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Starting: Mon Jan 1 00:26:59 UTC 2007
Ending: Wed Jan 31 23:42:18 UTC 2007
Messages: 822

• "Axis of Evil" antedating (1941)   Sam Clements
• "Axis of Evil" antedating (1941)   Scot LaFaive
• "Backtrack, v"   Wilson Gray
• "Backtrack, v"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Bet the Farm"   Fred Shapiro
• "Bet the Farm"   Stephen Goranson
• "Bet the Farm"   bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Bet the Farm"   Baker, John
• "Bet the Farm"   Benjamin Barrett
• "Bet the Farm"   JAMES H COPELAND
• "Bet the Farm"   JAMES H COPELAND
• "Bet the Farm"   Scot LaFaive
• "Bet the Farm"   Seán Fitzpatrick
• "Bet the Farm"   sagehen
• "Bet the Farm"   Joel S. Berson
• "Blue laws", 1767; perhaps 1757?   Joel S. Berson
• "Blue laws", 1767; perhaps 1757?   Fred Shapiro
• "Child Success Specialist"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Child Success Specialist"   Tom Zurinskas
• "Combination Cheese and Hamburger Sandwich" (Cheeseburger?) (1926)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep...discussing lunch" (Ben Franklin?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep...discussing lunch" (Ben Franklin?)   Towse
• "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep...discussing lunch" (Ben Franklin?)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep...discussing lunch" (Ben Franklin?)   Baker, John
• "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep...discussing lunch" (Ben Franklin?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Desart Sund[a]y", 1750?   Joel S. Berson
• "Desart Sund[a]y", 1750?   Joel S. Berson
• "Desart Sund[a]y", 1750?   Douglas G. Wilson
• "Desart Sund[a]y", 1750?   Joel S. Berson
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Jonathan Lighter
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Laurence Horn
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Jonathan Lighter
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Laurence Horn
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Charles Doyle
• "difference" = difficulty; issues; busghetti   Mark A. Mandel
• "Don't get mad, get even."   Jonathan Lighter
• "Don't get mad, get even."   Fred Shapiro
• "Duke, alma mata of 9 Presidents." Sigh! [NT]   Wilson Gray
• "fairy," OED 4a   Jonathan Lighter
• "fairy," OED 4a   Charles Doyle
• "fairy," OED 4a   Scot LaFaive
• "fairy," OED 4a   Laurence Horn
• "fairy," OED 4a   Wilson Gray
• "fairy," OED 4a   Douglas G. Wilson
• "fairy," OED 4a   Jonathan Lighter
• "fairy," OED 4a   Mark A. Mandel
• "fairy," OED 4a   Jonathan Lighter
• "fairy," OED 4a   Charles Doyle
• "fairy," OED 4a   Wilson Gray
• "fairy," OED 4a   Douglas G. Wilson
• "fairy," OED 4a   Baker, John
• "fairy," OED 4a   Douglas G. Wilson
• "fairy," OED 4a   Baker, John
• "fairy," OED 4a   Jesse Sheidlower
• "fairy," OED 4a   Joel S. Berson
• "fairy," OED 4a   Charles Doyle
• "fairy," OED 4a   Charles Doyle
• "fairy," OED 4a   George Thompson
• " functionable"--new word?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• " functionable"--new word?   Laurence Horn
• "fur bikini"   Charles Doyle
• "fur bikini"   Fred Shapiro
• "fur bikini"   Laurence Horn
• "fur bikini"   Charles Doyle
• "fur bikini"   Laurence Horn
• "fur bikini"   Wilson Gray
• "fur bikini"   Douglas G. Wilson
• "fur bikini"   Charles Doyle
• "fur bikini"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Ghost riding the whip" and "hyphy"   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Ghost riding the whip" and "hyphy"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Ghost riding the whip" and "hyphy"   William Salmon
• "grease that squeaking wheel" metaphor   Stephen Goranson
• "Grow a sac(k)!" = "Man up!"   Wilson Gray
• "Grow a sac(k)!" = "Man up!"   Rowan McMullin
• "Hail Mary" (1922, 1972, 1974, 1975)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Hail Mary" (1922, 1972, 1974, 1975)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Wilson Gray
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Jonathan Lighter
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Wilson Gray
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "Hep" vs. "Hip"   Wilson Gray
• "He who smelt it dealt it"   Wilson Gray
• "Hinge-house"?   Joel S. Berson
• "Hinge-house"?   Jonathon Green
• "Ice cream" from 1735?   Joel S. Berson
