"me neither" (1882)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

Antedatings for "me neither" from Newspaperarchive (OED3 has 1926):

1882 _Marion Daily Star_ (Ohio) 6 Feb. 2/2 "When I get out I'm not going
to tamper with any more proverbs," remarked No. 2. "Me neither," responded
No. 1.
[from a story entitled "Too Much Proverb", from _Texas Siftings_]

1886 _Saint Joseph Herald_ (Michigan) 9 Oct. 1/5 "I don't think that he
has very much." "Me neither."
[from a story entitled "Lost All Ambition", from _Tid-Bits_]

(There are earlier cites for "Nor me neither.")


--Ben Zimmer