" (1873)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Poo Tang Club" (1904-1912)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Pulling a (Judge) Crater"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Pulling a (Judge) Crater"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Peter A. McGraw
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Chris Waigl
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "puss" in Icelandic ? Swedish ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"
James A. Landau
- "pussy" consistent with "tomcat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," &c.
sagehen
- "pussy," &c.
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jim Parish
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Douglas G. Wilson
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Sam Clements
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jonathan Lighter
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Douglas G. Wilson
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Douglas G. Wilson
- "pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.
Jonathan Lighter
- "p ússa" in Icelandic
Martin, Katherine
- "p ússa" in Icelandic
Peter A. McGraw
- "p ússa" in Icelandic
Jonathan Lighter
- "p ússa" in Icelandic
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"
Laurence Horn
- Re: "Shouldn't ought" --and "might oughta"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"
Chris F Waigl
- "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"
Laurence Horn
- "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Spool" (spa-pool hybrid)
James Callan
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Joel S. Berson
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Dennis R. Preston
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Laurence Horn
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Dennis R. Preston
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Mullins, Bill
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Dennis R. Preston
- "String bikini" before 1974?
Mark A. Mandel
- "sweet mama", 1922
Joel S. Berson
- "Taxpayer" building
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "The lights out"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "The lights out"
sagehen
- "The lights out"
Laurence Horn
- "Up tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Up tight"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Up tight"
Wilson Gray
- "Up tight"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Use it or lose it" (was Re: "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence)
Wilson Gray
- "Use it or lose it" (was Re: "Brass tacks" (1876) and etymological evidence)
Laurence Horn
- "We lift as we climb"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "willow pussy"
Jonathan Lighter
- "wimp" in the '70s
Benjamin Zimmer
- "X (actor) culminated"
Jim Parish
- 'Lack toast and tolerant'
Michael McKernan
- 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
Evan Morris
- 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
Sam Clements
- 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
Grant Barrett
- 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
Evan Morris
- 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
Dave Wilton
- ?Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A-Z List of Internet Acronyms
Wells Darla L
- A-Z List of Internet Acronyms
Mark A. Mandel
- A-Z List of Internet Acronyms
Wells Darla L
- Abstracts for American Speech, vol. 80, no. 3
Grant Barrett
- ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship program
Jesse Sheidlower
- acronymnym?
Mark A. Mandel
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Fred Shapiro
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Sam Clements
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Fred Shapiro
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Sam Clements
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Jonathan Lighter
- agenbite of "inwhich"
Jonathan Lighter
- agenbite of "inwhich"
David Bowie
- agenbite of "inwhich"
Jonathan Lighter
- agenbite of "inwhich"
Laurence Horn
- Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"
James Callan
- Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"
Jonathan Lighter
- Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"
Dave Wilton
- Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"
Wilson Gray
- An instance of in-group slang (was Re: Hospital slang)
Wilson Gray
- another fake acronym
Jonathan Lighter
- another fake acronym
Evan Morris
- another fake acronym
Michael Quinion
- another fake acronym
Benjamin Zimmer
- another fake acronym
Dave Wilton
- Antedating of "Alcoholism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Econometric"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Econometrics"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Grammatology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Heterosexism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Lexicographer"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Political Correctness"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Punk Rock"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Punk Rocker"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Punk Rocker"
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedating of "pussy," applied to a spiteful or unpredictable woman.
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Social Psychology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Social Psychology"
Dennis R. Preston
- Antedating of "Social Psychology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Teenybopper"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Teenybopper"
Benjamin Zimmer
- A slight advantage for Barry Popik
James A. Landau
- BA & MA in linguistics
Beth Simon
- BA & MA in linguistics
Terry Irons
- BA & MA in linguistics
Bethany K. Dumas
- Barbell Economy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Barbell Economy
Steve Kl.
- Battle of the Badges (police vs. fire)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bert Kelly's I Invented Jazz
George Thompson
- Bob Dole Joke
Mullins, Bill
- Bob Dole Joke
Benjamin Zimmer
- bootstrapper, bootstrapping (1927)
Benjamin Zimmer
- bootstraps, &c.
sagehen
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Benjamin Zimmer
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Chris Waigl
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Jonathan Lighter
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Douglas G. Wilson
- bootstraps--speculation/questions
Chris Waigl
- bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)
Benjamin Zimmer
- bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)
Wilson Gray
- bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)
Mark A. Mandel
- bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)
Jim Parish
- bou(r)ghetto (was Re: Hooah !)
