October 2005 Archives by date
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- Early Citations for "Cool"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- USA Today on "sucks "
Benjamin Zimmer
- learnings
Douglas G. Wilson
- USA Today on "sucks "
Wilson Gray
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Early Citations for "Cool"
sagehen
- p.s.
sagehen
- USA Today on "sucks "
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Article on the term "jazz"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- man+(noun) combining form
Lal Zimman
- man+(noun) combining form
Laurence Horn
- man+(noun) combining form
Arnold M. Zwicky
- man+(noun) combining form
Benjamin Zimmer
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- man+(noun) combining form
Jesse Sheidlower
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Chris Waigl
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Chris Waigl
- Early Citations for "Cool"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Benjamin Zimmer
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
sagehen
- verse = compete vs. (1984)
Fred Shapiro
- California roll (1979)
Benjamin Zimmer
- man+(noun) combining form
Mark A. Mandel
- John Roberts attends "Red Mass"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- John Roberts attends "Red Mass"
Philip E. Cleary
- TABOR (Taxpayer Bill of Rights)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- John Roberts attends "Red Mass"
Thomas Paikeday
- man+(noun) combining form
Laurence Horn
- "ivy" = "cool"; "Ivy John" nickname
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Service Dog; Red Mass
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Early Citations for "Cool"
Wilson Gray
- Jet Ski (1974)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of "Immunology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Leninism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Stalinist"
Fred Shapiro
- man+(noun) combining form
James A. Landau
- Kool-Aid drinker = dupe of propagandists, publicists, etc.
James A. Landau
- man+(noun) combining form
James A. Landau
- vocative "peeps", etc. (1951)
Benjamin Zimmer
- man+(noun) combining form
Bethany K. Dumas
- Re: man+(noun) combin ing form
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Leninism"
Laurence Horn
- Kool-Aid drinker = dupe of propagandists, publicists, etc.
Laurence Horn
- man+(noun) combin ing form
Laurence Horn
- The best dictionaries for English slang/cant?
Joel S. Berson
- The best dictionaries for English slang/cant?
Jonathon Green
- The best dictionaries for English slang/cant?
Joel S. Berson
- mountain biking (1982)
Benjamin Zimmer
- New back-formation?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- man+(noun) combin ing form
Wilson Gray
- boogie board (1976)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Merriam-Webster adds new words
Mullins, Bill
- scenester (1983)
Benjamin Zimmer
- psychobilly, punkabilly (1978)
Benjamin Zimmer
- man+(noun) combining form
Baker, John
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- man+(noun) combining form
Peter A. McGraw
- hill billy
Mullins, Bill
- jayhawker
Mullins, Bill
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- cowpunk (1979)
Benjamin Zimmer
- chitlin circuit
Mullins, Bill
- Being pendantic
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama
Catherine Evans Davies
- jayhawker
Wilson Gray
- Merriam-Webster adds new words
Joel S. Berson
- kneecap
Mullins, Bill
- Merriam-Webster adds new words
Mullins, Bill
- head shed
Mullins, Bill
- nooking (necking? nookie?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- nooking (necking? nookie?)
paulzjoh
- man+(noun) combin ing form
Dennis R. Preston
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Wilson Gray
- psychobilly, punkabilly (1978)
Erik Hoover
- cowpunk (1979)
Jesse Sheidlower
- psychobilly, punkabilly (1978)
Benjamin Zimmer
- cowpunk (1979)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Laurence Horn
- "He's Rosom'd it" = "he's drunk" (18th c)
Joel S. Berson
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Laurence Horn
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Laurence Horn
- Sum: Origin of Pot 'Cannabis'
Laurence Horn
- hellbilly, honky punk, rockasilly
Benjamin Zimmer
- New term?
Wilson Gray
- "He's Rosom'd it" = "he's drunk" (18th c)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Sum: Origin of Pot 'Cannabis'
Wilson Gray
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Dave Wilton
- Re: "Masseuse" replac ing "masseur"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sum: Origin of Pot 'Cannabis'
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Chris Waigl
- "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"
Baker, John
- "Beezlebub"/Beelzebub?
sagehen
- "Beezlebub"/Beelzebub?
Laurence Horn
- "Beezlebub"/Beelzebub?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Masseuse" replacing "masseur"?
Laurence Horn
- "He's Rosom'd it" = "he's drunk" (18th c)
Joel S. Berson
- "Beezlebub"/Beelzebub?
