March 2005 Archives by thread
Starting: Tue Mar 1 00:13:30 UTC 2005
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- Irish Lingo & Million Dollar Baby
Jonathan Lighter
- ice box (was: obsolescene [was church key])
sagehen
- Antedating of "rag top" ? 1926
Sam Clements
- FRIGIDAIRE and KLEENEX (was ICE BOX)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- a bunch of the boys ?was/?were...
James C Stalker
- Time magazine digital archives, and more
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- TIME coinages?; Wuss (1977)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kleenex and icebox
Sally O. Donlon
- rods and poles
Martin, Katherine
- short order cook (1891) short order restaurant (1887)
Barnhart
- "Gwine"
Paul Johnston
- Yankees; was Re: FRIGIDAIRE and KLEENEX (was ICE BOX)
Barbara Need
- The meaning of GENERIC (was FRIGIDAIRE and KLEENEX)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Cedar Revolution" in Lebanon; "Hot Dog" wrong yet again
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- strong like ball
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Hawkins (1934, 1935, 1946)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hawkins Is Coming"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hawkins" etymology (rudimentary speculation)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "...And the Cabots talk only to God" (awaiting digitized Boston Globe)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Roil/Rile NY Times usage question
Alan Baragona
- linguistic performance during office hours
Paul Frank
- Shanghai (verb and associated countable noun), 1854-1860
Douglas G. Wilson
- Bowery Speak; Schmegeggy (1939?, 1954); New York Is Not America (1878)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- (Crosspost) Web resource on British dialects
Laurence Horn
- Sdewalks of New York
George Thompson
- hang-up
George Thompson
- Cheese fallen off your cracker?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "guy" used by teens?
Patti J. Kurtz
- Lexicography Discussion Group at MLA 2006: Call for Papers
Joanne M. Despres
- Correction
Joanne M. Despres
- fideo (1890)
Barnhart
- Shanghai chickens etc., 1852
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: Re: Roil/Rile NY Times usage question
Barnhart
- Cheese quote by Charles de Gaulle; Good Health & Bad Memory (Bergman/Schweitzer)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cheese quote by Charles de Gaulle (1958, 1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Western Union" by Moss Hart (1954)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- [sing.] "guy"
Laurence Horn
- A couple of phallicisms
Wilson Gray
- West Virginia Folklore (1950s), especially children's rhymes (Liar Liar, 1958)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- COKE in the South
RonButters at AOL.COM
- KLEENEX RUBBER PANTIES
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "snow day" superstitions
Jonathan Lighter
- Cheese fallen off your cracker? [long post]
Laurence Horn
- C2C (Cradle to Cradle); Full Deckisms
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "guy"
sagehen
- "strong as ball"
Jonathan Lighter
- "among" = "between"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Earworm"
Jonathan Lighter
- Adam and Eve and Pinch Me Tight
Dan Goodman
- akdweesh... was sammies
Lois Nathan
- Apostrophe
Dennis R. Preston
- COKE in the Maryland
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: COKE in the South
RonButters at AOL.COM
- borrow/lend
Patti J. Kurtz
- Genericide was Re: COKE in the South
Mullins, Bill
- Sammies revisited
Patti J. Kurtz
- "matters" = "depends"
Patti J. Kurtz
- Chickens with their head cut off
Larry Scroggs
- perpetrator / perpetrate / perpetrative
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: query: know any linguists or social scientists that know about "play"?