• "Ice cream" from 1735?   Charles Doyle
• "Ice cream" from 1735?   Jonathan Lighter
• "Ice cream" from 1735?   Jonathan Lighter
• "If your mother says she loves you...."   Jonathan Lighter
• "If your mother says she loves you...."   Fred Shapiro
• "issues", "concerns", etc.   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Nathan Bierma
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Wilson Gray
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Douglas G. Wilson
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Douglas G. Wilson
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Nathan Bierma
• "kippie" - Buster Keaton   Jonathan Lighter
• "Knock off its horns and wipe its ass" (Texan ordering steak "rare")   Charles Doyle
• "Marble Ceiling" (Nancy Pelosi)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Marble Ceiling" (Nancy Pelosi)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Marble Ceiling" (Nancy Pelosi) (2002)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "nation"   Charles Doyle
• "nation"   David Bergdahl
• "nation"   Charles Doyle
• "nation"   Jonathan Lighter
• "nation"   Seán Fitzpatrick
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank   James A. Landau
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Charles Doyle
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Charles Doyle
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   sagehen
• "non-apology," 1971; "non-apology apology," 1991   Geoffrey Nunberg
• "non-apology," 1971; "non-apology apology," 1991   Laurence Horn
• "One man's terrorist..."   Jonathan Lighter
• "One man's terrorist..."   Jesse Sheidlower
• "Only fools and newcomers predict the weather in Texas" (1910)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Only fools and newcomers predict the weather in Texas" (1910)   Scot LaFaive
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Grant Barrett
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Bethany K. Dumas
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Grant Barrett
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Bethany K. Dumas
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Benjamin Zimmer
• "Plutoed" Voted 2006 Word of the Year   Chris F Waigl
• "Pooch" (form "puchero"?) (1927)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Pooch" (form "puchero"?) (1927)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Pooch" (form "puchero"?) (1927)   Fred Shapiro
• "Prenounce"   Wilson Gray
• "Print the legend" Was Re: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Jonathan Lighter
• "Print the legend" Was Re: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story" (J. Frank Dobie?)   Fred Shapiro
• "ridden with"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "ridden with"   Charles Doyle
• "school" phrases (formerly "kippie")   Charles Doyle
• "school" phrases (formerly "kippie")   Dennis R. Preston
• "sike"   Arnold M. Zwicky
• "sike"   David Bowie
• "sike"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "sike"   Benjamin Zimmer
• "sike"   Scot LaFaive
• "sike"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "Subrespond"   Wilson Gray
• "Texas--Where men are men and women are governors"   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• "Than I" vs. "than me," etc.   Wilson Gray
• "Thank you": intonation   Jim Parish
• "Thank you": intonation   Tom Zurinskas
• "Thank you": intonation   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• "the X nation"   Charles Doyle
• "the X nation"   Laurence Horn
• "the X nation"   Jonathan Lighter
• "we do not see the world as it is..."   Stephen Goranson
• "whole enchilada" 1954   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• "Winning Ugly" in Chicago Tribune?   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• 120th birthday of esperanto   Dennis Baron
• 3-syllable Chimney = Mary Poppins Song?   GLL
• ?   JAMES H COPELAND
•       [ADS-L] "issues", "co ncerns", etc.   RonButters at AOL.COM
•       [ADS-L] anti-WOTY blo gging   RonButters at AOL.COM
•       [ADS-L] dot-calm   RonButters at AOL.COM
•       [ADS-L] LSSU Banished Words list, 2007   RonButters at AOL.COM
•       Re: [ADS-L] not a new euphemism, but new to me   RonButters at AOL.COM
• a dialect using just participle?   Amy West
• a dialect using just participle?   Michael H Covarrubias
• a dialect using just participle?   Tom Zurinskas