Joel S. Berson
- space case (1976), waste case (1986)
Benjamin Zimmer
- space case (1976), waste case (1986)
Mullins, Bill
- "This school sucks" (Ithacan 1968)
Benjamin Zimmer
- newspaper databases
Mullins, Bill
- newspaper databases
Benjamin Zimmer
- -ency/-ancy vs. -ence/-ance
Arnold M. Zwicky
- newspaper databases
Benjamin Zimmer
- Chinese "kanji"
Gadi Niram
- Chinese "kanji"
Peter A. McGraw
- -ency/-ancy vs. -ence/-ance
sagehen
- Chinese "kanji"
Douglas G. Wilson
- -ency/-ancy vs. -ence/-ance
Jim Parish
- -ency/-ancy vs. -ence/-ance
sagehen
- Chinese "kanji"
Joel S. Berson
- itsy, bitsy, ditsy...
Benjamin Zimmer
- Chinese "kanji"
Wilson Gray
- -ency/-ancy vs. -ence/-ance
Wilson Gray
- space case (1976), waste case (1986)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Chinese "kanji"
Joel S. Berson
- Chinese "kanji"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Chinese "kanji"
Dennis R. Preston
- Something titled "The English liberal science..." of 1650?
Joel S. Berson
- Something titled "The English liberal science..." of 1650?
Stephen Goranson
- Something titled "The English liberal science..." of 1650?
Joel S. Berson
- newspaper databases
James Smith
- Chinese "kanji"
Wilson Gray
- newspaper databases
Mullins, Bill
- newspaper databases
bapopik at AOL.COM
- itsy, bitsy, ditsy...
Wilson Gray
- Great Power quote
Mullins, Bill
- Great Power quote
Mullins, Bill
- itsy, bitsy, ditsy...
Benjamin Zimmer
- space case (1976), waste case (1986)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Call: World English Call for Contributions
Grant Barrett
- Chinese "kanji"
Benjamin Barrett
- Chinese "kanji"
Benjamin Barrett
- Chinese "kanji"
Benjamin Barrett
- Chinese "kanji"
Joel S. Berson
- Service Dog; Red Mass
Mark A. Mandel
- Chinese "kanji"
Benjamin Barrett
- attibution of a quote/exchange
Sam Clements
- Early use of AWOL as acronym
Michael Quinion
- attibution of a quote/exchange
Fred Shapiro
- attibution of a quote/exchange
Fred Shapiro
- attibution of a quote/exchange
Sam Clements
- Scraping nickels together
bapopik at AOL.COM
- itsy, bitsy, ditsy...
Jonathan Lighter
- Lightning Round (not in OED?)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Lightning Round (not in OED?)
Mullins, Bill
- American abbreviations
Arnold M. Zwicky
- American abbreviations
Benjamin Barrett
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Thomas Paikeday
- "Warm bucket of spit" and other Shapiro-worthy quotes
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Laurence Horn
- American abbreviations
Laurence Horn
- "Warm bucket of spit" and other Shapiro-worthy quotes
Mullins, Bill
- American abbreviations
Benjamin Barrett
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Thomas Paikeday
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Joel S. Berson
- "Invented words" vs. fake words?
Joel S. Berson
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Joel S. Berson
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fw: "esquivalience" is out
Jonathan Lighter
- Early use of AWOL as acronym
Douglas G. Wilson
- Vice President and Warm Spit (1964) (quick check)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- rollout
Mullins, Bill
- some items of interest from tomorrow's (Sunday) NYT
Laurence Horn
- itsy, bitsy, ditsy...
Wilson Gray
- American abbreviations
Wilson Gray
- "Geechee" redux
Wilson Gray
- " übersexual" in NYT
Benjamin Zimmer
- "esquivalience" is out
David Bowie
- "esquivalience" is out
Thomas Paikeday
- " übersexual" in NYT
Michael Quinion
- "jazz mags" euphemism?
Chris Waigl
- "jazz mags" euphemism?
Jonathan Lighter
- "jazz mag"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "jazz mag"
Jesse Sheidlower
- "jazz mag"
Chris Waigl
- "jazz mags" euphemism?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "jazz mag"
Laurence Horn
- "jazz mag"
Jonathon Green
- "jazz mags" euphemism?
Wilson Gray
- "jazz mags" euphemism?
