August 2006 Archives by subject
Starting: Tue Aug 1 00:08:18 UTC 2006
Ending: Thu Aug 31 23:33:36 UTC 2006
Messages: 815
- "[In Latin,] there was no single word [for 'yes']"
Wilson Gray
- "A hole in the ground" (1851, 1853)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "A hole in the ground" (1851, 1853)
Jonathan Lighter
- "a jar"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "a legend in one's own mind"
Jonathan Lighter
- "a legend in one's own mind"
Charles Doyle
- "a legend in one's own mind"
Grant Barrett
- "Aspirant"/"aspirational"
Charles Doyle
- "Aspirant"/"aspirational"
Wilson Gray
- "automon"
sagehen
- "automon"
Charles Doyle
- "automon"
Matthew Gordon
- "automon"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Big Easy"--What did it refer to prior to the 1960's?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Big Easy"--What did it refer to prior to the 1960's?
Stephen Goranson
- "Big Easy"--What did it refer to prior to the 1960's?
Jonathan Lighter
- "blue murder" antedating?
Jonathan Lighter
- "blue murder" antedating?
Jesse Sheidlower
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Wilson Gray
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Jonathan Lighter
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Wilson Gray
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Jonathan Lighter
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Wilson Gray
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "can't say crap w/mouthful"
Jim Parish
- "cohousing" -- not in OED2?
Joel S. Berson
- "cohousing" -- not in OED2?
Jesse Sheidlower
- "collegiate hat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "coney" [cunny?] = "vulva", 1663 antedates 1720
Joel S. Berson
- "coney" [cunny?] = "vulva", 1663 antedates 1720
Jonathan Lighter
- "Creative careers for linguists" discussion group and wiki
Mai Kuha
- "D.O.A.." "skip tracer," "burlesque queen."
Jonathan Lighter
- "damned fool" / "precedures" and "bullets"
Jonathan Lighter
- "due to"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "due to" and "general"
Jonathan Lighter
- "due to" and "general"
Chris F. Waigl
- "due to" and "general"
Wilson Gray
- "due to" and "general"
Jonathan Lighter
- "due to" and "general"
Wilson Gray
- "East until you smell it, south until you step in it"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Beverly Flanigan
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Laurence Horn
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
hpst at earthlink.net
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Beverly Flanigan
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Charles Doyle
- "from a hole in the ground" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- "gay" again
Jonathan Lighter
- "gay" again
Wilson Gray
- "good-looking" in address to a young woman
Jonathan Lighter
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Wilson Gray
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Wilson Gray
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Jonathan Lighter
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Wilson Gray
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Wilson Gray
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Wilson Gray
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Jonathan Lighter
- "Goodfellas," the book and the movie
Brenda Lester
- "Hope is not a plan"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "horlle" in 1651?
Joel S. Berson
- "horlle" in 1651?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "horlle" in 1651?
Joel S. Berson
- "horlle" in 1651?
Charles Doyle
- "horlle" in 1651?
Joel S. Berson
- "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
George Thompson
- "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
George Thompson
- "House of Negotiable Affection"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Houston, we have a problem" (1970)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Houston, we have a problem" (1970)
Dave Wilton
- "I'm from Missouri--Show Me" (1894)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "I'm from Missouri--Show Me" (1894)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "I'm from Missouri--Show Me" (1894)
Sam Clements
- "I'm from Missouri--Show Me" (1894)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "I'm from Missouri--Show Me" (1894)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "I didn't know ...
Wilson Gray
- "I didn't know ...
George Thompson
- "I didn't know ...
Jonathan Lighter
- "in love at first sight with"
Nathan Bierma
- "in love at first sight with"
Scot LaFaive
- "in love at first sight with"
James Smith
- "in love at first sight with"
Stephen Goranson
- "in special" 'in particular'
Arnold M. Zwicky
- " jazz"--( issue of early attestations)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- " jazz"--( issue of early attestations)
Beverly Flanigan
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Joel S. Berson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Douglas G. Wilson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathan Lighter
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Joel S. Berson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathan Lighter
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Joel S. Berson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Mark A. Mandel
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Joel S. Berson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathan Lighter
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathan Lighter
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Wilson Gray
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Mark A. Mandel
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathon Green
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Joel S. Berson
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Jonathan Lighter
- "knock" = "vagina", 1664?
