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- Bullcorn
Jonathan Lighter
- "West of Pecos no law, west of El Paso no God"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Murphy's Law (1957); Hotter than a stolen tamale (?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Replaced by a two-inch clamp"
Baker, John
- When You're Hot, You're Hot
Baker, John
- ADS-L Digest - 30 Oct 2006 to 31 Oct 2006 (#2006-304)
Geoff Nathan
- refudiate
Jonathan Lighter
- "Sue me"
Charles Doyle
- the "firetruck" word
Jonathan Lighter
- Conversational Use of "Intercourse" Spotted
Baker, John
- Heard on the tube
Wilson Gray
- considered | concerted effort
James Knight
- Research
Tanya Boettcher
- What city has two names twice?
Orion Montoya
- pre-velar /ae/ raising (was: slang/slant)
Joseph Salmons
- Race/racism and the late Prof. Frederic G. Cassidy
Wilson Gray
- Fwd: Spelling or antecedent problem?
Wilson Gray
- [ADS-L] Race/racism a nd the late Prof. Frederic G. Cassidy
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Origin of "Show Me" (Dalas Morning News, 1913, Omaha theory!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- ''Merkins'' and "Amerks"
Laurence Horn
- "Linguistic balkanization and the Internet"
Wilson Gray
- Kerry's sing. "troop"
Jonathan Lighter
- correction
David Bergdahl
- Fred Cassidy
Joan H. Hall
- "Squaw"
Scot LaFaive
- attributive freshman
Amy West
- blogger and blogess
William Salmon
- Quiz: Chairman or chairwoman?
Joel S. Berson
- "food for..."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Now, [was] 'So, about this message...'"
James Smith
- Words from Popular Literature Not in OED
Fred Shapiro
- editrix
Jonathan Lighter
- Race/racism......
Alison Murie
- "You can't polish a turd"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "organic "= occurring without plan or calculation; unstudied;
Jonathan Lighter
- More faux-acronymic "grunts"
Jonathan Lighter
- "in tack"
Jonathan Lighter
- I say "Lusitan-i-ay"
Jonathan Lighter
- OED in Sunday NY Times Magazine
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Cold War; Shapiro's "hotly awaited tome"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Past the gums, look out stomach, here it comes" (1930)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "wiry" = wily
Jonathan Lighter
- inpression
Jonathan Lighter
- More humorous mil. acros.
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: On the nose
Arnold M. Zwicky
- On the nose
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Organic (a little OT)
GLL
- Chairman or chairwoman?
GLL
- "Tilting at Windmills" monograph by Wolfgang Mieder
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Chaucer et al
GLL
- "take claim"
Charles Doyle
- Chaucer et al [blond/blonde]
neil
- cited in the NYT Education Life, 10/5/06
Arnold M. Zwicky
- (a) blond(e)
Laurence Horn
- Antedating of "Windy City"
Fred Shapiro
- that's what they pay off on
George Thompson
- Antedating of "Windy City" & databases
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Jackpot"
Fred Shapiro
- "Critics are the stupid who discuss the wise."
Jonathan Lighter
- (a) blond(e)***declinable adjectives
sagehen
- Antedating of "Gangster"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Ragtime"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Unemployment"
Fred Shapiro
- chump (1875)
Benjamin Zimmer
- sideburns (1876)
Benjamin Zimmer
- web of language short(er) url
Dennis Baron
- Antedating of "Socialism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Communist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Communism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Populism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Populist"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Lynch"
Fred Shapiro
- southpaw (1870)
Benjamin Zimmer
- hash-house lingo (1886)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Web of Language short(er) web address
Dennis Baron
- Antedating of "Cartography"
Fred Shapiro
- down to brass tacks (1867)
Benjamin Zimmer
- lobby, v. (1826)
Benjamin Zimmer
- another novel
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Sign Language"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Photographer"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "White Trash"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Free Lunch"
Fred Shapiro
- novels again
Beverly Flanigan
- lance, v.
Benjamin Zimmer
- Greetings
Wayne Rousseau
- bats in the belfry (1897)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Cafeteria(1894);Geoduck(1881);Enchilades(1881);Red Hots(1886);Fan(1886);Fudge
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Wilson Gray
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Jonathan Lighter
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A.