Sylvia Swift
- "'dirty joke"
Mullins, Bill
- <late>
Bethany K. Dumas
- Is GENERICIDE a bad choice or morphemes?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- COKE in Poland
RonButters at AOL.COM
- LAS COCAS
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: COKE in the Maryland
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "dope" and taboo (was: COKE in the Maryland)
Laurence Horn
- Re: Re: "dope" and taboo (was: COKE in the Maryland)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- keeping the discourse civil and avoiding slurs
RonButters at AOL.COM
- A little more on y'all redux
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Is GENERICIDE a bad choice or morphemes?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Is GENERICIDE a bad choice or morphemes?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- red-headed stepchild
Sam Clements
- catharctic
Jonathan Lighter
- Coke
James C Stalker
- Re: Re: COKE in the M aryland
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: A little more on y'all redux
RonButters at AOL.COM
- the meaning of GENERIC in linguistics
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "odds against" = "odds of"
Jonathan Lighter
- Classic? [WAS Re: red-headed stepchild]
Erik Hoover
- English neologisms from Italian
Barnhart
- The meaning of GENERIC in linguistics (one last word for now)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- lanai
David Bergdahl
- "Left! Left! I left my wife and 49 kids..." (Hoosier Folklore)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Crosspost from LL, Disc: New: Isoglosses and the Midland
Laurence Horn
- "What's tough?" "Life." "What's life?" "A magazine." (1945)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Children's folklore from Hoosier Folklore, Midwest Folklore
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hootnanny (1918)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Do-Rag (1966)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gapers' Block (1961)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Keep It Simple, Stupid (1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re. do rag
Sally O. Donlon
- Dictionaries Online
RonButters at AOL.COM
- GENERICIZE and COMMONIZE
Arnold M. Zwicky
- sweatina
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Dictionaries Online
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Earworm" & singular y'all
Barnhart
- Spam (1987)
Dave Wilton
- dialects in the movies
Jonathan Lighter
- "Like water for chocolate" (Mexican proverb) (1935)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Games and Songs of American Children (1884)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- marginal hires
Paul Frank
- Dirty jokes, children's rhymes in Keystone Folklore Quarterly OT:
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Boston Globe is here!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bos. Globe, Atl. Constitution Request
Fred Shapiro
- angle of the eye
Thomas Paikeday
- deminibus
Benjamin Zimmer
- More on singular y'all
Alice Faber
- Hootenanny
Damien Hall
- jagon watch
Educational CyberPlayGround
- DOPE as a college student slang term, 1
RonButters at AOL.COM
- subdaily
Mark A. Mandel
- Vanderbilt: "The public be damned" (1882)
Benjamin Zimmer
- another Tom Kun x-post from Linguist List
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Charley Horse"
Fred Shapiro
- Boston Globe: No "hot dog"? Second "basket ball"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help (you)'
Geoffrey Nunberg
- Angry Lobster & Firecracker Applesauce & Drunken Donuts
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- shindig
Benjamin Zimmer
- Paris Hilton'd
Dan Goodman
- dope
sagehen
- Synonymy avoidance
Ed Keer
- Salon on "fugly"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Coochy-coo
Douglas G. Wilson
- Drunken Donuts; Fugly; Letter to the Editor of Tulsa World this time
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Here, there and Everywhere" (1826)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Letter to Editor on "The Big Apple"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- dictionary entry for fugly
Barnhart
- "your guys's" (2nd person pl. poss.)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Build" = prepare (something to eat)
Jonathan Lighter
- Updates to OED Science Fiction page
Jesse Sheidlower
- Americanized French
Wilson Gray
- Ribbit! (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Circus Slang (1894); Hoodlum (1872) from Boston Globe
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- track ways we use language?
Educational CyberPlayGround
- astroturf
Mullins, Bill
- Doctor Demento
Mullins, Bill
- correction Re: astroturf
Educational CyberPlayGround
- new SF cites for the OED SF project
Mullins, Bill
- Middle English "quek"
Joanne M. Despres
- psywar
Mullins, Bill
- speaking of ducks and perversion...
Laurence Horn
- OT: Grant Barrett's MTA analysis
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Perfect Storm"
Fred Shapiro
- "Hootchie-cootchie" etymology (partly speculative)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Yours till Niagara Falls" (1907)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Skilligimink
Michael Quinion
- Fwd: if you're ever looking for a new project
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ISHT
David Bergdahl
- ISHT
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ISHT
Beverly Flanigan
- ISHT
Jonathan Lighter
- ISHT
Grant Barrett
- ISHT
Jonathan Lighter
- ISHT
FRITZ JUENGLING
- ISHT
Beverly Flanigan
- ISHT
FRITZ JUENGLING
- ISHT
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Circus Slang (1894)
Mark A. Mandel
- isht/ish (was: if you're ever looking for a new project)
Grant Barrett
- Fwd: ISHT
Grant Barrett
- Glass Zoo (the U.N.); Guerrilla Chess
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- corrected Re: correction Re: astroturf
Educational CyberPlayGround
- Collegiate "geek" in the '70s (was Re: Synonymy avoidance)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Inkfish"
Jonathan Lighter
- Isht and Ish
Grant Barrett
- napkins and servietes
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Big Dance; Chicago Tribune; Circus Slang correction
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lemon Cake rhyme (1894); Saratoga Potatoes; Parker House Rolls
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- serviette
Janis Vizier Nihart
- big cup of . . .