Margaret Lee
- "kung fu" 1922
Stephen Goranson
- "leaps and bounds"
Nathan Bierma
- "leaps and bounds"
James Smith
- "leaps and bounds"
Charles Doyle
- "leaps and bounds"
Baker, John
- "leaps and bounds"
Wilson Gray
- "leaps and bounds"
Baker, John
- "meta"
Nathan Bierma
- "meta"
Laurence Horn
- "meta"
Barbara Need
- "meta"
Michael Adams
- "Murder" Quotation
Fred Shapiro
- "Murder" Quotation
Joel S. Berson
- "My very educated mother just served us nine pickles" (1966)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "My very educated mother just served us nine pickles" (1966)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "My very educated mother just served us nine pickles" (1966)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Nothing safe while legislature is in session" (1866? Webster? Bierce?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nothing safe while legislature is in session" (1866? Webster? Bierce?)
Fred Shapiro
- "No X left behind" snowclone strikes again
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Benjamin Zimmer
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Evan Morris
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
sagehen
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Brenda Lester
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Jim Parish
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Bethany K. Dumas
- "pig" as policeman
Paul Johnson
- "pig" as policeman
Wilson Gray
- "pig" as policeman
Evan Morris
- "pig" as policeman
Paul Johnston
- "pig" as policeman
Darryl Francis
- "pig" as policeman
Bethany K. Dumas
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Dave Wilton
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Evan Morris
- "pig" as policeman
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "pig" as policeman
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "pig" as policeman
Jonathan Lighter
- "pig" as policeman
Darryl Francis
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "pig" as policeman
Chris Waigl
- "pig" as policeman
Fred Shapiro
- "pig" as policeman
Dave Hause
- "pig" as policeman
Robert Fitzke
- "pig" as policeman
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "pig" as policeman
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "pig" as policeman
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "pig" as policeman
Laurence Horn
- "Poor man's pig" (armadillo)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Poor man's pig" (armadillo)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Poor man's pig" (armadillo)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Poor man's pig" (armadillo)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Jonathan Lighter
- "precedures" and "bullets"
hpst at earthlink.net
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Jonathan Lighter
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Steve Kl.
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Jonathan Lighter
- "precedures" and "bullets"
James A. Landau
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Chris F. Waigl
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Lynne Murphy
- "precedures" and "bullets"
Jonathan Lighter
- "rawhead and crossbones"
Jonathan Lighter
- "rawhead and crossbones"
Wilson Gray
- "Rodapova" or ...
Laurence Horn
- "slot machine"
Jonathan Lighter
- "some it up" eggcorn?
Stephen Goranson
- "Some of my best friends are Jewish/Harvard men/Yale men" (1921)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Spud" as nickname
Jonathan Lighter
- "Spud" as nickname
Lynne Murphy
- "Spud" as nickname
Jonathan Lighter
- "stained" = "drunk"?
