June 2006 Archives by date
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- typo or eggcorn?
sagehen
- typo or eggcorn?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- UNSUBSCRIBE
Ashley S. Howard
- Modesty
David Bowie
- P + "of"
Wilson Gray
- Hen Coop (the women's page?)
Wilson Gray
- [ADS-L] Modesty
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
Grant Barrett
- Gay Nineties (1923?, 1925); Coffee Pot (1925) & Coffee Pot Canyon (1928)
Fred Shapiro
- FW: Readex Early American Newspapers, Ephemera and Broadsides
hpst at earthlink.net
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
FRITZ JUENGLING
- Lexicons of Early Modern English
James Knight
- Boggled down in eggcorns
Mark Peters
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
Joel S. Berson
- Argentine or Argentinian/Aregentinean
Laurence Horn
- Boggled down in eggcorns
Arnold M. Zwicky
- coordination gone awry
Arnold M. Zwicky
- coordination gone awry
Beverly Flanigan
- Plural of "process"
Beverly Flanigan
- When did "Black" start replacing "negro"?
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Ralph Keyes Book & "A Billion Here..."
Fred Shapiro
- When did "Black" start replacing "negro"?
Bethany K. Dumas
- Benjamin Franklin's "Drinkers Dictionary"
Joel S. Berson
- Plural of "process"
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Plural of "process"
Jonathan Lighter
- Benjamin Franklin's "Drinkers Dictionary"
Jonathan Lighter
- "No one washes a rental car" (1991?, 1996)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Ralph Keyes Book & "A Billion Here..."
Fred Shapiro
- French in Maine article
Dale Coye
- "No one washes a rental car" (1991?, 1996)
Laurence Horn
- French in Maine article
Beverly Flanigan
- New Faux Acronym
Jonathan Lighter
- New Faux Acronym
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another one leaps the barrier
Wilson Gray
- "can I get a..."
Lynne Murphy
- French in Maine article
Joel S. Berson
- New Faux Acronym
Jonathan Lighter
- "can I get a..."
Grant Barrett
- French in Maine article
Beverly Flanigan
- "Islamo-Fascism"
Fred Shapiro
- "Born on third base" (1934)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "You break it, you bought/own/take it" ("Pottery Barn rule") (1957)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "No one washes a rental car" (1991?, 1996)
David Bowie
- "No one washes a rental car" (1991)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Born on third base" (1934)
Fred Shapiro
- "11 a.m. Sunday is most segregated hour" (1952)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Happening"
Fred Shapiro
- "No one washes a rental car" (1991?, 1996)
Baker, John
- "No one washes a rental car"
Charles Doyle
- Verb +/- (variable) preposition . . .
Charles Doyle
- Gaga
Baker, John
- Benny & the Benny Brigade
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "can I get a..."
Seán Fitzpatrick
- "can I get a..."
Jonathan Lighter
- UP terms
hpst at earthlink.net
- [ADS-L] UP terms
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Can I get a ...?" is old
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "Can I get a ...?"
Tony Burton
- Readex Announces Completion of American Broadsides and Ephemera
Loiterstein, David
- "can I get a..."
Beverly Flanigan
- UP terms
Laurence Horn
- Readex Announces Completion of American Broadsides and Ephemera
Joel S. Berson
- UP terms
Laurence Horn
- Springfield Mo. harsh dialect
Paul Johnson
- Springfield Mo. harsh dialect
Laurence Horn
- oops again
Laurence Horn
- unsubscribe
Leah Palki Be
- oops again/Moe
William Salmon
- Springfield Mo. harsh dialect
Paul Johnson
- UP terms
hpst at earthlink.net
- Springfield Mo. harsh dialect
Grant Barrett
- UP terms
Beverly Flanigan
- Eggcorn
Beverly Flanigan
- Eggcorn
Benjamin Zimmer
- What does Barbecue consist of?