Mullins, Bill
- GREAZY and GREASY
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: Collegiate "geek" in the '70s (was Re: Synonymy avoidance)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- napkins and serviettes
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: GREAZY and GREASY
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Winter Salad Bowl; Camelust
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: Re: GREAZY and GREA SY
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "mock-factual"
Jonathan Lighter
- vase vs. vase
Jonathan Lighter
- "Luck is the residue of design" (1946); Bed-Stuy; SABENA
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- A Spanish OED
Paul Frank
- "Work like you don't need the money..." (1989)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Jesus Juice" (Michael Jackson trial)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dork
Damien Hall
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Michael McKernan
- Dork
Dennis R. Preston
- Dork
Benjamin Zimmer
- Dork
Michael McKernan
- Dork
Michael McKernan
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Michael McKernan
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Jesse Sheidlower
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Michael McKernan
- Dork
Wilson Gray
- Dork
Jonathan Lighter
- Dork
Seán Fitzpatrick
- outdoor mall
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Origins of Sports Cliches
Don Powell
- "Jesus Juice" (Rapdict.org; everyone misses the joke??)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Monday's Child" (1836)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- substitute for = replace with
Jonathan Lighter
- Polly Wolly Doodle (1883); Ham 'n' Eggs
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Sucking Cider through a Straw" (1874)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- San Man; OT: NY Post can't add without Grant Barrett!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- MIT slang list (1962)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Mystery of "mungo" (from Van Lingle Mungo?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Harvey Wallbanger (1968, 1969)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- the big picture (1926)
Benjamin Zimmer
- defuse / diffuse
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of spiggoty/spigotty (1900)
Sam Clements
- condom fatigue (was: Dialects in film)
Mark A. Mandel
- Dialects in film & tv
Beth Simon
- Spigoty (1901) (from Spaghetti, 1896?_
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Collegiate "geek" in the '70s
Mark A. Mandel
- FWIW: "Mungo" Park
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Here come the judge" (1968); "Read the telephone directory" (1948)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gook (??) (1919)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Read the telephone directory" (1947)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gook (???) (1912)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "@" as Gender Wildcard in Spanish
Grant Barrett
- Re "bracketology"
Laurence Horn
- "All dressed up and no place to go" (1913)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Home on the Range; Bury me not on lone prairie; Overpaid, Oversexed, and Over Here
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug" (1991); Smile (1870)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gorze: not just a furze any more
Michael McKernan
- Blues eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- cross amputation
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Bomb
Damien Hall
- Bomb
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Bomb
Rachel Shuttlesworth
- Bomb
Joanne M. Despres
- Bomb
Jonathan Lighter
- Bomb
Jesse Sheidlower
- Bomb
Jonathan Lighter
- Bomb
Wilson Gray
- Bomb
David Bowie
- Herp
Baker, John
- adjective "Christian"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- adjective "Christian" [but WOT-WG]
Wilson Gray
- New MSM Definition
davemarc
- Swats was RE: adjective "Christian"
Katy Miller
- Query: Origin of "oops"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- change > change out
James C Stalker
- "Winning is the best deodorant" (1996)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gook (???) (1912) -- Goo-goo
Douglas G. Wilson
- Hammer/Nail;"Knock cover off ball" (pre-1896); "Refs swallowed whistles" (1930s)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pizza: a slice of heaven (2005); Sometimes the bear eats you
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of "oops"
David Bergdahl
- competing deodorants
Laurence Horn
- twat
Jonathan Lighter
- *change* + preposition (was: change > change out)
Damien Hall
- Liverpudlian Scouse
Mark A. Mandel
- inner city
Jonathan Lighter
- Folk-Lore from Maryland (1925)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Go with the flow" (1971); "Hit the ball and run like hell" (1965)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- four and twenty
Paul Frank
- twat+oogle
neil
- "take a looksy"?