Joel S. Berson
- "Stayed" > "stood"
Wilson Gray
- "Stayed" > "stood"
Jim Parish
- "Stayed" > "stood"
Wilson Gray
- "Stayed" > "stood"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Stayed" > "stood"
Charles Doyle
- "substitute by" = "replace with"
Jonathan Lighter
- "substitute by" = "replace with"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "substitute by" = "replace with"
Wilson Gray
- "substitute by" = "replace with"
Mark A. Mandel
- "sucks" revisited
Laurence Horn
- "sucks" revisited
Wilson Gray
- "sucks" revisited
Benjamin Zimmer
- "sucks" revisited
Jonathan Lighter
- "sucks" revisited
David Bowie
- "sucks" revisited
Jonathan Lighter
- "sucks" revisited
Wilson Gray
- "sucks" revisited
neil
- "sucks" revisited
Laurence Horn
- "Tad bit"
Charles Doyle
- "Tad bit"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Tad bit"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Tad bit"
Wilson Gray
- "Tad bit"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Tad bit"
Charles Doyle
- "Tad bit"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Tad bit"--("tee-nine-shih")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Tad bit"--("tee-nine-shih")
Wilson Gray
- "Tad bit"--On the existence of inadvertent blends
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Texas--you can see farther and see less"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Texas is paradise for men and dogs, hell for women and horses" (1847, Illinois)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "through and fro"
Jonathan Lighter
- "through and fro"
Wilson Gray
- "through and fro"
Jonathan Lighter
- "truth to tell"
sagehen
- "truth to tell"
Matthew Gordon
- "truth to tell"
sagehen
- "truth to tell"
Jonathan Lighter
- "truth to tell"
Wilson Gray
- "truth to tell"
Michael Quinion
- "truth to tell"
sagehen
- "truth to tell"
Mark A. Mandel
- "truth to tell"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Where neon goes to die" (Lenny Bruce); Hillbilly; Life's too short for Dallas
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 'planet' and 'planasthai'
Nathan Bierma
- 'planet' and 'planasthai'
Chris F Waigl
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Damien Hall
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Arnold M. Zwicky
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Bill Lemay
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Arnold M. Zwicky
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Arnold M. Zwicky
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Wilson Gray
- 'what everything' hypercorrection
Arnold M. Zwicky
- /r/ deletion and insertion
FRITZ JUENGLING
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Jonathan Lighter
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Laurence Horn
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Charles Doyle
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Jonathan Lighter
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Charles Doyle
- 1851 jest about trad repertoire
Jonathan Lighter
- Re: [ADS-L] "can't say crap w/mouthful"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] Google fights genericide
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] Merely a matter of tas te?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] The not -so-slow death of truthiness?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] The not -so-slow death of truthiness?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] The not -so-slow death of truthiness?
Fred Shapiro
- Re: [ADS-L] The not -so-slow death of truthiness?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] wee hours o f the ....
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Chris Waigl
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Lynne Murphy
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Michael Quinion
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Joel S. Berson
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Joel S. Berson
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Wilson Gray
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Joel S. Berson
- [sic] of the day: earmarks
Wilson Gray
- _or not_ = _otherwise_?
Chris F Waigl
- _or not_ = _otherwise_?
Chris F Waigl
- _or not_ = _otherwise_?
Wilson Gray
- _or not_ = _otherwise_?
Charles Doyle
- A "Welsh Accent" of English
Kathryn Remlinger
- A 19th Century Slang Dictionary
Russ McClay
- A 19th Century Slang Dictionary
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- ADS-L Digest - 20 Aug 2006 to 21 Aug 2006 (#2006-233)
Geoff Nathan
- ADS-L Digest - 20 Aug 2006 to 21 Aug 2006 (#2006-233)
Wilson Gray
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Aug 2006 to 30 Aug 2006 (#2006-242)
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Aug 2006 to 30 Aug 2006 (#2006-242)
Laurence Horn
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Aug 2006 to 30 Aug 2006 (#2006-242)
sagehen
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Aug 2006 to 30 Aug 2006 (#2006-242)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ADS-L Digest - 29 Aug 2006 to 30 Aug 2006 (#2006-242)
sagehen
- ads e mail
Tim Frazer
- a game of "cat"
Jonathan Lighter
- Agnotology
Joel S. Berson
- Agnotology
Fred Shapiro
- Agnotology
Grant Barrett
- Agnotology
Wilson Gray
- Agnotology
Joel S. Berson
- Air Force Academy cite-whole nine yards(1968)?
Sam Clements
- Air Force Academy cite-whole nine yards(1968)?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Aisle/isle eggcorn?
neil
- Aisle/isle eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Allow meaning 'provide the ability to'
Geoff Nathan
- Allow meaning 'provide the ability to'
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- A new word?
Grant Barrett
- A new word?
Dave Wilton
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Towse
- A new word?