Wilson Gray
- Boula Gratinee or Boula Boula (1932, 1934, 1935)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Broke as a joke
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Broke as a joke
Benjamin Zimmer
- Broke as a joke
Wilson Gray
- Butter Beer & Scott's Root Beer Razzle
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Butter Beer & Scott's Root Beer Razzle
Benjamin Zimmer
- case choice by rhyme
Arnold M. Zwicky
- case choice by rhyme
Benjamin Zimmer
- case choice by rhyme
sagehen
- case choice by rhyme
Arnold M. Zwicky
- case choice by rhyme
sagehen
- cavalry/ Calvary
Jonathan Lighter
- cavalry/ Calvary
Mullins, Bill
- cavalry/ Calvary
Jonathan Lighter
- cavalry/ Calvary
Dennis R. Preston
- cavalry/ Calvary
Mark A. Mandel
- Cavalry/Calvary
Jonathan Lighter
- Cavalry/Calvary
Peter A. McGraw
- Cavalry/Calvary
Laurence Horn
- Cavalry/Calvary
sagehen
- Cavalry/Calvary
Laurence Horn
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
RonButters at AOL.COM
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Douglas G. Wilson
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Beckymercuri at AOL.COM
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
LeBeouf Sabrina K
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Michael McKernan
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Wilson Gray
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
sagehen
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Baker, John
- CFM PUMPS, not shoes
Mark A. Mandel
- Coolest 18th C. Song Title
Jonathan Lighter
- Coolest 18th C. Song Title
Jonathan Lighter
- Crab Crunch
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Crab Crunch
Laurence Horn
- Crab Crunch
Barnhart
- Crab Crunch
Mullins, Bill
- Crab Crunch
Wilson Gray
- Crystal meth
Wilson Gray
- Crystal meth
Bethany K. Dumas
- Crystal meth
Jonathan Lighter
- Cut us a break!
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cut us a break!
Jonathon Green
- Cut us a break!
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cut us a break!
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cut us a break!
Jonathan Lighter
- Cut us a break!
Wilson Gray
- Cut us a break!
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cut us a break!
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cut us a break!
Baker, John
- dagnab, dagnabit (1922)
Benjamin Zimmer
- date conventions
Barnhart
- Definition of "Sports Drink"
Fred Shapiro
- Definition of "Sports Drink"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Definition of "Sports Drink"
Fred Shapiro
- derivations
Arnold M. Zwicky
- derivations
Joel S. Berson
- dexed (up/out)
Benjamin Zimmer
- diety complex
Peter A. McGraw
- Dirty Words: The Story of Sex Talk
Paul Frank
- dog and pony show---query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- dog and pony show---query
Douglas G. Wilson
- dog and pony show---query
Jonathan Lighter
- dojiee
George Thompson
- dojiee
Jonathan Lighter
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Mark A. Mandel
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Laurence Horn
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Jesse Sheidlower
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Wilson Gray
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Laurence Horn
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Jonathan Lighter
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
neil
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Baker, John
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Grant Barrett
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Michael McKernan
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Michael McKernan
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Baker, John
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Jesse Sheidlower
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
James Smith
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
David Bowie
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
Baker, John
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
sagehen
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands
James Smith
- Doll Talk: CFM; hoohoo (& other) display stands (fwd)
Mark A. Mandel
- eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- eggcorn?
Michael McKernan
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Chris Waigl
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Peter A. McGraw
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Chris Waigl
- Eggcorn or tip of the slung?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorns?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorns?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Electric Lemonade (1975); Blue Hawaiian (1977); Rusty Nail (1965); Long Island Ice Tea (1982); Alabama Slammer (1983)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- emo-core (1986)
Benjamin Zimmer
- fall off the wagon used backwards
Mark A. Mandel
- fall off the wagon used backwards
Douglas G. Wilson
- Faux Chateaux
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Feelsafe (or, Feel-safe)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Benjamin Zimmer
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Chris Waigl
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Benjamin Zimmer
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Chris Waigl
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Chris Waigl
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Douglas G. Wilson
- figurative "bootstraps" (1834)
Chris Waigl
- folk-rock (1964), folk-rocker (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- for the haplogical "unpacked" file
Laurence Horn
- FW: Hurray for brackets [ ]
Benjamin Barrett
- FW: OT- Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??
Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A.
- FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??
sagehen
- FW: PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??
George Thompson
- Fwd:
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd:
Wilson Gray
- Fwd:
Robert Fitzke
- Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action
sagehen
- Fwd: greengrocer's apostrophe in action
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: just bad editing or non-native?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Mullins, Bill
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Benjamin Zimmer
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Chris Waigl
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
James Smith
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
James A. Landau
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Chris Waigl
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: one-handed quote search
Laurence Horn
- FWIW: Two "hot dog" articles this week
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FYI: "Hot Dog" in Boston Herald ("1900, at a polo game")
bapopik at AOL.COM
- FYI: "Hot Dog" in Boston Herald ("1900, at a polo game")
Douglas G. Wilson
- FYI: Big Orange
Wilson Gray
- FYI: Big Orange
Mullins, Bill
- FYI: Big Orange
Wilson Gray
- FYI: Buzzwords on AOL today
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- gaffer and best boy-1929.
Your Name
- get-go (1962)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Get Your X On!
Steve Kl.
- Get Your X On!
Jonathan Lighter
- Get Your X On!
Benjamin Zimmer
- Get Your X On!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Get Your X On!
Wilson Gray
- GIGO (1961)
Benjamin Zimmer
- GIGO (1961)
Fred Shapiro
- GIGO (1961)
Benjamin Zimmer
- greaser
Laurence Horn
- greengrocer's apostrophe in action
Wilson Gray
- greengrocer's apostrophe in action
Jonathan Lighter
- greengrocer's apostrophe in action
David Bowie
- Green Jade (Broccoli, String Beans, Snow Peas)
Laurence Horn
- hauling cement to Mars
Barnhart
- hauling cement to Mars
Barnhart
- hauling cement to Mars
Barnhart
- Hooah !
Jonathan Lighter
- Hooah !
Barnhart
- Hooah !
Jonathan Lighter
- Hooah !
Mullins, Bill
- Hooah !
Sam Clements
- Hooah !
Jonathan Lighter
- Hooah !
Mullins, Bill
- Hooah !
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hooah !
Wilson Gray
- Hooah !
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hooah !
Wilson Gray
- Hooah !
James Smith
- Hooah !
Mullins, Bill
- Hospital slang
Wilson Gray
- Hospital slang
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hospital slang
Laurence Horn
- Hospital slang
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hospital slang
Laurence Horn
- Hospital slang
Jonathan Lighter
- Houses (House Ball scene)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- how to escalate a problem
George Thompson
- how to escalate a problem
Arnold M. Zwicky
- how to escalate a problem
George Thompson
- how to escalate a problem
Chris Waigl
- how to escalate a problem
Jonathan Lighter
- how to escalate a problem
Orion Montoya
- how to escalate a problem
Chris Waigl
- how to escalate a problem
Jonathan Lighter
- how to escalate a problem
Arnold M. Zwicky
- how to escalate a problem
Mullins, Bill
- how to escalate a problem
Jonathan Lighter
- how to escalate a problem
Jonathan Lighter
- how to escalate a problem
Mullins, Bill
- Alternate origin story for "graveyard shift"
Dave Wilton
- inveigling out in California
Arnold M. Zwicky
- irish twins
Mullins, Bill
- irish twins
Laurence Horn
- irish twins
Orion Montoya
- irish twins
Orion Montoya
- irish twins
Sally O. Donlon
- irish twins
David Bowie
- is you ain't, ain't you is (1904)
Benjamin Zimmer
- is you ain't, ain't you is (1904)
Jonathan Lighter
- Is you is, or is you ain't ?
Jonathan Lighter
- Jazz
Mullins, Bill
- Jersey barriers (1969)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jersey barriers (1969)
Barnhart
- Jersey barriers (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Jersey barriers (1969)
Wilson Gray
- Jersey barriers (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- just bad editing or non-native?
Barnhart
- just bad editing or non-native?
Thomas Paikeday
- just bad editing or non-native?