Stephen Goranson
- Irish Toasts & the Internet
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Is there such a phenomenon as "undercorrection/hypocorrection?
Wilson Gray
- No slang name for Euro?
Grant Barrett
- "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose"
Fred Shapiro
- more on EARWORM
Barnhart
- Heads I win, tails you lose; Winning is best deodorant
bapopik at AOL.COM
- More "Irish Toasts" (from Factiva, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Scofflaw" in Harvard Crimson (1923, 1924)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "gook" (rhymes with "book")
Benjamin Zimmer
- "come-to-Jesus meeting"
Jonathan Lighter
- grammar changes with formality?
Rachel Sommer
- Mobisode; Gold Collar; Bartendresses
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bartendresses
Mullins, Bill
- looper
Mullins, Bill
- "Will it play in Peoria?"
Jonathan Lighter
- More overcorrection
Wilson Gray
- Camp Phrases (1861); City Nicknames (1889)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Refrigerator = jail?
Michael McKernan
- T.I.P. acronym--1895
Sam Clements
- "Rendering" of suspects
Benjamin Zimmer
- *change* + preposition
Damien Hall
- [SLANG:53] Panna
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Nee" = or; or perhaps
Jonathan Lighter
- social interaction
Kathy Seal
- Pahk the cah in Hahvuhd Yahd (1976); Joe College 1934)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- McKean, Sheidlower, Barrett, Kleinedler in NY Times; "Hot Dog" never to appear
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Noted without comment
Michael McKernan
- Out of context
Mark A. Mandel
- Peola (was "Nee" = or; or perhaps)
George Thompson
- 767'd
Benjamin Barrett
- Nice
Benjamin Barrett
- Nice
Jonathon Green
- Nice
Jonathon Green
- Nice
Benjamin Zimmer
- Canadian usage
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Noted without comment--(dude)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- State of Youth Slang In France
Grant Barrett
- tighty-whitey
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Brownie points
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Spring forward/ahead, Fall back" (1957, by L.A. Examiner?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Peacemaker Sandwich; Dirt Pie; Sidewalk Superintendent
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dirt Pie
Michael McKernan
- Language Log postings
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A "Not!" headline (1923)
Benjamin Zimmer
- La Mediatrice or Peacemaker Sandwich
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Healey's "Squeeze the rich until the pips squeak" (1974?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hail Mary shot (1965)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Reno--Biggest Little City in the World (1910)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Berger" and other Penn State diner lingo (1926)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Specimens of Mississippi Folk-Lore (1928)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Burnt Ends (Chopped Brisket)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Second Call for Papers: ADS at MMLA
Kathryn Remlinger
- Sign language town
Paul Frank
- jill-farted ? ?
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: article from sci.lang
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: on the possessive front
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Safire on "nukular"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Best man for the job"
James A. Landau
- Student eggcorns
David Bowie
- Quotative [to be] + "that"
Tom Kysilko
- New (to me) slang
Wilson Gray
- "euphemism" = metaphor or figure of speech
Jonathan Lighter
- "social interaction"
Kathy Seal
- the preposition "bar"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- re-ogling
Laurence Horn
- snowglobes? snowdomes?
Sam Clements
- O tempura, o morays! or, Who needs an editor when you halve a spell chequer?
Mark A. Mandel
- How you start/How you finish (1919); "Hanka's Table" in today's New York Times
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Smartness of whips & steel traps (1868 and 1826)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Foob" Watch
Benjamin Zimmer
- assassinate = murder (anyone)
Jonathan Lighter
- "diva" = notorious woman
Jonathan Lighter
- hearing/spelling confusion
Roger Shuy
- Fwd: Re: hearing/spelling confusion
Beverly Flanigan
- milkshaking
George Thompson
- "Great minds think alike"
Alan Baragona
- Fw: "Great minds think alike"
Alan Baragona
- Sci fi novels featuring language
Patti J. Kurtz
- MTA (More Trouble Ahead) nicknames
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "schlock" = nonsense
Jonathan Lighter
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955); OT: Goodbye AOL?