Mark A. Mandel
- A new word?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- A new word?
Fred Shapiro
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Jim Parish
- A new word?
Jesse Sheidlower
- A new word?
Matthew Gordon
- A new word?
Jim Parish
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- A new word?
Fred Shapiro
- A new word?
Fred Shapiro
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Barbara Need
- A new word?
Mark A. Mandel
- A new word?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- A new word?
Chris F Waigl
- A new word?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- A new word?
sagehen
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Charles Doyle
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
Jonathan Lighter
- A new word?
sagehen
- A new word?
Laurence Horn
- another take on the end of the Sixties...
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Archaeologist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Archaeologist"
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Archaeologist"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Automation"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Egyptologist"
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "Ethnography"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Ethnology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Folk Song"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Hillbilly"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Hillbilly"
Mark A. Mandel
- Antedating of "Hillbilly"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Judaeo-Christian"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Melodrama"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Minimalism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Political Correctness"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Politically Incorrect"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Snafu"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Suffragette"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Sunbelt"
Fred Shapiro
- An unambiguous cock = penis, 1663
Joel S. Berson
- astroturfing
Mark A. Mandel
- astroturfing
Grant Barrett
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
neil
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?
David Bowie
- Autoreply: ADS-L Digest - 8 Aug 2006 to 9 Aug 2006 (#2006-221)
JoelGoldes at LISTSERV.CC.UGA.EDU
- Bald-headed stepchild
Alice Faber
- beginning of the 20th century
Barnhart
- Big F-Word breakthrough. Or...
Jonathan Lighter
- Big F-Word breakthrough. Or...
Wilson Gray
- Big F-Word breakthrough. Or...
Dave Wilton
- Big F-Word breakthrough. Or...
Jonathan Lighter
- Big F-Word breakthrough. Or...
Jonathan Lighter
- Bizarre Google search results (was RE: The not-so-slow death of truthiness?)
Clai Rice
- Bizarre Google search results (was RE: The not-so-slow death of truthiness?)
Lynne Murphy
- Bizarre Google search results (was RE: The not-so-slow death of truthiness?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- blamed
James A. Landau
- blamed
Charles Doyle
- blamed
Baker, John
- blamed
Jonathan Lighter
- blamed
Wilson Gray
- chachqui
Mark A. Mandel
- chat up
Lynne Murphy
- chat up and smarten up
Lynne Murphy
- chat up and smarten up
Jonathan Lighter
- Chicken Fried Steak (1914)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chicken Fried Steak (1914)
Wilson Gray
- Chicken Fried Steak (1914)
Jesse Sheidlower
- Chicken Fried Steak (1914)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Chuck Wagon (1884)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chuck Wagon (1884)
George Thompson
- condo cowboy
Benjamin Zimmer
- condo cowboy
Wilson Gray
- condo cowboy
Laurence Horn
- condo cowboy
Wilson Gray
- condo cowboy
Jesse Sheidlower
- copyright to a smell
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Crosspost: Cows with accents?
Laurence Horn
- Crow languages [was: Cows with accents?]
Joel S. Berson
- Crow languages [was: Cows with accents?]
Wilson Gray
- Dark matter (was Re: Aureoles/areolae eggcorn?)
Mark A. Mandel
- Doctor Brid Cake (1969) and Hummingbird Cake (1972)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Domesday Book now on line
Wilson Gray
- Doo(-)wop: trivial observation
Benjamin Zimmer
- Doo(-)wop: trivial observation
Wilson Gray
- Doom Pussy publishing date?
Sam Clements
- Doom Pussy publishing date?
Fred Shapiro
- Doom Pussy publishing date?
Jonathan Lighter
- Doom Pussy publishing date?
Fred Shapiro
- Doom Pussy publishing date?