Michael Quinion
- ka-ching (1976)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Language of Shoes
Michael McKernan
- Language of Shoes
Jonathan Lighter
- Language of Shoes
neil
- Language of Shoes
James Smith
- Latest issue of Mal edicta
RonButters at AOL.COM
- lift oneself by one's own waistband (1834)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Linguistics Consulting
Fred Shapiro
- linguist of the year?
Barnhart
- linguist of the year?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- linguist of the year?
Barnhart
- Love Cum Arranged
davemarc
- Lynching redux
James A. Landau
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- Lynching redux
Michael Quinion
- Lynching redux
Michael McKernan
- Lynching redux
Laurence Horn
- Lynching redux
Mullins, Bill
- Lynching redux
Joanne M. Despres
- Lynching redux
Laurence Horn
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- Lynching redux
Laurence Horn
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Wendalyn Nichols
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Joel S. Berson
- Lynching redux
Fred Shapiro
- Lynching redux
Mullins, Bill
- Lynching redux
Mark A. Mandel
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- Lynching redux
George Thompson
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Baker, John
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Baker, John
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Michael McKernan
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- Lynching redux
Baker, John
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Jonathan Lighter
- Lynching redux
Margaret Lee
- Lynching redux
George Thompson
- Lynching redux
George Thompson
- Manifesto
LeBeouf Sabrina K
- Manifesto
Mullins, Bill
- metamorphosis (was: no subject)
Jonathan Lighter
- metamorphosis (was: no subject)
Mark A. Mandel
- metamorphosis (was: no subject)
Jonathan Lighter
- meth mouth (1998)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Moog (1967)
Benjamin Zimmer
- more re FL
Bethany K. Dumas
- mucker = 'young townie' (1874)
Benjamin Zimmer
- mucker = 'young townie' (1874)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Nathan Bierma's latest "On Language" column
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New coinage?
Wilson Gray
- New coinage?
Jesse Sheidlower
- New coinage?
Wilson Gray
- New coinage?
Gordon, Matthew J.
- New coinage?
Peter A. McGraw
- New coinage?
Jonathan Lighter
- New coinage?
Benjamin Zimmer
- New coinage?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- New coinage?
Laurence Horn
- New coinage?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: New coinage?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- New coinage?
sagehen
- Re: New coinage?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New Fake Etymologies
Jonathan Lighter
- New meaning?
Wilson Gray
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Jonathan Lighter
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Douglas G. Wilson
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Douglas G. Wilson
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Amy West
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Jeff Prucher
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Jonathan Lighter
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Douglas G. Wilson
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Benjamin Zimmer
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Dave Hause
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
Wilson Gray
- New retroacroetymythostupidnym
James A. Landau
- newspaperarchive
Mullins, Bill
- nice joints
George Thompson
- nice joints
Sally O. Donlon
- nice joints
Jonathan Lighter
- Nintendo Dictionary
Grant Barrett
- nominative coordinate objects
Arnold M. Zwicky
- nominative coordinate objects
Jonathan Lighter
- nominative coordinate objects
sagehen
- nominative coordinate objects
Joel S. Berson
- nominative coordinate objects
sagehen
- nominative coordinate objects
Arnold M. Zwicky
- nominative coordinate objects
Arnold M. Zwicky
- NYS's "politically correct language" is vetoed
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- odd double negative
Jonathan Lighter
- odd double negative
Benjamin Barrett
- Oh, that Headlinese
Laurence Horn
- Oh, that Headlinese
Michael McKernan
- one-handed quote search
Laurence Horn
- Origin of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
James A. Landau
- OT- Ancient Near Eastern Languages
Katy Miller
- PDD-NOS; Maverick Mom
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- PETA Changing NY State's Historical Names??