• A disappearing book   Michael H Covarrubias
• A discussion of Microsoftspeak   Wilson Gray
• Adjectives in headlines [was: ire: n,v,a,adv,?]   Joel S. Berson
• ADS-L Digest - 2 Jan 2007 to 3 Jan 2007 (#2007-4)   GLL
• ADS-L Digest - 8 Jan 2007 to 9 Jan 2007 (#2007-10)   Amy West
• ADS Pioneer Series Tee Shirts   Grant Barrett
• a gentlelady's maiden speech   Jonathan Lighter
• Alama back door joke (1958, 1959)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Ambiguity in spelling: singer   David Bowie
• Ambiguity in spelling: singer (was: dot-calm)   Mark A. Mandel
• Amsterdam News & Pittsburgh Courier to be available   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Analog clocks   Charles Doyle
• Analog clocks   sagehen
• Analog clocks   Ed Keer
• Analog clocks   Laurence Horn
• Analog clocks   Charles Doyle
• Analog clocks   Dave Wilton
• and look you mock him not   Michael H Covarrubias
• and look you mock him not   Alice Faber
• and look you mock him not   Laurence Horn
• A new Child ballad   Jonathan Lighter
• A new Child ballad   Fred Shapiro
• A new Child ballad   Jonathan Lighter
• A new Child ballad   Jonathan Lighter
• A new Child ballad   Laurence Horn
• Another WOTY Candidate   Dave Wilton
• Another WOTY Candidate ("telenovela")   Charles Doyle
• Another WOTY Candidate ("telenovela")   Jesse Sheidlower
• Antedating of "Soap Opera"   Fred Shapiro
• Antedating of Qumran and etymology bibliography   Stephen Goranson
• Antedating of Qumran and etymology bibliography   Fred Shapiro
• Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 18: Light at the End of the Tunnel   Jonathan Lighter
• anti-WOTY blogging   Benjamin Zimmer
• anti-WOTY blogging   Michael Quinion
• anti-WOTY blogging   Rex W. Stocklin
• Any NYC radio personalities out there?   Laurence Horn
• Any NYC radio personalities out there?   Malcah Yaeger-Dror
• Any NYC radio personalities out there?   Laurence Horn
• AP "hamburger" story; Athens (TX) is "Big A"?   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• AP confuses ADS and ANS   Benjamin Zimmer
• AP confuses ADS and ANS   Benjamin Zimmer
• AP confuses ADS and ANS; Ranahan (?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• AP confuses ADS and ANS; Ranahan (?)   Dave Wilton
• AP confuses ADS and ANS; Ranahan (?)   Jonathan Lighter
• assorted   James A. Landau
• assorted   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• assorted   Wilson Gray
• assorted   Jonathan Lighter
• assorted   George Thompson
• Atlanta food slang articles (6-8-1947; 2-19-1961)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Australian slang   James A. Landau
• Back(s) of our necks   Bill Le May
• Back(s) of our necks   Jonathan Lighter
• Back(s) of our necks   Douglas G. Wilson
• Back(s) of our necks   Charles Doyle
• back-"formate" (was: deigned; lorded; incoming)   Laurence Horn
• back-"formate" (was: deigned; lorded; incoming)   Benjamin Zimmer
• back-"formate" (was: deigned; lorded; incoming)   Charles Doyle
• back-"formate" (was: deigned; lorded; incoming)   Laurence Horn
• back-"formate" (was: deigned; lorded; incoming)   Jonathan Lighter
• Battle-axed   Bill Le May
• Battle-axed   Charles Doyle
• Battle-axed   Seán Fitzpatrick
• BE "behind the sun" = down South   Wilson Gray
• Beggar's slang, 1907   George Thompson
• Beggar's slang, 1907   Wilson Gray
• bilingualism delays dementia   Dennis Baron
• blend   Arnold M. Zwicky
• blend: "Make no doubt about it."   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Bolo Ties & String Ties   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Bolo Ties & String Ties   Jonathan Lighter
• Brain teasers   Rowan McMullin
• Brain teasers   Laurence Horn
• Brain teasers   Brenda Lester
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Mike Speriosu
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Jonathon Green
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Wilson Gray
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Benjamin Zimmer
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   david hughes
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Jonathon Green
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Lynne Murphy
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Wilson Gray
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   sagehen
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Jonathan Lighter