Jesse Sheidlower
- earmarks (sic)
sagehen
- earmark un-sicced
Lynne Murphy
- earmark un-sicced
Chris Waigl
- Ed Koch on agreeing with a politican on all issues
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Eggcorn, or: Telling on myself
David Bowie
- Eggcorn, or: Telling on myself
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn, or: Telling on myself
David Bowie
- Eggcorn: itinerary for inventory
Darryl Francis
- Eggcorn: itinerary for inventory
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn: pared down > paired down
Damien Hall
- eggcorn: slug through
Gordon, Matthew J.
- Eggcorn: vagary = something vague
Karl Hagen
- Eggcorn: vagary = something vague
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn: vagary = something vague
Karl Hagen
- Eggcorn: vagary = something vague
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn: vagary = something vague
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn?
Charles Doyle
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Eggcorn?---("the life and blood of")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Eggcorn?---("the life and blood of")
Charles Doyle
- Eggcorn?---("the life and blood of")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- eggcorn? coin-up
Gordon, Matthew J.
- eggcorn? coin-up
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Eggcorn or typo: largesse/largeness
Joel S. Berson
- Eggcorn or typo: largesse/largeness
sagehen
- END of the 20th century
Barnhart
- Erected on the installment plan?
sagehen
- Erected on the installment plan?
Wilson Gray
- Erected on the installment plan?
Jonathan Lighter
- evangelese
Arnold M. Zwicky
- folk etymology/eggcorn numbchucks
Matthew Gordon
- Forget That Antedating
Fred Shapiro
- From a hole in the ground...
Geoff Nathan
- From a hole in the ground...
Laurence Horn
- fruneral
Nancy Hall
- fruneral
Jonathan Lighter
- fruneral
Benjamin Zimmer
- fruneral
Wilson Gray
- fruneral
Jonathan Lighter
- fruneral
Paul Johnston
- fruneral
Paul Johnston
- fruneral
Jonathan Lighter
- fruneral
Lynne Murphy
- fruneral
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- fruneral
Darryl Francis
- fruneral
Jonathan Lighter
- Further Antedating of "Archaeolo
Stephen Goranson
- Further Antedating of "Archaeologist"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Automation"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Judaeo-Christian"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Judaeo-Christian"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Further Antedating of "Movie"
Fred Shapiro
- FW: [19cBB] "league" (the linguistic bit)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: [19cBB] "league" (the linguistic bit)
Joel S. Berson
- FW: Naming Article--(featuring Margaret Lee)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: "politically correct"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: "politically correct"
Fred Shapiro
- Fwd: "politically correct"
Mark David Higbee
- Fwd: "politically correct"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: "politically correct"
Laurence Horn
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Darryl Francis
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
sagehen
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Brenda Lester
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Charles Doyle
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
sagehen
- Fwd: interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Mark A. Mandel
- Fwd: oed on "meta"
Jonathan Lighter
- Geoff again
Brenda Lester
- Geoff again
Lynne Murphy
- Geoff again
Brenda Lester
- Geoff again
Lynne Murphy
- German Chocolate Cake antedating
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- German Chocolate Cake antedating
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- German Chocolate Cake antedating
Wilson Gray
- Global Language Monitor: Truthiness top tv buzzword of '06
Steve Kl.
- Google fights genericide
Benjamin Zimmer
- Grant Barrett's new book--described in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Hash(ed) Brown(s) (Potatoes)
George Thompson
- He's back!
George Thompson
- He's back!
Baker, John
- He's back!
Lynne Murphy
- He's back!
Jesse Sheidlower
- He's back!
Arnold M. Zwicky
- He's back!
Baker, John
- He's back!
sagehen
- He's back!
Wilson Gray
- He's back! ("yes"/"no")
Charles Doyle
- He's back! ("yes"/"no")
Joel S. Berson
- He's back! ("yes"/"no")
Brenda Lester
- He's back! ("yes"/"no")
Beverly Flanigan
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Jonathan Lighter
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Brenda Lester
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Brenda Lester
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Brenda Lester
- Heard on "The People's Court"
Wilson Gray
- Hoi Polloi
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- Hoi Polloi
Laurence Horn
- hole in ground/hawk from hack-saw
B W Kane
- Hollywood Funeral Quip
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- I've just seen an ad for "cannoli's." Sigh! [NT]
Wilson Gray
- Ice Cream Sunday (Atlanta, 1895?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ice Cream Sunday (Atlanta, 1895?)