Wilson Gray
- Piero Jose (sandwich name)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Piero Jose (sandwich name)
Beckymercuri at AOL.COM
- Piero Jose (sandwich name)
Mullins, Bill
- Piero Jose (sandwich name)
Orion Montoya
- pig-pile (was Re: mosh-pit lingo (1980- ))
Benjamin Zimmer
- Pillary (Pirro + Hillary)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Poontangophone (1950)
Douglas G. Wilson
- prehab
Mullins, Bill
- pump head (1996)
Benjamin Zimmer
- punding, pottering, knick-knacking
Benjamin Zimmer
- puss, n. = contemptible woman (antedating)
Jonathan Lighter
- puss = hare, 1575
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy
Mark A. Mandel
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy
Laurence Horn
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy
Wilson Gray
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
James A. Landau
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Fred Shapiro
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
neil
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Alice Faber
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Laurence Horn
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Laurence Horn
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Laurence Horn
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Douglas G. Wilson
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
neil
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Laurence Horn
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
neil
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
neil
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Wilson Gray
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Baker, John
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy eno
Baker, John
- pussy, adj. = corpulent (1688)
Jonathan Lighter
- pussy, adj. = corpulent (1688)
Jonathan Lighter
- racial epithets
Wilson Gray
- Raising [ken]
David Bowie
- Raising [ken]
Arnold M. Zwicky
- razapazaz (1910)
Benjamin Zimmer
- razapazaz (1910)
Benjamin Zimmer
- razapazaz (1910)
Benjamin Zimmer
- razapazaz (1910)
Michael McKernan
- Robo (1978), tuss (1993), dex (1994)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Robo (1978), tuss (1993), dex (1994)
Grant Barrett
- Sandburg "Slang" Quote
Fred Shapiro
- Sandburg "Slang" Quote
Fred Shapiro
- Sandburg "Slang" Quote
Jonathan Lighter
- Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement
Fred Shapiro
- Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement
Fred Shapiro
- SEAM newspaper articles
Mullins, Bill
- shack = 'chase (tennis) balls' (1883)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Shine
Wilson Gray
- Shine
Wilson Gray
- Shine
sagehen
- short strokes [was brass tacks]
neil
- short strokes [was brass tacks]
Arnold M. Zwicky
- short strokes [was brass tacks]
neil
- Slang for crystal meth
Wilson Gray
- Slang for crystal meth
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slang for crystal meth
Wilson Gray
- Slang for crystal meth
Wells Darla L
- Slang for crystal meth
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang for crystal meth
Wilson Gray
- Slang from "a returned gob" (1919)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slang from "a returned gob" (1919)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slang from Yale, Princeton (1902)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slang from Yale, Princeton (1902)
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang site
Wilson Gray
- Slang site
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang site
Wilson Gray
- Slang site
Arnold M. Zwicky
- smokey bear
Mullins, Bill
- snarky
Russ McClay
- some early "hot dog" cites
Mullins, Bill
- some early "hot dog" cites
Laurence Horn
- Sports drink (trademarks)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sports drink (trademarks)
Fred Shapiro
- Sports drink (trademarks)
Fred Shapiro
- Sports drink (trademarks)
Sam Clements
- Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)
Paul Frank
- Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Strangolapreti (Priest-stranglers)
Orion Montoya
- Strangolapreti (Priest- stranglers)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Submissions for ADS Newsletter?
Grant Barrett
- Subway alumni (1933)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas
Benjamin Zimmer
- Sweetheart deal (1944); Novelas
Fred Shapiro
- Sweet Sixteen
Michael McKernan
- Sweet Sixteen
Mullins, Bill
- Sweet Sixteen
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sweet Sixteen
Michael McKernan
- Sweet Sixteen
Jonathan Lighter
- Sweet Sixteen
Margaret Lee
- Sweet Sixteen
sagehen
- Text analysis
Dennis R. Preston
- Text analysis
Orion Montoya
- Text analysis
Gail Stygall
- Text analysis
Mullins, Bill
- The Brothers Grimm
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The Last "Mohican"?
Wilson Gray
- The Last "Mohican"?
Jonathan Lighter
- The Last "Mohican"?
Mark A. Mandel
- The Last "Mohican"?
Peter A. McGraw
- The Last "Mohican"?
Wilson Gray
- The Last "Mohican"?
Wilson Gray
- The Last "Mohican"?
Wilson Gray
- The Last "Mohican"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- The Last "Mohican"?
Benjamin Zimmer
- The Last "Mohican"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- The Last "Mohican"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- The Last "Mohican"?
Wilson Gray
- The Last "Mohican"?