Joel S. Berson
- Eggcorn
Arnold M. Zwicky
- OT: 1979 Collins English dicty needed
Amy West
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Baker, John
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Carpetbagger"
Fred Shapiro
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Charles Doyle
- [ADS-L] Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Baker, John
- oops again
Brenda Lester
- OT: photocopies from 1979 Collins English Dictionary
Amy West
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Baker, John
- Springfield Mo. harsh dialect
sagehen
- Antedating of "Jim Crow"
Fred Shapiro
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Jim Crow"
Sam Clements
- Antedating of "Jim Crow"
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Jim Crow"
Wilson Gray
- "Alterior motive" redux
Wilson Gray
- "Alterior motive" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - Fear of 666
Jerry E Kane
- Antedating of "Jackpot"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Poker Face"
Fred Shapiro
- Missing Sense of "Basketball"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Human Rights"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Poker Face"
Sam Clements
- "can I get a..."
Lynne Murphy
- "We are not amused" (1885)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 'We are not amused" (1887, 1895)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- taboo vocabulary
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- Missing Sense of "Basketball"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Missing Sense of "Basketball"
Charles Doyle
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- Missing Sense of "Basketball"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Missing Sense of "Basketball"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- on the/to the contrary
sagehen
- on the/to the contrary
David Bergdahl
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Laurence Horn
- Victorian London Slang
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Shoobie" etymology
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dixie in Difficulties (July 10, 1850)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- Dixie in Difficulties (July 10, 1850)
Jonathan Lighter
- on the/to the contrary
sagehen
- Victorian London Slang
Jonathan Lighter
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Laurence Horn
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Wilson Gray
- "Alterior motive" redux
Wilson Gray
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Alterior motive" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- Shoobie (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Shoobie" etymology
Wilson Gray
- "Alterior motive" redux
Wilson Gray
- A be-bop recitation from the 'Fifties
Wilson Gray
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Wilson Gray
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- A be-bop recitation from the 'Fifties
Jonathan Lighter
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Charles Doyle
- tweak
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Plough with the favorite heifer", 1749
Joel S. Berson
- ProQuest in Trouble
Fred Shapiro
- A be-bop recitation from the 'Fifties
Wilson Gray
- Glovelet & Firecrotch (Lindsey Lohan terminology)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- hit and miss
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Glovelet & Firecrotch (Lindsey Lohan terminology)
Grant Barrett
- hit and miss
Beverly Flanigan
- A be-bop recitation from the 'Fifties
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of.
Jonathan Lighter
- A be-bop recitation from the 'Fifties
Wilson Gray
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Jim Crow"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Stephen Goranson
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Stephen Goranson
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Clai Rice
- DARE
Joan H. Hall
- meh-ness
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: [ADS-L] Good Fe nces Make Good Neighbors
RonButters at AOL.COM
- meh-ness
Jesse Sheidlower
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Wilson Gray
- Good Fe nces Make Good Neighbors
Jonathan Lighter
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Beverly Flanigan
- meh-ness
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Jonathan Lighter
- meh-ness
Benjamin Zimmer
- meh-ness
Wilson Gray
- meh-ness
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of "yeah" - sort of
Wilson Gray
- Another SOTA?
Wilson Gray
- meh-ness
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Another SOTA?
sagehen
- meh-ness
Benjamin Zimmer
- Manny (male nanny)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Another SOTA?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Manny (male nanny)
Grant Barrett
- Manny (male nanny)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "Statusphere" by Jim Carrey
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Counterror (CT)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Counterror (CT)
Benjamin Zimmer
- dutchmen
George Thompson
- dutchmen
Jesse Sheidlower
- dutchmen
Jesse Sheidlower
- meh-ness
Jonathan Lighter
- Another SOTA?
Jonathan Lighter
- dutchmen
Joel S. Berson
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Joel S. Berson
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Joel S. Berson
- Another SOTA?
FRITZ JUENGLING
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Benjamin Zimmer
- A "gouge"?
Joel S. Berson
- gouge
Joel S. Berson
- Another SOTA?