Joel S. Berson
- Ice Cream Sunday (Atlanta, 1895?)
Joel S. Berson
- IMing lives
Barnhart
- Important Update from ProQuest Information and Learning President, David "Skip" Prichard (fwd)
Fred Shapiro
- interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Wilson Gray
- interesting turn for "hoi polloi"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Interlingual eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- Interlingual eggcorn?
Laurence Horn
- It's time to moveon.org ...
William Salmon
- just heard on NPR
Barnhart
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Arnold M. Zwicky
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
William Salmon
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Benjamin Zimmer
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Charles Doyle
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Arnold M. Zwicky
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Wilson Gray
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
Benjamin Zimmer
- latest Mark Peters on eggcorns
sagehen
- Lawyers in Need of Linguistic Training
Baker, John
- Lawyers in Need of Linguistic Training
Jonathan Lighter
- Lawyers in Need of Linguistic Training
Baker, John
- Lawyers in Need of Linguistic Training
Jonathan Lighter
- Like water for soup
Joel S. Berson
- Liposection?
Mircea Sauciuc
- Liposection?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Liposection an eggcorn?
Mircea Sauciuc
- Little Saigon
James A. Landau
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Joel S. Berson
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Douglas G. Wilson
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Jonathan Lighter
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Joel S. Berson
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Laurence Horn
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Jonathan Lighter
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Douglas G. Wilson
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Joel S. Berson
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
sagehen
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Benjamin Zimmer
- lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??
Wilson Gray
- McTents
Laurence Horn
- Mencken's relative "what"
William Salmon
- Mencken's relative "what"
Wilson Gray
- Merely a matter of taste?
Wilson Gray
- Merely a matter of taste?
Jonathan Lighter
- Merely a matter of taste?
Wilson Gray
- Merely a matter of taste?
Jonathan Lighter
- Merely a matter of taste?
Wilson Gray
- Meta; Guard a bank with a tank/machine gun
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Mnemonics
Darryl Francis
- More Texas
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Benjamin Zimmer
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Barnhart
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Brenda Lester
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Lynne Murphy
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Baker, John
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Alice Faber
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Laurence Horn
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Beverly Flanigan
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Baker, John
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Brenda Lester
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Brenda Lester
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Laurence Horn
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Lynne Murphy
- My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos (planet mnemonic)
Benjamin Zimmer
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Douglas G. Wilson
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Jonathan Lighter
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Fred Shapiro
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Douglas G. Wilson
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Stephen Goranson
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Stephen Goranson
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Sam Clements
- New cite for "Whole Nine Yards" (1967)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- New ProQuest/NDNP titles
Benjamin Zimmer
- Newspaperarchive material removed?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- nine 'yards notes
Stephen Goranson
- nine 'yards notes
Grant Barrett
- non-reflexive "myself"
Nathan Bierma
- non-reflexive "myself"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- non-reflexive "myself"
Wilson Gray
- non-reflexive "myself"
Benjamin Zimmer
- non-reflexive "myself"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Northern Cities Shift in the movies
aallan at AOL.COM
- Northern Cities Shift in the movies
Matthew Gordon
- Northern Cities Shift in the movies
Benjamin Zimmer
- Northern Cities Shift in the movies
Wilson Gray
- Not an eggcorn, but ...
Wilson Gray
- Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Charles Doyle
- Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
David Bowie
- Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Mark A. Mandel
- not Hispanic or Latino
James A. Landau
- not Hispanic or Latino
Orion Montoya
- not Hispanic or Latino
Laurence Horn
- not Hispanic or Latino
Wilson Gray
- not Hispanic or Latino
Nathan Bierma
- not Hispanic or Latino
Baker, John
- not Hispanic or Latino
James A. Landau
- novel = any book (again)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Now in days, eggcorns are everywhere
Mark Peters
- old-time Irish eggcorn
Jonathan Lighter
- oops!