• British "geezer" = American "gangster"?   Jonathan Lighter
• busghetti   Amy West
• Call for Abstracts   Susan Burt
• Call for Papers: ADS Annual Meeting 2008   Allan A Metcalf
• celebu-blends   Benjamin Zimmer
• chiefing   Benjamin Zimmer
• Chimney   Scot LaFaive
• Chimney   Wilson Gray
• Chimney   sagehen
• Chimney   Doug Harris
• Chimney   Charles Doyle
• Chimney   Scot LaFaive
• Chimney   Doug Harris
• Chimney   Scot LaFaive
• Chimney   Barbara Need
• Chimney (and "nation" and "community")   Charles Doyle
• Chimney (and "nation" and "community")   Doug Harris
• Chimney (and "nation" and "community")   Wilson Gray
• Chimney (and "nation" and "community")   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Chimney (and "nation" and "community")   Mark A. Mandel
• Chrawna   Geoffrey S. Nathan
• Chrawna   Geoffrey S. Nathan
• Cigar Sayings   Fred Shapiro
• Cigar Sayings   Rowan McMullin
• Cigar Sayings   Scot LaFaive
• Cigar Sayings   Fred Shapiro
• Cigar Sayings   Laurence Horn
• Cigar Sayings   Sam Clements
• Cigar Sayings   sagehen
• Cigar Sayings   Jerry E Kane
• Cigar Sayings   Jonathan Lighter
• Cigar sayings   James A. Landau
• Cigar sayings   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Clever police chief arrested   Joel S. Berson
• Clever police chief arrested   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• coincidentally = ironically = also   Jonathan Lighter
• comic strip words revisited   Jonathan Lighter
• Coming together ...   Wilson Gray
• Coming together ...   Amy West
• Coming together ...   Wilson Gray
• Coming together ...   Amy West
• comix words again   Arnold M. Zwicky
• contango   James A. Landau
• contango   Benjamin Zimmer
• copula deletion and BEV   Amy West
• copula deletion and BEV   Wilson Gray
• copula deletion and BEV   Michael H Covarrubias
• copula deletion and BEV   Charles Doyle
• copula deletion and BEV   Dennis R. Preston
• copula deletion and BEV   Arnold M. Zwicky
• copula deletion and BEV   Charles Doyle
• copula deletion and BEV   Wilson Gray
• copula deletion and BEV   Seán Fitzpatrick
• Credit to Michael Quinion   Fred Shapiro
• deigned; lorded; incoming   Jonathan Lighter
• deigned; lorded; incoming   Mark A. Mandel
• deigned; lorded; incoming   Scot LaFaive
• deigned; lorded; incoming   Jonathan Lighter
• Deuce   Scot LaFaive
• Deuce   Douglas G. Wilson
• Deuce   Tom Dalzell
• Deuce   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Deuce   Jonathan Lighter
• Deuce   Scot LaFaive
• Deuce   James Knight
• Deuce   Jonathan Lighter
• diprosopus; sick!   Jonathan Lighter
• diprosopus; sick!   Joel S. Berson
• Discovery Channel film group   Dennis R. Preston
• dot-calm   Tom Zurinskas
• dot-calm   Mark A. Mandel
• dot-calm   Benjamin Zimmer
• dot-calm   Dennis R. Preston
• dot-calm   Laurence Horn
• dot-calm   David Bergdahl
• dot-calm   Mark A. Mandel
• dot-calm   Dennis R. Preston
• dot-calm   Laurence Horn
• dot-calm   Benjamin Zimmer
• dot-calm   Laurence Horn
• dot-calm   Beverly Flanigan
• dot-calm   Beverly Flanigan
• dot-calm   Paul Johnston
• dot-calm   Beverly Flanigan
• double-edged words   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Double modal   Jonathan Lighter
• Double modal   Jonathan Lighter
• Double modal   Paul Johnson
• Double modal   Jonathan Lighter
• Double modal   Scot LaFaive
• Double modal   Laurence Horn
• Double modal   Scot LaFaive
• Eggcorn?   Wilson Gray
• Elements, Elephants, etc.   Stephen Goranson
• Elements, Elephants, etc.   Wilson Gray
• Elements, the LMN proposal   Wilson Gray
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Baker, John
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Laurence Horn
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   William Salmon
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Wilson Gray
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Fred Shapiro
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Baker, John
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)   Baker, John
• Eleventh Commandment of Politics (dead woman or live man)(1974)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• empirical   James A. Landau
• empirical (+double-edgedness)   Michael H Covarrubias
• English must be protect from cheap foreign imports   Dennis Baron
• Eskimo`snow' words myth: Pullum says 'progress'   Nathan Bierma
• favorited?   David Bergdahl
• favorited?   Charles Doyle