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Wilson Gray
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Douglas G. Wilson
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Laurence Horn
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Wilson Gray
- Charleston, SC, dialect
Wilson Gray
- Brownies(1895);Pie a la mode(1894);Strawberry Shortcake(1857);Alaska Bake (1892)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- easy street (1889)
Benjamin Zimmer
- good people (1894)
Benjamin Zimmer
- kit
Lynne Murphy
- cathouse (1882)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedate for 'literacy', 1880
Geoffrey Nunberg
- "Congress" = 'House of Representatives'?
Laurence Horn
- razzle-dazzle (1885)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "Bootylicious"
Scot LaFaive
- cusp and cusping
Jonathan Lighter
- "literally" again
sagehen
- Lemonade, made in the shade (1890); Base Ball (1835)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "But tocks"
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Militarism"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Criminology"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of "Hoodlum"
Fred Shapiro
- Melange [was: Words from Popular Literature Not in OED]
Joel S. Berson
- SMiShing
Benjamin Zimmer
- "brunt"
Charles Doyle
- OED (fig.)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Hinglish and "innit"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Nominations for ADS Presidential Honorary Memberships
Allan A Metcalf
- "ecosystem" = set of social or political relationships
Jonathan Lighter
- new (to me) expression
Barnhart
- "Gentleman from Odessa (TX)" (=SOB) (1936)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- one-night stand (1878)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "substitute" = exchange (again)
Jonathan Lighter
- Jambalay(1858);Poker(1836);Sucker Born(1882);Read All Over(1870);Lalapaloosa
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- flub
Benjamin Zimmer
- query re "con"
Bethany K. Dumas
- rundown (baseball)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Two post-election notes . . .
Charles Doyle
- "...damned lies, and statistics" earlier attestation claim
Stephen Goranson
- Rap is a "foreign language"
GLL
- biological terminology: sirtuins
Arnold M. Zwicky
- gilded palace of sin (1869-1969)
Benjamin Zimmer
- "That Stew Called 'Gent from Odessa'" (Dallas Morning News, 1960)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Field Hockey" Not in OED
Fred Shapiro
- It won't fly
Seán Fitzpatrick
- ADA at MMLA
Mark Peters
- Fred on Morning Edition
Alice Faber
- FWIW: "Big Apple" notes
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations - 1: Garbage In Garbage Out
Fred Shapiro
- "dirty war"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Kumbaya" in Dallas Morning News
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations - 2: Better Mousetrap
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations - 3: Go West, Young Man
Fred Shapiro
- "Take the con"
Wilson Gray
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 4 : Room at the Top
Fred Shapiro
- "You do the math."
Jonathan Lighter
- "aphorism" = ?
Jonathan Lighter
- "dirty [little] war"
Laurence Horn
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Baker, John
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Barbara Need
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Laurence Horn
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Joel S. Berson
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Joel S. Berson
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Douglas G. Wilson
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Baker, John
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
Joel S. Berson
- Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "death row" (1895/1903)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "Time Is What Keeps Everything from Happening at Once"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 5 : Black Power
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 6 : First World War
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 7 : Silicon Valley
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 8 : Rugged Individualism
Fred Shapiro
- True Blue
James A. Landau
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 9 : Deliberate Speed
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 9 : Radical Chic
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 10 : Radical Chic
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 11 : Booboisie
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 12 : Happy Ever After
Fred Shapiro
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 13 : Run Up the Flagpole
Fred Shapiro
- Fatal food?
neil
- Trivial note re "poop" = "information"
Wilson Gray
- Definition of "sandwich"
Charles Doyle
- "The honeymoon is over"
Jonathan Lighter
- when "intercourse" got funny
Jonathan Lighter
- Sharing . . .