bapopik at AOL.COM
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jonathan Lighter
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
George Thompson
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Laurence Horn
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jesse Sheidlower
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Mullins, Bill
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Mullins, Bill
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Laurence Horn
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jonathan Lighter
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Peter A. McGraw
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Michael McKernan
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Mark A. Mandel
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Mark A. Mandel
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Robert Fitzke
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
George Thompson
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jerome Foster
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jonathan Lighter
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jonathan Lighter
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Robert Fitzke
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Dave Hause
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Jerome Foster
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Page Stephens
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
George Thompson
- A Diller, A Dollar (1955) (continued)
Wilson Gray
- Mozzarella Monday
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Idealism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Monarchism"
Fred Shapiro
- Oxymoron
Page Stephens
- swang on local NPR station
Barnhart
- Great googily moogily
Michael Quinion
- mofo
Clai Rice
- "blood family" = kindred
Jonathan Lighter
- "step up to the plate"
Jonathan Lighter
- "March Madness" in the Times
Laurence Horn
- speed or rate of change
Kathy Seal
- ..English as a code..
GSCole
- terms for words
Sam Clements
- Local meaning Hawaiian
Benjamin Barrett
- Hugungous!
Benjamin Zimmer
- mongotacular = "enormous, staggeringly huge"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Lazarus species"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Terminology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Footnote"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Monograph"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Terminology" (Corrected Citation)
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pluralism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Autocrat"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Pedophile"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Victimology"
Fred Shapiro
- "Prophesize" Not in the Dictionaries
Fred Shapiro
- Re: Re: O tempura, o morays! or, Who needs an editor when you halve a spell chequer?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- all-too-easy proofreading
sagehen
- Antedating of "Aggressive"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Policeman"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Leadership"
Fred Shapiro
- documentate!!
crg
- Fwd: Quotative [to be] + "that"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "toeing the line" revisited
Laurence Horn
- One's goat (which can be gotten)
Douglas G. Wilson
- two word choices
Arnold M. Zwicky
- eighty-six (86) not an antedating
Sam Clements
- "Peace Sign" (1900); Chocolate Sprinkles & Broadway Flip Sundae
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Do-rag" - no mention of ADS antedatings
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hola
Rex W. Stocklin
- "the personal is political" (1971)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- orientate (was documentate)
Barnhart
- solicitate (was documentate)
Barnhart
- recent examples of solicitated
Barnhart
- Iron Pipeline
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Best way to secure freedom is to practice it" (Bill Buckley)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fort Wood (was: Re: Hola)
Rex W. Stocklin
- Pollyanna
Michael Quinion
- noviciate
Jonathan Lighter
- "and +[verb]ing" as subordinator
Jonathan Lighter
- proof-reading fun
Jonathan Lighter
- article about Microsoft grammar checker
Mark A. Mandel
- jargonese (1957)
Barnhart
- "Red hat, no drawers."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Enticing the bilingual consumer"
Dan Goodman
- "The Projects" (public housing projects) (1939)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Americandialect.com
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "No Republican or Democratic way to clean the streets" (1934)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "The" Philippines
Yan Zhang
- "Blasts From the Past" (1962)
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- Antedating of "Malapropism"
Fred Shapiro
- hair band
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--antiphrasis
Laurence Horn
- 'Match Hunt' 'Side Hunt' 'Hunting Match'
Michael McKernan
- San Francisco University High School Slang
Grant Barrett
- Query
Brenda Lester
- "genentic" and "cowicorn"
Jonathan Lighter
- flak
Jonathan Lighter
- colder than a witch's tit
Sam Clements
- "Never went to Yale" (1947); Blast from the Past
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- "Lowells speak only to God" (Harvard & Yale versions, 1918)
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- American Mother Goose (1940); Life like a snowflake (1947)
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- Negro Folk Rhymes (1922) ("lemonade" rhyme)
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- Oakland Tribune (1960-1975) Re: San Francisco University High School Slang
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- "Shine"
Wilson Gray
- Dope questions
Wilson Gray
- Re: Re: proof-reading fun
RonButters at AOL.COM
- cush(t)y-mush(t)y
Benjamin Zimmer
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