Jonathan Lighter
- Orey-eyed: an eggcorn from the old days?
Douglas G. Wilson
- OT comment on "lox (smoked salmon) from 1668??"
Joel S. Berson
- Panhandle (Texas); PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Panhandle (Texas); PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area)
Baker, John
- Panther City/Cowtown
William Salmon
- playful morphology
Arnold M. Zwicky
- playful morphology
Michael Quinion
- playful morphology
Wilson Gray
- pluton
Benjamin Zimmer
- pluton
Michael Quinion
- pluton
Benjamin Zimmer
- pluton
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- pluton
Baker, John
- pluton
Benjamin Zimmer
- pluton
Benjamin Zimmer
- possible antedate of indiscriminative "whatever"?
Jonathan Lighter
- Pre-1923 books downloadable from Google
Benjamin Zimmer
- Private Sector
Dave Wilton
- Probie (probationary employee)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Probie (probationary employee)
Wilson Gray
- purpose of WOTY contests
RonButters at AOL.COM
- purpose of WOTY contests
Michael Adams
- purpose of WOTY contests
Dave Wilton
- purpose of WOTY contests
David Bowie
- Query: What's "Shep"?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: What's "Shep"? --- was: Re: "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: What's "Shep"? --- was: Re: "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Query: What's "Shep"? --- was: Re: "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
Jonathan Lighter
- Query: What's "Shep"? --- was: Re: "Hot enough for you?" (1876, 1878, 1880)
neil
- Query: Why "up" in "mess up", foul up", etc.?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Query: Why "up" in "mess up", foul up", etc.?
Laurence Horn
- Query: Why "up" in "mess up", foul up", etc.?
sagehen
- Query: Why "up" in "mess up", foul up", etc.?
Jonathan Lighter
- Query re late 18th-century New York City English
Joan H. Hall
- Quincea ñera (OED?) & Fifteen (Cuba); OT: Popik & Cohen photo online
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Quincea ñer a (OED?) & Fifteen (Cuba); OT: Popik & Cohen photo online
Jesse Sheidlower
- Really?
Wilson Gray
- Really?
Laurence Horn
- Really?
Douglas G. Wilson
- Really?
Mark A. Mandel
- Red
hpst at earthlink.net
- Red
sagehen
- Red
Beverly Flanigan
- retirement/ retiral
Jonathan Lighter
- retirement/ retiral
Lynne Murphy
- Rodapova (Maria Sharapova + Andy Roddick)
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rodapova (Maria Sharapova + Andy Roddick)
Benjamin Zimmer
- ROYGBIV
Brenda Lester
- ROYGBIV
Laurence Horn
- ROYGBIV
Lynne Murphy
- ROYGBIV
Wilson Gray
- rutmus
Jonathan Lighter
- rutmus
Douglas G. Wilson
- rutmus
Ed Keer
- rutmus
Jonathan Lighter
- Sante Fe, New Mexico?
Joel S. Berson
- Sante Fe, New Mexico?
Barbara Need
- Sante Fe, New Mexico?
Laurence Horn
- Sante Fe, New Mexico?
Joel S. Berson
- Shrimp . . .
Charles Doyle
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Jim Parish
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
William Salmon
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Margaret Lee
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Jonathan Lighter
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Wilson Gray
- Slang "kickin' it" (= "chillin'")
Margaret Lee
- Son of a gun/bitch stew (1933)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- SON OF A GUN STEW
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- SON OF A GUN STEW
Jonathan Lighter
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Jonathan Lighter
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Alice Faber
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Laurence Horn
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Charles Doyle
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
William Salmon
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Jonathan Lighter
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Wilson Gray
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
sagehen
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
James Smith
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Beverly Flanigan
- Spelling pronunciation spot-check
Benjamin Zimmer
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
James Callan
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
Sam Clements
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
Sam Clements
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
Baker, John
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
James Callan
- Stephen King's grocery list (1992?)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Sturm und Drang eggcorn
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Subject: Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Mark A. Mandel
- Subject: Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Charles Doyle
- Subject: Not an eggcorn--just a mistake?