Laurence Horn
- Another SOTA?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Another SOTA?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Jesse Sheidlower
- Another SOTA?
Alice Faber
- Another SOTA?
Wilson Gray
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Joel S. Berson
- Another SOTA?
sagehen
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Wilson Gray
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "yeah"
Charles Doyle
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- dutchmen
James Smith
- "Black power" redux
Wilson Gray
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
James Knight
- "Black power" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- dutchmen
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "yeah" and EEBO
Joel S. Berson
- If it's not in the dictionary, it must not be a word
Joel S. Berson
- dutchmen
Joel S. Berson
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Sam Clements
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Sam Clements
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Wilson Gray
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Sam Clements
- taboo vocabulary
Wilson Gray
- New York Minute (1954?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- dutchmen
Laurence Horn
- "Walk and chew gum" (1965)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- The Language Log on "mung"
Wilson Gray
- dutchmen
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Wilson Gray
- dutchmen
Laurence Horn
- taboo vocabulary
Paul Johnson
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Jonathan Lighter
- taboo vocabulary
Jonathan Lighter
- New York Minute (1954?)
Jonathan Lighter
- The Language Log on "mung"
Jonathan Lighter
- dutchmen
Joel S. Berson
- dutchmen
Jonathan Lighter
- "Angel-maker"
Joel S. Berson
- "Angel-maker"
Jonathon Green
- dutchmen
sagehen
- ...... it must not be a word (off topic)
Amorelli
- suggestive names
Arnold M. Zwicky
- New York Minute (1954?)
Laurence Horn
- "salary commiserate with experience"
Laurence Horn
- suggestive names
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- suggestive names
Laurence Horn
- "salary commiserate with experience"
sagehen
- suggestive names
Benjamin Zimmer
- Dads and Grads (Grads and Dads)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "yeah" and EEBO
Joel S. Berson
- Shoobie (1952?, 1975)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "salary commiserate with experience"
Joel S. Berson
- [ADS-L] suggestive na mes
RonButters at AOL.COM
- suggestive names
Wilson Gray
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Wilson Gray
- "Angel-maker"
Joel S. Berson
- French Dictionaries
Jonathon Green
- suggestive names
Charles Doyle
- Antedating of "Terminological"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Trade Secret"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Journalism"
Fred Shapiro
- Dope, LA Times, 1888-89
Dave Wilton
- "Angel-maker"
Jonathan Lighter
- dutchmen
Jonathan Lighter
- Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- suggestive names
Jonathan Lighter
- New York Minute (1954?)
Jonathan Lighter
- "Angel-maker"
Jonathon Green
- Nathan Hale's speech (pre-1812 in Early American Newspapers?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- possible antedating of "novel" = any long unified prose narrative.
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Cocaine"
Fred Shapiro
- More twisty fun with "substitute"
Jonathan Lighter
- Nathan Hale's speech (pre-1812 in Early American Newspapers?)
Fred Shapiro
- suggestive names
Jonathan Lighter
- suggestive na mes
Jonathan Lighter
- suggestive names
Jonathan Lighter
- Dope, LA Times, 1888-89
Jonathan Lighter
- dutchmen
James A. Landau
- FW: [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Jesse Sheidlower
- [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Grant Barrett
- suggestive na mes
Jesse Sheidlower
- suggestive names
Laurence Horn
- dutchmen
Laurence Horn
- suggestive names
Wilson Gray
- Dope, LA Times, 1888-89
Wilson Gray
- suggestive names
Benjamin Zimmer
- Re: [ADS-L] suggestiv e names
RonButters at AOL.COM
- [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Jonathan Lighter
- [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Grant Barrett
- Another SOTA?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Another SOTA?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- suggestive names
Charles Doyle
- suggestive names
George Thompson
- suggestive names
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)
George Thompson
- Another SOTA?