James Smith
- "esquivalience" is out
Baker, John
- Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement
Fred Shapiro
- Science Fiction Quotations Book Announcement
Fred Shapiro
- It had to happen
Wilson Gray
- It had to happen
Michael McKernan
- It had to happen
Laurence Horn
- "giggle factor"
Mullins, Bill
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Benjamin Barrett
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Laurence Horn
- It had to happen
sagehen
- It had to happen
sagehen
- It had to happen
FRITZ JUENGLING
- flat
Mullins, Bill
- Jazz: a new etymology
George Thompson
- early references to "jazz" in recent books
George Thompson
- Jazz: a new etymology
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- It had to happen
Laurence Horn
- going down on someone in 1859
George Thompson
- Jazz: a new etymology
George Thompson
- DEA Slang
Mullins, Bill
- going down on someone in 1859
Laurence Horn
- going down on someone in 1859
Jonathan Lighter
- "scribe" = ancient author
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- "scribe" = ancient author
Douglas G. Wilson
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Tom Kysilko
- "scribe" = ancient author
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Paul Johnson
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Benjamin Barrett
- "novel" = narrative nonfiction book (again)
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Laurence Horn
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Tim Cassedy
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Dennis R. Preston
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Paul Johnson
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
David Bowie
- DEA Slang
Wilson Gray
- DEA Slang
Thomas Paikeday
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Jonathan Lighter
- DEA Slang
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Dave Wilton
- DEA Slang
Jim Parish
- going down on someone in 1859
George Thompson
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Mullins, Bill
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Baker, John
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Laurence Horn
- DEA Slang
Jonathan Lighter
- Youa (maxima) culpa
Jonathan Lighter
- DEA Slang
Mullins, Bill
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Benjamin Zimmer
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Wilson Gray
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Laurence Horn
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Mullins, Bill
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Earliest date for "red man" = American Indian?
Joel S. Berson
- Earliest date for "red man" = American Indian?
Mullins, Bill
- Earliest date for "red man" = American Indian?
Joel S. Berson
- behind the eight ball
Mullins, Bill
- natch (1942)
Benjamin Zimmer
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Joanne M. Despres
- "How new words become part of a language" New Scientist
Dan Goodman
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Warm bucket of spit" and other Shapiro-worthy quotes
Fred Shapiro
- Defeated On Arrival (DOA); Preyground
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Mark A. Mandel
- plonk = obnoxious person
Benjamin Zimmer
- biopic (1949)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Warm bucket of spit" and other Shapiro-worthy quotes
sagehen
- guilt trip (1970)
Benjamin Zimmer
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Paul Frank
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Dan Goodman
- plonk = obnoxious person
Jonathon Green
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Benjamin Zimmer
- plonk = obnoxious person
Benjamin Zimmer
- Christianities; "spiritual not religious"
Stephen Goranson
- Ubyssey Student Newspaper WAS: plonk = obnoxious person
Mullins, Bill
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Joanne M. Despres
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Mullins, Bill
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Joanne M. Despres
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- plonk = obnoxious person
Mullins, Bill
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
sagehen
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jesse Sheidlower
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Jason Norris
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Wilson Gray
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Wilson Gray
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Wilson Gray
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- manizer (1977)
Benjamin Zimmer
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Wilson Gray
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Chris Frazier
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Joel S. Berson
- Bugs Bunny change-up
Benjamin Zimmer
- go yard (1988)
Benjamin Zimmer
- go yard (1988)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Bugs Bunny change-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Bugs Bunny change-up
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- proposed etymology for "Indian"
James A. Landau
- Bugs Bunny change-up
Grant Barrett
- attibution of a quote/exchange
Fred Shapiro
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Mark A. Mandel
- proposed etymology for "Indian"
Dave Wilton
- proposed etymology for "Indian"
Harrold Wilson Gray
- Autoreply: ADS-L Digest - 14 Oct 2005 to 15 Oct 2005 (#2005-289)
Vanessa Winans
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Mullins, Bill
- umpire "mechanic(s)"
Mullins, Bill
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Mullins, Bill
- Feiffer Quote Source
Fred Shapiro
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Fred Shapiro
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Geoff Nathan
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Dave Wilton
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Benjamin Zimmer
- Groundscraper (1975?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Feiffer Quote Source
Jerome Foster
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Jonathon Green
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Jonathan Lighter
- go yard (1988)
Chris Frazier
- go yard (1988)
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- go yard (1988)
Chris Frazier
- go yard (1988)
Wilson Gray
- For some, "Christian" (adj.) no longer includes Lutherans
Wilson Gray
- "deserted island"
Jonathan Lighter
- go yard (1988)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Christianities; "spiritual not religious"
Laurence Horn
- go yard (1988)
Chris Frazier
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Laurence Horn
- UBC graffiti (1969)
James A. Landau
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jim Parish
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- go yard (1988)
Laurence Horn
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn?