• favorited?   Scot LaFaive
• favorited?   Laurence Horn
• favorited?   Douglas G. Wilson
• favorited?   Mark A. Mandel
• favorited?   Alice Faber
• final prepositions (was: various)   Mark A. Mandel
• final prepositions (was: various)   Arnold M. Zwicky
• foo   Arnold M. Zwicky
• foo   Baker, John
• foo   Arnold M. Zwicky
• foo   Karl Hagen
• foo   Chris F Waigl
• foo   Benjamin Barrett
• foo   Wilson Gray
• foo   Arnold M. Zwicky
• foo   Douglas G. Wilson
• foo   Benjamin Barrett
• For/To all intents and purposes   Benjamin Barrett
• For/To all intents and purposes   Laurence Horn
• For/To all intents and purposes   Benjamin Barrett
• For/To all intents and purposes   Benjamin Barrett
• For/To all intents and purposes   Wilson Gray
• For/To all intents and purposes   Arnold M. Zwicky
• For/To all intents and purposes   Benjamin Barrett
• For/To all intents and purposes   Arnold M. Zwicky
• For/To all intents and purposes   Benjamin Barrett
• forty-eleven   George Thompson
• forty-eleven   Bethany K. Dumas
• forty-eleven   Wilson Gray
• forty-eleven   sagehen
• forty-eleven   Scot LaFaive
• forty-eleven   Wilson Gray
• forty-eleven   Benjamin Barrett
• Forty-eleven (4011 BC)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Forty-eleven (4011 BC)   Wilson Gray
• Fudge   Michael Quinion
• Fudge   Stephen Goranson
• Fudge   Michael Quinion
• Fudge   Michael Quinion
• Fudge   Mark A. Mandel
• Fudge   Stephen Goranson
• Further Antedating of "Ragtime"   Fred Shapiro
• Further Antedating of "Ragtime"   Benjamin Zimmer
• FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day   sagehen
• FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day   Chris F Waigl
• FW: katzenjammer: M-W's Word of the Day   Amy West
• FW: Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Fwd: Re: ILA conference   Barnhart
• FWIW: NYC Council and "n-word"   bapopik at AOL.COM
• FWIW: NYC Council and "n-word"   Wilson Gray
• FWIW: WSJ errs on "Big Apple"   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• F words   Arnold M. Zwicky
• FW they're W   Wilson Gray
• FW they're W   Baker, John
• FYI: More N-Word Bannings (Ebony magazine; Brazoria, TX)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• FYI: More N-Word Bannings (Ebony magazine; Brazoria, TX)   Wilson Gray
• gender ideas in book publishing   James A. Landau
• ghoti   Jonathan Lighter
• ghoti   Joel S. Berson
• Google Book Project   Geoffrey S. Nathan
• Google Book Project   Benjamin Zimmer
• Google Books [was: "Ice cream" from 1735?]   Joel S. Berson
• Google Books [was: "Ice cream" from 1735?]   Benjamin Zimmer
• Google Books [was: "Ice cream" from 1735?]   Jonathan Lighter
• Google Books [was: "Ice cream" from 1735?]   Joel S. Berson
• Gun Slinger (1920)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Gun Slinger (1920)   Jonathan Lighter
• Gun Slinger (1920)   Wilson Gray
• Gun Slinger (1920)   Fred Shapiro
• Hairapy & Pluto (WOTY)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• hamburger war rages on...   William Salmon
• hamburger war rages on...   Laurence Horn
• hamburger war rages on...   Jonathan Lighter
• hamburger war rages on...   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Heard of the Judges:   Wilson Gray
• Heard on the Judges   Wilson Gray
• Heard on the Judges   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Heard on the Judges   William Salmon
• Heard on the Judges   Scot LaFaive
• Heard on the Judges   Wilson Gray
• Heard on the Judges   Mark A. Mandel
• Heard on the Judges   sagehen
• Hi!   Wilson Gray
• Hi!   Jesse Sheidlower
• Hi!   Wilson Gray
• Hi! II   Wilson Gray
• hiving   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• hiving   Grant Barrett
• hiving   Wilson Gray
• hiving   George Thompson
• hocus, hoax   Stephen Goranson
• honcho > honchas   Michael T. Wescoat
• honcho > honchas   Wilson Gray
• honcho > honchas   Amy West
• honcho > honchas   Charles Doyle
• honcho > honchas   Douglas G. Wilson
• honcho > honchas   Michael T. Wescoat
• honcho > honchas   Michael T. Wescoat
• Honorof & Sheidlower on WNYC   Benjamin Zimmer
• Honorof & Sheidlower on WNYC   Jonathan Lighter
• Horse Opera & Soap Opera   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Horse Opera (1847)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Dennis Baron
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Tom Zurinskas