Wilson Gray
- suggestive names
Benjamin Zimmer
- Old slang in new uses
Wilson Gray
- "Giver's remorse"
Wilson Gray
- [SABR Info] Proquest and Heritage Quest Database Access
Joel S. Berson
- Old slang in new uses
Steve Kl.
- Old slang in new uses
Wilson Gray
- Angel-makers
Joel S. Berson
- Belgians [was: dutchmen]
Joel S. Berson
- "Giver's remorse"
Joel S. Berson
- "Giver's remorse"
Bethany K. Dumas
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Orion Montoya
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Sturdly (Hot Dogs); Lobster Rolls (1930s?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Suggestive Names
Geoff Nathan
- sheeple, al desko
Benjamin Zimmer
- Suggestive Names
Laurence Horn
- Suggestive Names
hpst at earthlink.net
- Suggestive Names
Laurence Horn
- PADS copies available
Bethany K. Dumas
- Suggestive Names
Charles Doyle
- missing volumes of PADS
Bethany K. Dumas
- Suggestive Names
Baker, John
- Liberty Pole (pre-1780 cites needed)
George Thompson
- sheeple, al desko
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Spoken eggcorn
Wilson Gray
- Pads volumes are gone
Bethany K. Dumas
- "By hammer and hand all arts do stand" (NY Mercantile Library)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Barnhart
- "By hammer and hand all arts do stand" (NY Mercantile Library)
Charles Doyle
- Suggestive Names
Jonathan Lighter
- Suggestive Names
Jonathan Lighter
- Suggestive Names
Fred Shapiro
- Suggestive Names
Laurence Horn
- Rethuglican (2000?)
James Callan
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Jonathan Lighter
- Rethuglican (2000?)
Barnhart
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Greek Salad (1914, NYC)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Joanne M. Despres
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Truth, Justice and the American Way" cite?
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Laurence Horn
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
sagehen
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Sinkers" and "Dunking Doughnuts"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
hpst at earthlink.net
- "Sinkers" and "Dunking Doughnuts"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Sinkers" and "Dunking Doughnuts"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Sinkers" and "Dunking Doughnuts"
Jonathan Lighter
- article on UK/US attitudes, etc.
Lynne Murphy
- Nathan Hale's speech (1600s?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Suggestive Names
davemarc
- Cheese and rice (Jesus Christ!)
Jim Parish
- Dads & Grads & Moms & Brides
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Sinkers" and "Dunking Doughnuts"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Fwd: Re: "Energy superpower"--request for help by a Russian journalist
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Shamburgers
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "energy superpower--uh oh.
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Be-bop recitatiion no.2
Wilson Gray
- dutchmen
Mark A. Mandel
- dutchmen
Jesse Sheidlower
- "energy superpower--uh oh.
Wilson Gray
- "energy superpower--uh oh.
Wilson Gray
- acronym (was re: uniting two old threads...)
Mark A. Mandel
- Tomato, Pizza in NYC
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- acronym (was re: uniting two old threads...)
Laurence Horn
- Suggestive Names
Wilson Gray
- Be-bop recitatiion no.2
Jonathan Lighter
- Suggestive Names
Jonathan Lighter
- Suggestive Names
Jonathan Lighter
- "Destination wedding"
Charles Doyle
- "Energy superpower"--(second try)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "Energy superpower"--(second try)
Baker, John
- "Destination wedding"; "Seat on the NYSE is license to steal"
bapopik at AOL.COM
- descendents
FRITZ JUENGLING
- descendents
carole crompton
- descendents
Laurence Horn
- "Black and white and red (read) all over" (1859)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- descendents
Wilson Gray
- "Black and white and red (read) all over" (1859)
Amorelli
- descendents
Jonathan Lighter
- descendents
sagehen
- descendents
James Smith
- descendents
sagehen
- descendents
Chris Waigl
- "Little Apple" (Roosevelt Island) e-mail
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- [ADS-L] "Destination wedding"
AAllan at AOL.COM
- Funly
Baker, John
- Sugar Daddy (1923)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Sugar (money); Spondulix
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Spondulix (1848); Spondulicks (1855)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "the real McGillicuddy" = "the real McCoy."