Baker, John
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Wilson Gray
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jonathan Lighter
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Christianities; "spiritual not religious"
Stephen Goranson
- "deserted island"
Stephen Goranson
- UBC graffiti (1969)
neil
- "deserted island"
Jonathan Lighter
- "stoop to hyperbole"
Joel S. Berson
- "deserted island"
Joel S. Berson
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Chris Frazier
- UBC graffiti (1969)
James A. Landau
- UBC graffiti (1969)
James A. Landau
- UBC graffiti (1969)
Jim Parish
- "stoop to hyperbole"
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- "X sucks" in White Panther manifesto (1968)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "all" = very; quite
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "all" = very; quite
Benjamin Zimmer
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- "all" = very; quite
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "all" = very; quite
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- "all" = very; quite
Wilson Gray
- "all" = very; quite
Douglas G. Wilson
- Eggcorn?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "to homegrow" (NYT)
Laurence Horn
- "all" = very; quite
Wilson Gray
- "all" = very; quite
Mullins, Bill
- "all" = very; quite
Mullins, Bill
- How new words become part of a language
Paul Frank
- Jump off the cliff
neil
- "all" = very; quite
Dennis R. Preston
- Made-up words in The Simpsons
Russ McClay
- "deserted island", subcategory "desert forest"
Joel S. Berson
- How new words become part of a language
Wilson Gray
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Mark A. Mandel
- "all" = very; quite
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- "all" = very; quite
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- The changes just keep on coming.
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- uses of "all"
Barbara H Hudson
- uses of "all"
Jonathan Lighter
- uses of "all"
Victoria Neufeldt
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Chris Waigl
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Polyamory
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Polyamory
Laurence Horn
- Eggcorn?
Jonathan Lighter
- "all" = very; quite
Arnold M. Zwicky
- totally (was Re: "all" = very; quite)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- totally (was Re: "all" = very; quite)
Jonathan Lighter
- Eggcorn?
Jonathan Lighter
- "adulation"
Jonathan Lighter
- "nonviolence"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Benjamin Zimmer
- newspaper databases
Benjamin Zimmer
- AWLP (1917)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- AWLP (1917)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Dave Wilton
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Jonathan Lighter
- "zombie worms"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Mullins, Bill
- outfake
Benjamin Zimmer
- The changes just keep on coming.
Peter A. McGraw
- The changes just keep on coming.
FRITZ JUENGLING
- The changes just keep on coming.
Peter A. McGraw
- The changes just keep on coming.
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- The changes just keep on coming.
Joel Shaver
- The changes just keep on coming.
Wilson Gray
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Jonathon Green
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- The changes just keep on coming.
David Bowie
- story arc
Mark A. Mandel
- The changes just keep on coming.
Peter A. McGraw
- The changes just keep on coming.
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Bill & Ted's" Quotations
Wilson Gray
- The changes just keep on coming.
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Wilson Gray
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- New slang?
Wilson Gray
- The changes just keep on coming.
Mark A. Mandel
- "nonviolence"
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Big Lie"
Fred Shapiro
- The changes just keep on coming.
Laurence Horn
- "all" = very; quite
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Big Lie"
Benjamin Zimmer
- The changes just keep on coming.
FRITZ JUENGLING
- "nonviolence"
Jonathan Lighter
- New slang?
Mullins, Bill
- "all" = very; quite
Wilson Gray
- New slang?
Wilson Gray
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
Mullins, Bill
- more early "nine yards"
Mullins, Bill
- sheeple
Mullins, Bill
- New slang?
Jonathan Lighter
- "Science Fiction Quotations"
Wilson Gray
- New slang?
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
Wilson Gray
- uses of "all", a current example
ladye rudite
- "Science Fiction Quotations"
Mullins, Bill
- Still lame ...
Mullins, Bill
- "Science Fiction Quotations"
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
Margaret Lee
- Antedating of "Chauvinism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Chauvinist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Chauvinistic"
Fred Shapiro
- Typo in OED
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Kinetic"
Fred Shapiro
- Still lame ...
Laurence Horn
- Downtown (NYC origin?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- The changes just keep on coming.
Joel Shaver
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- typing chinese caracters software
Liu Guoxiu
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Wilson Gray
- Still lame ...