Peter A. McGraw
- Toxic gumbo
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Toxic gumbo
Barnhart
- Toxic gumbo
Jonathan Lighter
- Toxic gumbo
Barnhart
- Toxic gumbo
Jonathan Lighter
- Toxic gumbo
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Toxic gumbo
Sally O. Donlon
- Toxic gumbo
Mullins, Bill
- transport/transfer tubes
Benjamin Zimmer
- transport/transfer tubes
Dave Hause
- transport/transfer tubes
Benjamin Zimmer
- transport/transfer tubes
Laurence Horn
- transport/transfer tubes
Benjamin Zimmer
- transport/transfer tubes
Mullins, Bill
- transport/transfer tubes
Laurence Horn
- transport/transfer tubes
Mullins, Bill
- Trophy Building
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Trophy Building
Mullins, Bill
- trouser pants
Benjamin Zimmer
- trouser pants
Wilson Gray
- Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense
Your Name
- Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense
Jonathan Lighter
- Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense
Douglas G. Wilson
- Trucking(1929)-in a non-automotive sense
Benjamin Zimmer
- Turn of the century cartoon
Mullins, Bill
- Turn of the century cartoon
Barnhart
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Jonathan Lighter
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Mullins, Bill
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Laurence Horn
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Grant Barrett
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Wilson Gray
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Barnhart
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Dave Wilton
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Barnhart
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
James Smith
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Jonathan Lighter
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Mullins, Bill
- TV Journalists Conned by Language Prank !
Grant Barrett
- tweak/tweek (meth, cocaine)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Two-Hatters (fire department term?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Two-Hatters (fire department term?)
Mullins, Bill
- Two Slogans
Fred Shapiro
- Two Slogans
Fred Shapiro
- Un-water
Russ McClay
- Un-water
Erik Hoover
- Un-water
Russ McClay
- Un-water
Mullins, Bill
- Underwater Basket Weaving(1956)
Sam Clements
- Underwater Basket Weaving(1956)
Joanne M. Despres
- Unsubscribe
Dorothy M. Polite
- Vanilla Boxing
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Vendex (Vendor Information Exchange System)--an OK acronym?
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Walk the talk
Michael Quinion
- Walk the talk
Benjamin Zimmer
- Walk the talk
Benjamin Zimmer
- Walk the talk
Benjamin Zimmer
- Walk the talk
Benjamin Zimmer
- Wells Root-Socko, Whamo, Sonk
Your Name
- West Point slang (1905)
Benjamin Zimmer
- West Point slang (1905)
Benjamin Zimmer
- What does "laconic" mean?
Jesse Sheidlower
- What does "laconic" mean?
Jonathan Lighter
- What does "laconic" mean?
Jim Parish
- What does "laconic" mean?
sagehen
- What does "laconic" mean?
Dale Coye
- What does "laconic" mean?
Laurence Horn
- What does "laconic" mean?
Benjamin Zimmer
- What does "laconic" mean?
Peter A. McGraw
- What does "laconic" mean?
Benjamin Zimmer
- What does "laconic" mean?
Baker, John
- What does "laconic" mean?
Jesse Sheidlower
- What does "laconic" mean?
Douglas G. Wilson
- What does "laconic" mean?
Amorelli
- What does "laconic" mean?
Jonathan Lighter
- Whip game on
Michael McKernan
- Whip game on
Wilson Gray
- Whip game on
Jonathan Lighter
- Whip game on
Michael McKernan
- Whip game on
Jonathan Lighter
- whoops!
Bethany K. Dumas
- wizened/wisened eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Word 4 Word
Paul Frank
- Word 4 Word
RonButters at AOL.COM
- WSJ.com - Commentary: A Way With Words
Baker, John
- wussy (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- wussy (1977)
Mullins, Bill
- wussy (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- wussy (1977)
Mullins, Bill
- wussy (1977)
Wilson Gray
- wussy (1977)
Mullins, Bill
- wussy (1977)
Wilson Gray
- wussy (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- wussy (1977)
Mark A. Mandel
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Ed Keer
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Bill Lemay
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Dennis R. Preston
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Ed Keer
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Jonathan Lighter
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Jonathan Lighter
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Dennis R. Preston
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Dennis R. Preston
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Dennis R. Preston
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Jonathan Lighter
- Youse/You-uns possessive
Ed Keer
- Re: † † † Re: New coinage?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: † † † Re: New coinage ?
Arnold M. Zwicky
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