Jonathan Lighter
- Sugar (money); Spondulix
Jonathan Lighter
- Crunchy Conservatives
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Full Cleveland (1976, 1977)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Funly
Mark A. Mandel
- Another eggcorn: "lip-sing"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- negation + coordination, again
Arnold M. Zwicky
- negation + coordination, again
Laurence Horn
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Joel S. Berson
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Funly
Baker, John
- Spondulix (1848); Spondulicks (1855)
Jonathan Lighter
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Chris F. Waigl
- Gaelic renaissance and Irish obituary
Mark A. Mandel
- hitterish
Benjamin Zimmer
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Laurence Horn
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Snickerdoodle" recipes (1901, 1905)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Chris F. Waigl
- Gaelic renaissance and Irish obituary
Wilson Gray
- Q: "Mauve" adj. fig.?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: "Mauve" adj. fig.?
Jesse Sheidlower
- Contraction in comparatives
Ed Keer
- Kaisers-lautern or Kaiser-slau[gh]tern?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- A new word?
Wilson Gray
- Contraction in comparatives
Wilson Gray
- "Submission": "Mauve" adj. fig.
Joel S. Berson
- ?British English 'should of'
Damien Hall
- Contraction in comparatives
Ed Keer
- Contraction in comparatives
Jonathan Lighter
- Zapaturistas (Sp.)/Zapatourists (Engl.)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Snickerdoodle" recipes (1901, 1905)
Barbara Need
- "the real McGillicuddy" = "the real McCoy."
George Thompson
- "Submission": "Mauve" adj. fig.
Benjamin Zimmer
- Language Evolution in the Digital Age
James Callan
- Safire on "Goody Two-Shoes"
Joel S. Berson
- "Fanny"
Joel S. Berson
- Contraction in comparatives
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Choral vs. coral
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: What do linguists do?
Laurence Horn
- Pink Herring
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble" (probably Benn, not Groucho)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "lib"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "lib"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Contraction in comparatives
Mark A. Mandel
- Choral vs. coral
Mark A. Mandel
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Wilson Gray
- Choral vs. coral
Wilson Gray
- Contraction in comparatives
Ed Keer
- l-deletion before [y]
Damien Hall
- "lib"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Contraction in comparatives
Laurence Horn
- l-deletion before [y]
Charles Doyle
- Choral vs. coral
Beverly Flanigan
- l-deletion before [y]
Dave Robertson
- "Lib" (1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Choral vs. coral
Matthew Gordon
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Choral vs. coral
Bethany K. Dumas
- Choral vs. coral
Charles Doyle
- Choral vs. coral
Paul Johnston
- Choral vs. coral
Beverly Flanigan
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Towse
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Jim Parish
- Choral vs. coral
Paul Johnston
- Zapaturistas (Sp.)/Zapatourists (Engl.)
Laurence Horn
- Choral vs. coral
Laurence Horn
- "sugar daddy"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "New York, thy name's delirium" ("Owed to New York," 1906)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fwd: [FL-LIST] what linguists also do
Laurence Horn
- "sugar daddy"
Jonathan Lighter
- "sugar daddy"
Wilson Gray
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Wilson Gray
- Slam Dunk (January 1969)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Contraction in comparatives
Wilson Gray
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Landau, James
- Contraction in comparatives
Laurence Horn
- OT: Spanish position open
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Contraction in comparatives
Wilson Gray
- Contraction in comparatives
Bethany K. Dumas
- Contraction in comparatives
Wilson Gray
- Juneteenth (1903, 1907, 1908)
Wilson Gray
- Readex Announces Completion of Digital Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876
Loiterstein, David
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Wilson Gray
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
Joel S. Berson
- Forwarding a message to ADS members (and other list readers)
Joan H. Hall
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- A new word?