Charles Doyle
- Blending under pressure
Wilson Gray
- Flapping
Wilson Gray
- Dialect split
Wilson Gray
- True Blue --now "CHICKEN"
Charles Doyle
- "Nut up"
Wilson Gray
- Centinels, etc. [was: True Blue]
Joel S. Berson
- Poop [was: True Blue]
Joel S. Berson
- Ram-chicken [was: True Blue]
Joel S. Berson
- English in USA
Tom Zurinskas
- "must do"
Jonathan Lighter
- Texas Tommy (1911, 1955); "Land of Tall Women and Virgin Pines" (East Texas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Eighteenth Century Journals II
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] "But to cks"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 14 : Separate But Equal
Fred Shapiro
- Crying Wolof once more: re: "honky"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Pecos, Pecosin', Pecos Swap
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Murphy's Law: 1928
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Trung Luong
James A. Landau
- Irish car bomb
James A. Landau
- Fwd: Re: True Blue
James A. Landau
- Malapropism (?)
Charles Doyle
- dual as
Barbara Need
- Newspaperarchive--improved? Ha!
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] English in USA
RonButters at AOL.COM
- new web of language post
Dennis Baron
- imparticular
Jonathan Lighter
- amongst ="between"
Jonathan Lighter
- "hot stuff" from 1759, antedates 1889? Or too literal?
Joel S. Berson
- FORCE 'individual serving in the military'
Charles Doyle
- From the NYT, 11/14/06, p.B8b:
Wilson Gray
- "rude and inappropriate"
Jonathan Lighter
- English in USA (and phonetic notation)
Tom Zurinskas
- 10-4 gets 86'ed
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- A legend--when?
Charles Doyle
- Pecos Bill
Charles Doyle
- euphemism of the week
Laurence Horn
- "food-insecure"
Jonathan Lighter
- "If I owned Texas and Hell..." (1866)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Devil Dogs": new evidence
Jonathan Lighter
- euphanism
Jonathan Lighter
- valid = "good"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 15 : Kiss of Death
Fred Shapiro
- "human fly"
Jonathan Lighter
- "human fly" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- Don't Worry, Be Happy (Meher Baba)
Stephen Goranson
- Bible-bashing
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "it's turtles all they way down"
Stephen Goranson
- Metronatural (Seattle's new word)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- guide to america's english-only towns and cities
Dennis Baron
- "Life's Recipe" or "Happiness Cake" (1998)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Happiness Cake (1964) and Life's Recipe (1974)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- William Safire "Under the Bus"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- A couple of Saint Louis oddities
Wilson Gray
- Antedating of "Wellerism"
Fred Shapiro
- Life of Riley (1918)
Fred Shapiro
- Urdang-DSNA Award deadline is looming
Barnhart
- ADS-L] the verb SKUNK in cribbage (revival)
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Ancestor/ Descendant PLUS "tote the line"
Jonathan Lighter
- "twisted steel and sex appeal"
Jonathan Lighter
- "... more then a turkey dinner."
Bethany K. Dumas
- "Turtle on a fencepost" (1979)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "another thing coming" revisited
Laurence Horn
- the verb SKUNK in cribbage (revival)
Joel S. Berson
- "Go Big, Go Long, or Go Home" + moonwalk
Benjamin Zimmer
- . . . as a tick
Charles Doyle
- Antedatings for the Yale Book of Quotations
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Asimov Quote?
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Dallas's Sammie Bert and the "Snow Cone" (1920)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Wiggle Room?
GLL
- "...relax and enjoy it" and manuscript forgery
Stephen Goranson
- "issues" meaning problems
Nathan Bierma
- GAY-BASHING query
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Texas Dip (food dip and debutante bow)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 2-3 (Austin ’s 78723 zip code)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Heard on Judge Judy
Wilson Gray
- Re: [ADS-L] GAY-BASHI NG query
RonButters at AOL.COM
- hang vs. hung
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Oops!
Wilson Gray
- "In a world where.." cliche, coined by Don LaFontaine?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Head of State"
Fred Shapiro
- [ADS-L] Re: † † † Re: [ADS-L] GAY-BASHIN G query
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Texas Dip Sandwich; Millionaire Pie (1959) & Billionaire Pie (1965)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- antedating of car hop-1923
Sam Clements
- Origin of the word "Tantrum"
Russ McClay
- statement ring
Benjamin Zimmer
- "pellow" and "melk"
K Reynolds
- Fleece & Flee
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Koozie/Coozy/Bottle Jacket, from tea cosey?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "pellow' and "melk"
Susan Burt
- innovative "nevertheless"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ADS-L Digest - 22 Nov 2006 to 23 Nov 2006 (#2006-327)
Geoff Nathan
- Eggcorn
Charles Doyle
- "Black Friday," again
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- "pellow" and "melk" and phonetic "Egyption hieroglyphics"
RonButters at AOL.COM
- down with the evil artificial dialectizers
RonButters at AOL.COM
- "A Visit From St. Nicholas" by Professor Moore (1837)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- melk and milt?
