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- beezark (1919)--(corrected spelling)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Scown"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Citidiots; Brooklyn Doorbell; Neojorky; Nycphobia
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Half-orphan
Baker, John
- shindig
George Thompson
- eminent domain
Mullins, Bill
- slush pile; dianetics
Mullins, Bill
- Who'd a thunk it?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- demopop, popocrat
Mullins, Bill
- song-plugger (1907), song-plugging (1916)
Mullins, Bill
- Antedating of "greasy spoon" (1908)
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "greasy spoon" (1902) corrected
Sam Clements
- tentpole
Mullins, Bill
- Ironically
Robert Fitzke
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Sam Clements
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Wilson Gray
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Mark A. Mandel
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
sagehen
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathon Green
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Laurence Horn
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Dennis R. Preston
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Alice Faber
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Dennis R. Preston
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Mullins, Bill
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Mullins, Bill
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Dennis R. Preston
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Laurence Horn
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Philip E. Cleary
- antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Dirty Spoon" (1866, 1879, 1899); "gazebu", "mutt-head" (1899)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "chinaman" (trading ship) not in OED2?
Joel S. Berson
- Sportscaster topicalization
Benjamin Zimmer
- "tough luck" (1876) was Re: antedatings: "tough luck," "oohs and ahs"
Sam Clements
- Sigh.....
Rex W. Stocklin
- "Irish Nachos" (From Texas?); John Rosenthal fills in for Safire
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pump Party
bapopik at AOL.COM
- do + noun, whatebaa, shokupan
Benjamin Barrett
- Horn on Rummy's last throe
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Zimmerian snowclone
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Morir Sonando (to die dreaming); Soupy Rice; Majarete; "Caridad" Fad
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- For the snowclone files: "What is this 'X'...?"
Grant Barrett
- "bang, bang, bang!"
Jonathan Lighter
- the "squared circle"
Jonathan Lighter
- He Says He Owns the Word 'Stealth' (Actually, He Claims 'Chutzpah,' Too)
Grant Barrett
- Getting Snickered
Jerry E Kane
- "pickle-puss"
Jonathan Lighter
- Texas Hot Wieners (from Pittsburgh, 1918); Michigan Sauce (from Vermont)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Subject: re: Getting Snickered
Mark A. Mandel
- "little green men" / "take me to your leader" origin?
George Thompson
- an unrecorded meaning of the word "pun" -- 1811
George Thompson
- Iraqui
Jonathan Lighter
- ain't = didn't
Jonathan Lighter
- bull-dozing (was Re: "tough luck" (1876))
Benjamin Zimmer
- House Arrest (1904)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fulton Market Clam Chowder (1893); Coney Island Clam Chowder (1895)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- bioart
Paul Frank
- zombic
Jonathan Lighter
- a missing "eephus"
Laurence Horn
- "whom's"?
sagehen
- quagmirist (1994), quagmirism (2003)
Benjamin Zimmer
- (drink/sip) haterade (1998)
Benjamin Zimmer
- The New York Times
Duane Campbell
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Larry Scroggs
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Peter A. McGraw
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cackalacka, Cackalacky, and variants [long]
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- on the bug
Paul Frank
- Big Apple Dance
neil
- Heartship (hardship)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- trout in the milk
Mullins, Bill
- -nym for Words the Same in Sing. and Pl.?
Grant Barrett
- 7-7; Moscow on the Hudson
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Going, Going, Gone"
Fred Shapiro
- query for Fred (or anyone else) on movie line
Laurence Horn
- Wine names
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Online chat announcement
Wordsmith.org
- tv (verb)
Mullins, Bill
- scam
Mullins, Bill
- scam
Wilson Gray
- scam
Mullins, Bill
- scam
Mullins, Bill
- scam
Jonathan Lighter
- scam
Mullins, Bill
- scam
Douglas G. Wilson
- scam
Benjamin Zimmer
- scam
Jonathan Lighter
- piazzer (1864), pazzer (1882)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Match me, Sidney"
Benjamin Zimmer
- unsubscribe
J & I
- snow (television)
Mullins, Bill
- "straight" = consecutive (win)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Super Market (1 February 1933)
Tom Kysilko
- Typosquatting & Malware
Jerry E Kane
- pyrokinesis / -kinetic
Jonathan Lighter
- FSU
James A. Landau
- Shining On
Wilson Gray
- Leslie Savan on Slam Dunk? Why?; Environmentalist/Conservationist
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Dress British, Think Yiddish"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Don't be so humble" & "Vote with their feet" & "No one can make you inferior"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- antedating of "clock wise" (1882)
Sam Clements
- Mind Sports & Intellypiad; Bupe (Buprenorphine)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- the return of "Bennifer"
Laurence Horn
- "Murphy's Law" (1955)
Sam Clements
- siditty etymology? BE for feeling superior(1967)
Sam Clements
- The Dead Wagon
Baker, John
- "failure of parallelism"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Vote Early! Vote Often!" (1858)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Walking the green carpet
bapopik at AOL.COM
- dollar-a-year men
Arnold M. Zwicky
- black as the color of refusal
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Playing the dozens
Jerry E Kane
- NELLIE or NELLY
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "stiff upper lip" etymythology
Geoffrey Nunberg
- doodly-squat
Laurence Horn
- LGBT (1991, 1992); London's "Daily Express" & Big Apple Whores (6-25-05)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- another weirdly generalized "ironically"
Laurence Horn
- do we need this word?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Barry Popik campaign, or "vote late and seldom?"