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Illinois bans male pronoun   George Thompson
• Illinois bans male pronoun   FRITZ JUENGLING
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Jonathan Lighter
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Joel S. Berson
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Joel S. Berson
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Jonathan Lighter
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Brenda Lester
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Barbara Need
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Charles Doyle
• Illinois bans male pronoun   Mark A. Mandel
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Emily G. Cunningham
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Alison Murie
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Wilson Gray
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Laurence Horn
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Benjamin Zimmer
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Jonathan Lighter
• In the news - Tossers and prats need public help   Wilson Gray
• ire: n,v,a,adv,?   Michael H Covarrubias
• ire: n,v,a,adv,?   Jonathan Lighter
• ire: n,v,a,adv,?   Laurence Horn
• it's time to ban the banned words list   Dennis Baron
• Itty bitty...   Scot LaFaive
• Itty bitty...   Baker, John
• Itty bitty...   Benjamin Zimmer
• Itty bitty...   Wilson Gray
• Jasm (1907)   Douglas G. Wilson
• Josh Ozersky ("Mr. Cutlets") on the hamburger (LA Times, 1-29-2007)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• JSTOR access & ADS   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• JSTOR access & ADS   Grant Barrett
• Just wondering   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering   Victoria Neufeldt
• Just wondering   Brenda Lester
• Just wondering   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering   Lynne Murphy
• Just wondering   Wilson Gray
• Just wondering   Dennis R. Preston
• Just wondering   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering ("billfold" vs. "wallet")   Charles Doyle
• Just wondering ("billfold" vs. "wallet")   Wilson Gray
• Just wondering ("billfold" vs. "wallet")   Michael H Covarrubias
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Victoria Neufeldt
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Charles Doyle
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Laurence Horn
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Jonathan Lighter
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Brenda Lester
• Just wondering (re: "busghetti")   Arnold M. Zwicky
• Kippie = Kewpie Doll?   GLL
• Krugman & Texas Strategy; UT & Google Books project   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• lace work (dirty work)   George Thompson
• lace work (dirty work)   Paul Johnson
• lace work (dirty work)   George Thompson
• lace work (dirty work)   James Smith
• Lala-paloosa (1898)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• lies, statistics: Talleyrand? (or dead end?)   Stephen Goranson
• LSSU Banished Words list, 2007   Benjamin Zimmer
• LSSU Banished Words list, 2007   Wilson Gray
• Macquarie Dictionary WOTY   Benjamin Zimmer
• Macquarie Dictionary WOTY   Charles Doyle
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Benjamin Zimmer
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Lynne Murphy
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Dennis R. Preston
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Stephen Goranson
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Benjamin Zimmer
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Grant Barrett
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Dave Wilton
• Macquarie WOTY: muffin top   Lynne Murphy
• mixed metaphor of the week?   Laurence Horn
• mixed metaphor of the week?   Wilson Gray
• mixed metaphor of the week?   Brenda Lester
• mixed metaphor of the week?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED   Fred Shapiro
• Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED   Jesse Sheidlower
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Baker, John
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Mark A. Mandel
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Mark A. Mandel
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Fred Shapiro
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Scot LaFaive