Clai Rice
- "sugar daddy"
Charles Doyle
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
Joel S. Berson
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
Jesse Sheidlower
- "sugar daddy"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "sugar daddy"
Charles Doyle
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
Jonathan Lighter
- The name of the game ...
Wilson Gray
- The name of the game ...
Laurence Horn
- "The Big 96" (Kevin Federline)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Eggcorn?
Wilson Gray
- The name of the game ...
Wilson Gray
- heard on the news
sagehen
- "disguised as a"
Joel S. Berson
- dialects
Jan Kammert
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Margaret Lee
- Antedating of "Phrenology"
Fred Shapiro
- dialects
Bill Le May
- s(c)hti(c)k (was: Choral vs. coral)
Mark A. Mandel
- dialects
Bill Le May
- "disguised as a"
Charles Doyle
- coal-scuttle [was: " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")]
Mark A. Mandel
- Piss-house: Link to the OED3 Entry for piss, n.
George Thompson
- dialects
Jonathan Lighter
- dialects
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- dialects
Laurence Horn
- dialects
Arnold M. Zwicky
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- dialects
Arnold M. Zwicky
- dialects
Bill Lemay
- The name of the game ...
Alice Faber
- Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Fred Shapiro
- Polly Adler quote
bapopik at AOL.COM
- Pisshouse
Joel S. Berson
- Nathan Hale's speech (pre-1812 in Early American Newspapers?)
Fred Shapiro
- Pisshouse & Rawson
Joel S. Berson
- dialects
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Jonathan Lighter
- Pisshouse
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Fred Shapiro
- Q: No "offensive" words in Amerindian languages?
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Real McCoy"
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: No "offensive" words in Amerindian languages?
Jonathan Lighter
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Wilson Gray
- Ram-beggur
Joel S. Berson
- "Real McKay"
Fred Shapiro
- dialects
Wilson Gray
- "Real McKay"
Wilson Gray
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Charles Doyle
- Rambeggur
Douglas G. Wilson
- "sugar daddy" (and "lollypop")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Benjamin Zimmer
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Wilson Gray
- Ram-beggur
Jonathan Lighter
- Ram-beggur
Charles Doyle
- dialects
Jonathan Lighter
- dialects
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- "sugar daddy" (and "lollypop")
Jonathan Lighter
- Ram-beggur
Jonathan Lighter
- Pisshouse
Jesse Sheidlower
- Banning Cassell's
Benjamin Zimmer
- Socceranto
Benjamin Zimmer
- dialects
James Smith
- Banning Cassell's
hpst at earthlink.net
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
John Mehlberg
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Laurence Horn
- "Real McKay"
Paul Johnston
- "Real McKay"
Baker, John
- dialects
Beverly Flanigan
- dialects
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Ram-beggur
Laurence Horn
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Bill Lemay
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
sagehen
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
hpst at earthlink.net
- Ram-beggur
Joel S. Berson
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
Joel S. Berson
- Autoreply: ADS-L Digest - 22 Jun 2006 to 23 Jun 2006 (#2006-174)
Joel.Goldes at LISTSERV.CC.UGA.EDU
- Banning Cassell's
Jonathon Green
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- odiferous
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Jonathan Lighter
- Ram-beggur
Jonathan Lighter
- Pisshouse & Rawson
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- Ram-beggur
Jonathon Green
- Ram-beggur
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
sagehen
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Charles Doyle
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Charles Doyle
- PETA objects to Merriam-Webster's "circus"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Soul Food (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Soul Food (1962)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- Soul Food (1962)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Duck Folan" (New York Knicks & F-word)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- dialects