James A. Landau
- Flatbush
James A. Landau
- Dating of "mud flap"?
Joel S. Berson
- Carny Lingo
Benjamin Zimmer
- New? Or should I have read HDAS more closely?
Wilson Gray
- brain freeze
Mullins, Bill
- reanalysis of "mondo"
Laurence Horn
- Recent American proverb
Jonathan Lighter
- [Fwd: digital archive back to 1915 for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]
Rachel Shuttlesworth
- siditty etymology...
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Erin's Wonderful Word--admit
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Moscow-on-the-Hudson & Red Square West; OT: My "Big Apple" Campaign
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Bringer" shows
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- catch phrases
Paul Frank
- Rove-Gate, Plume-Gate, Rove v. Wave; Jungle Alley (1935)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Yuppie (1981)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: † † † Re: Erin's Wonderful Word- -admit
RonButters at AOL.COM
- US patent law and dictionaries
Bethany K. Dumas
- Alice Kahn & "Yuppie"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "little joe from kokomo" and "african billiards"
Mullins, Bill
- "It's X's world. We're (all) just living in it."
Laurence Horn
- "I'm from X and I'm here to help (you)"
Benjamin Zimmer
- ACD (Adjournments in Contemplation of Dismissal); Politarazzi & Paddy Wagon
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Eggcorns noted in today's NYT
Wilson Gray
- Zob (1909-1920)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Eponymizing Mr. Cruise
Benjamin Zimmer
- Erin's Wonderful Word--admit
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "timelord"
Jonathan Lighter
- bomb disposal terms
Mullins, Bill
- timelord
Jonathon Green
- Dykes on Bikes lose again
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Loose talk
Wilson Gray
- "african golf" was: "little joe from kokomo" and "african billiards"
Mullins, Bill
- Flapper slang (1922)
Benjamin Zimmer
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Sam Clements
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Douglas G. Wilson
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Mullins, Bill
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Grant Barrett
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
James Smith
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Mullins, Bill
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Laurence Horn
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Mullins, Bill
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Laurence Horn
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
James Smith
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Wilson Gray
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Laurence Horn
- siditty, saditty (1963), siddity (1965)
Wilson Gray
- Ed Battistella?
Bethany K. Dumas
- Fwd: cross-post from Linguist List
Laurence Horn
- cross-post from Linguist List
Lal Zimman
- peeties and more dice slang
Mullins, Bill
- "hold" = borrow
Wilson Gray
- whole nine yards
Jonathan Lighter
- dykes (the tool)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "smack": a recent acroetymythonym
Jonathan Lighter
- "Zob" (nickname)--query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Piadina (1975); Broken Sea
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- loosey-goosey--antedating
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- orgasmic
Mullins, Bill
- Iron Maiden & HEET (High Entrance/Exit Turnstile)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cork (Transit Cop) and Fare-Beater
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: Yuppie (1981)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- On 'versus' as a Verb (another cross-post from Linguist List)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- speaking of aigcorns...
Laurence Horn
- speaking of ackcorns
Bruce Hunter
- Eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- for the lexicographers: more on "dykes/dikes" (the tool)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- more on "dykes/dikes" (the tool)
sagehen
- "Yield not to Penn Station, but deliver us from evil"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- have a clue (1978), "clue" compounds (1990-93)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "panacea target"
sagehen
- Slang "(be) ate up" (= be a bit of a dingbat)?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- railroad slang; diner slang
Mullins, Bill
- "Walk-up" apartments (1906)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- More Railroad slang and sporting slang
Mullins, Bill
- "djinn up"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- $1,000 for "scumbag;" Charm the bees off trees
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- wannabe
Mullins, Bill
- hash-house lingo queries
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- ADS: Nominations Sought for Outstanding Students
Grant Barrett
- "Beam me up" to a "TV dinner"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "bread" undated as "money" in HDAS
Wilson Gray
- limoncello
Mark A. Mandel
- gymorexic (2005)
Rachel Shuttlesworth
- Contributors wanted for book on "Invented Languages"
Michael Adams
- "opinionate" vb.