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   Doug Harris
• Most Notable Quotes of 2006   sagehen
• Mowing down on   Michael Quinion
• Mowing down on   Jamie Carpenter
• Mowing down on   Paul Johnston
• Mowing down on   Wilson Gray
• Mowing down on   Michael Quinion
• multiple modals   Joan H. Hall
• multiple modals   Beverly Flanigan
• Murking Up   Dave Wilton
• national handwriting day   Dennis Baron
• national handwriting day   Benjamin Barrett
• national handwriting day   Joel S. Berson
• national handwriting day   Tom Zurinskas
• national handwriting day   Joel S. Berson
• national handwriting day   Scot LaFaive
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   Scot LaFaive
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   Scot LaFaive
• national handwriting day   Jan Kammert
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   David Borowitz
• national handwriting day   Karl Hagen
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   David Borowitz
• national handwriting day   Joel S. Berson
• national handwriting day   FRITZ JUENGLING
• national handwriting day   Joel S. Berson
• national handwriting day   Lynne Murphy
• national handwriting day   Ed Keer
• new word proposal   Charles Parnelle
• No subject   radul panayotov
• not a "new euphemism, but new to me"   Laurence Horn
• not a new euphemism, but new to me   Laurence Horn
• not a new euphemism, but new to me   Beverly Flanigan
• not a new euphemism, but new to me   Laurence Horn
• not a new euphemism, but new to me   Joel S. Berson
• not a new euphemism, but new to me   Jonathan Lighter
• Not nonsense, after all   Wilson Gray
• Nou a Scots edeetion o Wikipedia   Jonathan Lighter
• NYPL's NY Tribune (1900-1910) (response just received)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• omphaloskeptic?   James A. Landau
• omphaloskeptic?   Wilson Gray
• omphaloskeptic?   Baker, John
• omphaloskeptic?   Jonathan Lighter
• online accent quiz   Brenda Lester
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Laurence Horn
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Scot LaFaive
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Jerome Foster
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Wilson Gray
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Laurence Horn
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Douglas G. Wilson
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Charles Doyle
• on the excretory practices of American eagles   Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
• OT: "Ask Oxford" is News 8 Austin's Web Sighting today   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• OT: First inhabited island vanishes under the sea   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: survey of the academics   Amy West
• OT: survey of the academics   Jonathan Lighter
• OT: survey of the academics   Bethany K. Dumas
• OT: survey of the academics   David Bergdahl
• OT: survey of the academics   Bethany K. Dumas
• Overdog (NYC's Con Ed)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• paid their respects   Nathan Bierma
• paid their respects   Nathan Bierma
• Palindrome: "MOM" but not "DAD"   Charles Doyle
• Palindrome: "MOM" but not "DAD"   Mark A. Mandel
• Palindrome: "MOM" but not "DAD"   Joel S. Berson
• Pastrami (1916);Yale Food Column gets NY Times mention; still no "hot dog" story   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Pastrami (1916);Yale Food Column gets NY Times mention; still no "hot dog" story   Jesse Sheidlower
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Joel S. Berson
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Jonathan Lighter
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Joel S. Berson
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Rowan McMullin
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Laurence Horn
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Baker, John
• Penmanship [Was: Illinois bans male pronoun]   Benjamin Zimmer
• Pentagon declares foreign language a weapon. O.K., maggots, drop and give me 50 conjugations.   Dennis Baron
• Philly Inquirer WOTY preview   Benjamin Zimmer
• purse, pocketbook handbag   Joan H. Hall
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Charles Doyle
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Charles Doyle
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Joel S. Berson