Mark A. Mandel
- Soul Food (1962)
Towse
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
John Mehlberg
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Towse
- " tree-top tall" (was: Re: "sugar daddy")
Wilson Gray
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
Wilson Gray
- Banning Cassell's
Benjamin Zimmer
- Banning Cassell's
Jonathon Green
- Banning Cassells
Jonathon Green
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
Jesse Sheidlower
- Cock horse
Joel S. Berson
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
Charles Doyle
- PETA wants Merriam-Webster to redefine "circus"
James callan
- Globalization (1944)
Dave Wilton
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Mark A. Mandel
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Mark A. Mandel
- "Duck Folan" (New York Knicks & F-word)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
sagehen
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Dave Wilton
- Green Goddess Dressing (1935)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Joel S. Berson
- "Shoot the lights out" (1968, golf?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- odiferous
Laurence Horn
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Laurence Horn
- pedalling those myths
Laurence Horn
- query on quote
Laurence Horn
- "Shoot the lights out" (1968, golf?)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
sagehen
- eggcorn: "wisened"
Mark A. Mandel
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Laurence Horn
- Eleusian and Eleusinian
Russ McClay
- odiferous
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Mark A. Mandel
- odiferous
Mark A. Mandel
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Charles Doyle
- query on quote
David Bergdahl
- odiferous
Jonathan Lighter
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Jonathan Lighter
- odiferous
Jonathan Lighter
- Cock horse
Wilson Gray
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Jonathan Lighter
- odiferous
James Smith
- OED dating of "cock" = "penis"
Wilson Gray
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Wilson Gray
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Dave Wilton
- Banning Cassells
Wilson Gray
- "Shoot the lights out" (1968, golf?)
Wilson Gray
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Charles Doyle
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Joel S. Berson
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Wilson Gray
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Jonathan Lighter
- It's obvious!
Wilson Gray
- Soul Food (1962)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Dave Wilton
- PETA wants Merriam-Webster to redefine "circus"
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Q: Pupil of the eye as the most expansive male organ
Laurence Horn
- Marsha Bradys = a type of shoe worn in prison
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Banning Cassell's
Baker, John
- query on quote
Beverly Flanigan
- dutchmen
George Thompson
- query on Linguist List
Laurence Horn
- query on quote
Fred Shapiro
- query on Linguist List
Stephen Goranson
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Wilson Gray
- Ram-beggur
Baker, John
- Goody Two-Shoes (1924)
Joel S. Berson
- Ram-beggur
Jonathan Lighter
- Banning Cassell's
Benjamin Zimmer
- moonbats
Brenda Lester
- eggcorn: "wisened"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Eeyore" noun attr.
Joel S. Berson
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Joel S. Berson
- Globalization (1944)
Wilson Gray
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Charles Doyle
- Minnesota "come with"
John M. Spartz
- "Politics is Hollywood for ugly people" (1996)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Perception study help
Valerie Fridland
- "Politics is Hollywood for ugly people" (1996)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Clean as a Safeway chicken" (law enforcement lingo?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Geoduck (1881)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Origin of "hobo" (1888); "Hot dog" and "pants" (1870, 1886)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Penny Lick (1921)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Minnesota "come with"
Charles Doyle
- "Clean as a Safeway chicken" (law enforcement lingo?)