Wilson Gray
- Nitty-gritty (1947, 1948)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Last Comanche Code Talker dies
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- (strictly) vonce
Benjamin Zimmer
- ?Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Need advice
Botir Djuraev
- Wordsmith.org online chat announcement: Guy Deutscher - The Unfolding of Language
Wordsmith.org
- wizened/wisened eggcorn?
Stephen Goranson
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Barbara H Hudson
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Margaret Lee
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Benjamin Zimmer
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Benjamin Zimmer
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Douglas G. Wilson
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Benjamin Zimmer
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Mark A. Mandel
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Benjamin Zimmer
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Douglas G. Wilson
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Douglas G. Wilson
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Wilson Gray
- saditty, hincty + dicty
Mark A. Mandel
- Lederer on "bloopers"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Spilling Scotch
Benjamin Barrett
- "The Sky Is Falling"
Fred Shapiro
- "The Sky Is Falling" (chickens and pigs)
Bethany K. Dumas
- Dennis Pun
Fred Shapiro
- Never Mind on Dennis Pun
Fred Shapiro
- "lovyer"
Jonathan Lighter
- By gingo!
Jonathan Lighter
- "O tempora, O mores!"
Jonathan Lighter
- State of swearing in London, 1675
Jonathan Lighter
- gimme antedating (1675)
Jonathan Lighter
- Aw (antedating)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Kuds" = "God's" (1675)
Jonathan Lighter
- "nine-eyes" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- "make your hair stand on end" (1602)
Jonathan Lighter
- ICE (In Case of Emergency)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Schumer vs. Wash. Times on "fulsome"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Vocabula Review contact?
Bethany K. Dumas
- get one's habits on/get beside oneself
Barbara H Hudson
- Green Jade (Broccoli, String Beans, Snow Peas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Query: "on accident"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- eggcorn?
Michael McKernan
- Obsolescent? Already obsolete?
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Black English"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Afro-American"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "African-American"
Fred Shapiro
- "Ax(e) to grind" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- duck tape? gaffers/gaffer tape?
Michael McKernan
- gaffer and other studio terms
Mullins, Bill
- taken back/taken aback
Margaret Lee
- "to" = "as"
Jonathan Lighter
- Dykes on Bikes (dykes/tools)
sagehen
- Body Shop; Drums and Microphone
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Lead us not into Penn Sation" (1949)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Univ. of Chicago: No "Windy City" credit for your work! Ever!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207)
James A. Landau
- Kids' ball games
Wilson Gray
- technostuff
Benjamin Zimmer
- No subject
Arnold M. Zwicky
- London strikes
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [boiling the kettle]
Chris F Waigl
- Hang a Louie/Roscoe, etc. (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- boiling kettles
neil
- your mail
Bethany K. Dumas
- "Shouldn't ought"
Lal Zimman
- Quiet Disco (stille disco)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- more music terms
Mullins, Bill
- greaser
Michael McKernan
- Antedating of "Billionaire"
Fred Shapiro
- ? ? ? Vocabula Review contact?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Lynching redux
Wilson Gray
- heavy metal (1970)
Benjamin Zimmer
- go electric/acoustic
Benjamin Zimmer
- metamorphosis (was: no subject)
Mark A. Mandel
- ADS Annual Meeting: Deadline August 15
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Pro-Life"
Fred Shapiro
- red-headed stepchild
George Thompson
- batiked (1902) (was Re: go electric/acoustic)
Benjamin Zimmer
- OED/BBC Word Hunt: "bomber jacket"
Mullins, Bill
- racial epithets
Mullins, Bill
- ADS-L Digest - 24 Jul 2005 to 25 Jul 2005 (#2005-207) WARNING: WAY OFF-TOPIC
Jonathan Lighter
- ADS-L Digest - 26 Jul 2005 to 27 Jul 2005 (#2005-209)
James A. Landau
- "Politics is show business for ugly people" (1991)
Benjamin Zimmer
- beefer: Chicago?
aallan at AOL.COM
- diety complex
neil
- GWOT/GSAVE: WOTY?
Benjamin Zimmer
- FYI: Big Orange
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Here's a few items"--grammatical query
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- mosh-pit lingo (1980- )
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Shouldn't ought"--and "might oughta"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Latest issue of Maledicta
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "The lights out"
bapopik at AOL.COM
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