Kathleen E. Miller
- Sudden Jihad Syndrome
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sudden Jihad Syndrome
davemarc
- SWAE relative "what"
Greg Pulliam
- SWAE relative "what"
Laurence Horn
- SWAE relative "what"
Greg Pulliam
- SWAE relative "what"
Lynne Murphy
- SWAE relative "what"
Wilson Gray
- SWAE relative "what"
Beverly Flanigan
- SWAE relative "what"
William Salmon
- SWAE relative "what"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- SWAE relative "what"
Charles Doyle
- Sweatiquette; Tex-Mex (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sweatiquette; Tex-Mex (1957)
Wilson Gray
- Temple hair
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas basement (an attic)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas basement (an attic)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Texas Caviar (1943)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas Caviar (1943)
Wilson Gray
- Texas Caviar (1943)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Texas Caviar (1943)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Texas Cow Chips/Philly/Toothpick/Tumbleweeds; Cowboy Caviar/Cookies
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas Cow Chips/Philly/Toothpick/Tumbleweeds; Cowboy Caviar/Cookies
Sam Clements
- Texas Crabgrass
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas Crabgrass
Charles Doyle
- Texas Two-Step (1951)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas Wedge (a golf putter)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Texas Wedge (a golf putter)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- The new (or old?) "whatever . . ."
Joel S. Berson
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Dave Wilton
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Fred Shapiro
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Laurence Horn
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Fred Shapiro
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Brenda Lester
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Dave Wilton
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Dave Wilton
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
David Bowie
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Laurence Horn
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Steve Kl.
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Benjamin Zimmer
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Fred Shapiro
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Fred Shapiro
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Dave Wilton
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Clai Rice
- The not-so-slow death of truthiness?
Dave Wilton
- The People's Court
Wilson Gray
- Tip of the slung or ...
Wilson Gray
- Tip of the slung or ...
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Tip of the slung or ...
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Tip of the slung or ...
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Tip of the slung or ...
Laurence Horn
- Traction? (Was Re: Sudden Jihad Syndrome)
Mark A. Mandel
- Traction? (Was Re: Sudden Jihad Syndrome)
davemarc
- Traction? (Was Re: Sudden Jihad Syndrome)
Mark A. Mandel
- unmannable
James A. Landau
- unmannable
Jonathan Lighter
- unmannable
Grant Barrett
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Jonathan Lighter
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Charles Doyle
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
sagehen
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Charles Doyle
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Jonathan Lighter
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Brenda Lester
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Charles Doyle
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Jonathan Lighter
- Ursine usages with edifying footnote on Burma
Wilson Gray
- v. "unloose"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Variety Archives
Fred Shapiro
- Web-site on German-American dialects
Max Kade Institute at UW-Madison
- web of language blog
Dennis Baron
- wee hours of the ....
Barnhart
- wee hours of the ....
Laurence Horn
- wee hours of the ....
Baker, John
- wee hours of the ....
Jonathan Lighter
- wee hours of the ....
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- wee hours of the ....
Michael McKernan
- wee hours of the ....
hpst at earthlink.net
- wiffiti.com
Bethany K. Dumas
- World Wide Words
Michael Quinion
- World Wide Words
Grant Barrett
- World Wide Words; Panther City (1883, Fort Worth)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- World Wide Words; Panther City (1883, Fort Worth)
Laurence Horn
- WotY (not!): Grups
David Bowie
- wreak/wreck
Beverly Flanigan
- wreak/wreck
Benjamin Zimmer
- wreak/wreck
Charles Doyle
- wreak/wreck
Mark A. Mandel
- wreak/wreck
Charles Doyle
- Yodel disease
Jonathan Lighter
- zitful
Dave Wilton
- zitful
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- zitful
Dave Wilton
- zitful
Chris F. Waigl
- zitful
Jonathan Lighter
- zitful
Mark A. Mandel
- zitful
Wilson Gray
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