GLL
- -SS -> -ST?
GLL
- "normal" people
Alison Murie
- William Safire on "Quotationeer Shapiro"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- New York Tribune (1900-1910) to be digitized
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- antedating of(hamburger) Bun-1902
Sam Clements
- Back in the saddle
Dennis R. Preston
- Cyber Monday vs. eDay
Benjamin Zimmer
- Steinbeck quote
James A. Landau
- Eggcorn: groan pull
Mark Peters
- Paridocrity (Mediocrity + Parity)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Apologies
Miklós Kontra
- German dialect in Texas
william salmon
- xoxo offender
Benjamin Zimmer
- Slight antedating of "Curses, foiled again" (1929)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- Call for Papers -- Toulouse Conference on Copntemporary English
RonButters at AOL.COM
- ADS Presidential Honorary Membership nominations
Joan H. Hall
- Fwd: [ADS-L] GAY-BASHING query
Arnold M. Zwicky
- xoxoxo offenders
Alison Murie
- Re: [ADS-L] Call fo r Papers -- Toulouse Conference on Copntempor ary English
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] xoxoxo offenders
RonButters at AOL.COM
- innovative "nevertheless" and its scalar buddies: some context
Laurence Horn
- oxoxo offenders
Charles Doyle
- XO-XO-XO!
GLL
- XOXOXO
GLL
- Branded
Charles Doyle
- 99.44% (was Re: German dialect in Texas)
Mark A. Mandel
- query re voice recognition softoware
Bethany K. Dumas
- composure -> composer
Benjamin Zimmer
- TV Land Survey
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- A new pronoun? Again?
Dennis Baron
- "Grasshopper" as form of address
Jonathan Lighter
- Origin of the word "Gizmo" (was Origin of the word "Tantrum")
Jonathan Lighter
- Re: [ADS-L] xoxoxo offenders
RonButters at AOL.COM
- I've been knowin' her for a long time
RonButters at AOL.COM
- To "ire"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Re: Fwd: BE "been VERB NP"
Beverly Flanigan
- OED "her," 2b = "he, him; I (masc.)"
Jonathan Lighter
- Again: "fact" = claim; assertion
Jonathan Lighter
- dilogy, duology
Jonathan Lighter
- Texas phrases (If ifs and buts were candy and nuts...merry Christmas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Jesse Jackson wants to ban "N-word"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Ancestors" [was: Jesse Jackson wants to ban "N-word"]
Joel S. Berson
- early Stars and Stripes
Wells Darla L
- "Travelin' shotgun"
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Gay Bashing"
Fred Shapiro
- cundrum
Jonathan Lighter
- bootylicious
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- whistling in the dark
Alison Murie
- SWAT
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Shot put
Charles Doyle
- "Political jokes..some of them get elected" (1958)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hastings-haters
Benjamin Zimmer
- Nominations for ADS offices
Allan A Metcalf
- "Old" adage: "Engage brain..."
Jonathan Lighter
- on offer
James A. Landau
- "The problem with political jokes is they get elected" (Henry Cate VII)??
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Google Answers is dead--Barry?
Sam Clements
- "incenderary," "go aray"
Jonathan Lighter
- online accent quiz
Laurence Horn
- "The butler did it" (was Re: [ADS-L] Google Answers is dead--Barry?)
Stephen Goranson
- Travelin' Shotgun
Geoffrey S. Nathan
- New accent descriptors !
Jonathan Lighter
- Schultz: nothing
Lynne Murphy
- [FL-LIST] dialect test
RonButters at AOL.COM
- GAY-BASHING etymology
RonButters at AOL.COM
- Re: [ADS-L] GAY-BASHI NG etymology
RonButters at AOL.COM
- St. Louis
Beverly Flanigan
- Re: [ADS-L] [FL-LIST] dialect test
RonButters at AOL.COM
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