Charles Doyle
- Banning Cassell's
David Bowie
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Laurence Horn
- eggcorn: "wisened"
Mark A. Mandel
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Mark A. Mandel
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Laurence Horn
- Minnesota "come with"
Barbara Need
- Minnesota "come with"
Beverly Flanigan
- Minnesota "come with"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- pedalling those myths
Arnold M. Zwicky
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Joel S. Berson
- pedalling those myths
Chris Waigl
- It's obvious!---(a blend)
Charles Doyle
- pedalling those myths
sagehen
- Kidnapped
Barbara Need
- TAD coins "hot dog" (1928, Atlanta Constitution)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Fred Shapiro
- Geoduck (1881)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Antedating of "Near East"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Far East"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Classicism"
Fred Shapiro
- "yegg" (safecracker, burglar)--its etymology was discovered by Barry Popik
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Kidnapped
Dave Wilton
- [ADS-L] Kidnapped
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Kidnapped
Brenda Lester
- Antedating of "Racial"
Fred Shapiro
- Minnesota "come with"
Wilson Gray
- Geoduck (1881)
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Writer's Block"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Laurence Horn
- Grandfather's Clause (1899)
Dave Wilton
- Antedating of "Ethnography"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Stone Age"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Prehistoric"
Fred Shapiro
- New journal call: Lexis
Mark A. Mandel
- Origin of "hobo" (1888); "Hot dog" and "pants" (1870, 1886)
George Thompson
- "Pusties" ("Pasticiotti," a Utica, NY delicacy)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Ethnography"
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Pusties" ("Pasticiotti," a Utica, NY delicacy)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Origin of "hobo" (1888); "Hot dog" and "pants" (1870, 1886)
Charles Doyle
- Origin of "hobo" (1888); "Hot dog" and "pants" (1870, 1886)
Baker, John
- Kidnapped
Jonathan Lighter
- Kidnapped
Barbara Need
- ToTN
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Kidnapped
Jonathan Lighter
- "off the hook," "off the hinges" (= outstanding, great)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- ToTN
Grant Barrett
- Potato Skins & Roy Rogers; OT: Google goes crazy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- OT: Google goes crazy
Towse
- Red-Headed Stepchild
Baker, John
- OT: Google goes crazy
David Bowie
- OT: Google goes crazy
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- An early "cock"?
Joel S. Berson
- Apologies, I had sent this once before [Was: An early "cock"?]
Joel S. Berson
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Stephen Goranson
- An early "cock"?
Charles Doyle
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Baker, John
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Baker, John
- Antedating of "Egyptology"
Fred Shapiro
- Origin of "hobo" (1888); "Hot dog" and "pants" (1870, 1886)
George Thompson
- Re: [ADS-L] An earl y "cock"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- bojangs and spajangs
George Thompson
- digital immigrants
George Thompson
- An early "cock"?
Wilson Gray
- digital immigrants, digital natives
Sylvia Swift
- bojangs and spajangs
Wilson Gray
- An early "cock"?
Beverly Flanigan
- An early "cock"?
Charles Doyle
- An early "cock"?
Charles Doyle
- An early "cock"?
Jesse Sheidlower
- An early "cock"?
Laurence Horn
- An early "cock"?
Charles Doyle
- Re: [ADS-L] An earl y "cock"?
RonButters at AOL.COM
- An early "cock"?
Wilson Gray
- An early "cock"?
Laurence Horn
- An early "cock"?
Laurence Horn
- Sweet Violets [Was: RE: Re: An early "cock"?]
Baker, John
- ToTN
Wilson Gray
- ToTN
Beverly Flanigan
- Minnesota "come with"
FRITZ JUENGLING
- An early "cock"?
Joel S. Berson
- An early "cock"?
Jonathan Lighter
- "What goes around comes around" (1968)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "What goes around comes around" (1968)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "That being..."
Benjamin Zimmer
- "That being..."
sagehen
- "That being..."
Laurence Horn
- ToTN
Laurence Horn
- Minnesota "come with"
Pauline Bryant
- "That being..."
Jonathan Lighter
- "That being..."
Charles Doyle
- An early "cock"?
Joel S. Berson
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
RonButters at AOL.COM
- rapture right(er)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "as far as" 1918
Jonathan Lighter
- "That being..."
Jonathan Lighter
- rapture right(er)
Benjamin Zimmer
- ToTN
sagehen
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Charles Doyle
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Charles Doyle
- "That being..."
Wilson Gray
- "That being..."
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ToTN
Laurence Horn
- ToTN
Wilson Gray
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Joel S. Berson
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Joel S. Berson
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Van
- ToTN
Charles Doyle
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Charles Doyle
- ToTN
Jonathan Lighter
- ToTN
Jonathan Lighter
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Jonathan Lighter
- ToTN
sagehen
- Applesauce & Horseradish (1921)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ToTN
Wilson Gray
- Maybe they drank too much beer...
David Bowie
- BE "been VERB NP"
Wilson Gray
- azure legs of the cock, etc.
Charles Doyle
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