James Smith
- Antedating of "Chauvinism"
James Smith
- Highwaters (was: Still lame ...)
Damien Hall
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
James A. Landau
- Two-buck Chuck (was: Still lame ...)
Gwyn Alcock
- "What? Me Worry?"
Mullins, Bill
- Two-buck Chuck (was: Still lame ...)
Laurence Horn
- History of the Goths
Jonathan Lighter
- History of the Goths
Mullins, Bill
- New slang?
Douglas G. Wilson
- the + highway number
James A. Landau
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- To be hep on X
Suzanne Evans Wagner
- New slang?
Wilson Gray
- Local pronunciations
Wilson Gray
- To be hep on X
Wilson Gray
- Local pronunciations
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Local pronunciations
Joel S. Berson
- Youston and the Yumanities [Was Re: Local pronunciations]
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth
- Local pronunciations
Mullins, Bill
- Local pronunciations
Wilson Gray
- celebrity props
Benjamin Zimmer
- Conot's "Fire"
Wilson Gray
- Gelett Burgess
Michael Quinion
- New depths of epenthesis
Alice Faber
- Gelett Burgess
Joel S. Berson
- New depths of epenthesis
Laurence Horn
- Gelett Burgess
Laurence Horn
- Gelett Burgess
Michael McKernan
- New depths of epenthesis
Alice Faber
- To be hep on X
Mark A. Mandel
- Local pronunciations
Grant Barrett
- the + highway number
Damien Hall
- Local pronunciations
Damien Hall
- cornelian; was Antedating of "Chauvinism"
Mark A. Mandel
- Kook (1960)
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- cornelian; was Antedating of "Chauvinism"
Chris Waigl
- Kook (1960)
Laurence Horn
- Kook (1960)
Page Stephens
- Local pronunciations
Wilson Gray
- Local pronunciations
Wilson Gray
- Local pronunciations
Laurence Horn
- for fans of reversed "substitute"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Local pronunciations
ladye rudite
- OT: Ben Zimmer and SLATE
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- Local pronunciations
Wilson Gray
- for fans of reversed "substitute"
Wilson Gray
- for fans of reversed "substitute"
Peter A. McGraw
- chow, 1847
George Thompson
- Cheipzegar Cheese
George Thompson
- OT: Ben Zimmer and SLATE
Benjamin Zimmer
- chow, 1847
Benjamin Zimmer
- for fans of reversed "substitute"
Jonathan Lighter
- chow, 1847
Jonathan Lighter
- Yankee
Jonathan Lighter
- "Borked" vs. "Miered"
Benjamin Zimmer
- WOTY alert: Mmm, hufu!
Laurence Horn
- stop please..
omeng
- Cheipzegar Cheese
Douglas G. Wilson
- Cheipzegar Cheese
Chris Waigl
- Cheipzegar Cheese
David Bowie
- Glamazon; Buggy Whip
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- gooder
Jonathan Lighter
- back-formation; neologism (?)
Beth Simon
- daring-do
Jonathan Lighter
- daring-do
Arnold M. Zwicky
- daring-do
Laurence Horn
- daring-do
Jonathan Lighter
- Crosspost on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
Laurence Horn
- chow, 1847
James A. Landau
- "The public be damned!" (Sept. 11, 1882)
Fred Shapiro
- "The public be damned!" (Sept. 11, 1882)
Sam Clements
- daring-do
Wilson Gray
- chow, 1847
Wilson Gray
- Vietnam Graffiti Project (X sucks, etc.)
Wilson Gray
- superbity
Jonathan Lighter
- Dilemna
John McChesney-Young
- Regional Variants on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
James A. Landau
- Regional Variants on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
Jonathan Lighter
- Regional Variants on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
Douglas G. Wilson
- Brag Book
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- superbity
Wilson Gray
- chow, 1847
Benjamin Zimmer
- embarrasing erroneous stress
Jonathan Lighter
- superbity
Jonathan Lighter
- Filafel, Tehina, Pittah (1939)
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- Alta California (digital newspapers)
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- Regional Variants on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A.
- Sabra (1939-1941); Pita, Pitah (1936)
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- Brag Book
Baker, John
- Regional Variants on 'Eensy Weensy Spider'
Peter A. McGraw
- Broheem/Broheim=friend, fellow, etc.
Sam Clements
- Gyppy/Gippy Tummy (1934)
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- Broheem/Broheim=friend, fellow, etc.
Sam Clements
- Scalito and other name-blends
Benjamin Zimmer
- New BE slang?
Wilson Gray
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