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Baker, John
• Q: "by will and doom" (1672)   Joel S. Berson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Douglas G. Wilson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Douglas G. Wilson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Wilson Gray
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Douglas G. Wilson
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Wilson Gray
• Q: A (or several) "housen" in 1747?   Laurence Horn
• Q: Pronunciation of toise (n)   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?   Alice Faber
• Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?   Joel S. Berson
• Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?   Charles Doyle
• Q: Word for beginning-of-chapter quotations?   Joel S. Berson
• Query: "Jango Lango tea" in an 1841 black minstrel song   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Query: "Jango Lango tea" in an 1841 black minstrel song   Douglas G. Wilson
• Radiator   Geoff Nathan
• Radiator   David Bergdahl
• Radiator   Brenda Lester
• Radiator   Mark A. Mandel
• Readex America's Historical Newspapers Collection to Surpass 1300 Titles   Loiterstein, David
• recommendation for a new word for 2007   Charles Parnelle
• reliable name origins guide?   Nathan Bierma
• reliable name origins guide?   Wilson Gray
• reliable name origins guide?   George Thompson
• Request for source of Locke's supposed 1919 mention of Harlem as "the big apple"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Request for source of Locke's supposed 1919 mention of Harlem as "the big apple"--(2nd try)   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Richard A. Spears   Wilson Gray
• Richard A. Spears   Jonathan Lighter
• Richard A. Spears   Wilson Gray
• Richard A. Spears   Jonathan Lighter
• Richard A. Spears   Wilson Gray
• Sally's "gone round and round"   Wilson Gray
• Sausage fest   Scot LaFaive
• Say what?   Wilson Gray
• Say what?   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Say what?   Bill Lemay
• Say what?   David Bergdahl
• Say what?   Wilson Gray
• Say what?   Bill Le May
• Say what?   Wilson Gray
• Say what?!   Wilson Gray
• Say what?!   Brenda Lester
• SbaCL Word of the Year   Lynne Murphy
• SbaCL Word of the Year   Scot LaFaive
• SbaCL Word of the Year   Benjamin Zimmer
• scripture = "prose"   Jonathan Lighter
• Second BBC/OED Wordhunt   Fred Shapiro
• semantic state of the union   Dennis Baron
• slang articles; was: Krugman & Texas Strategy; UT & Google Books project   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• slide (#1 & #2)   George Thompson
• Smashed Potatoes--just for fun   Geoff Nathan
• Smashed Potatoes--just for fun   Charles Doyle
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Charles Doyle
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Hillary Brown
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Jesse Sheidlower
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Benjamin Zimmer
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Charles Doyle
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Chris F Waigl
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Geoffrey Nunberg
• Smashed potatoes . . .   Benjamin Zimmer
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Cohen, Gerald Leonard
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Scot LaFaive
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Doug Harris
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Doug Harris
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Charles Doyle
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Laurence Horn
• Sort of blend: "the 900 pound elephant in the room"   Jonathan Lighter
• Soul talk   Wilson Gray
• Spam terms   Benjamin Barrett
• speaking of retronyms   Laurence Horn
• speaking of retronyms   Charles Doyle
• speaking of retronyms   Laurence Horn
• Spears   Wilson Gray
• Spears   James A. Landau
• Spears   Charles Doyle
• Spears   Wilson Gray
• Spears (1/28)   Wilson Gray
• Spears/peckers   Grant Barrett
• Spears/peckers   Wilson Gray
• Spears/peckers   Douglas G. Wilson
• Spears/peckers   Grant Barrett
• Spears/peckers   Grant Barrett
• Spears/peckers/poodles   William Salmon
• Spears/peckers/poodles   Wilson Gray
• spelling FISH   Arnold M. Zwicky
• spelling FISH   Benjamin Zimmer
• spelling FISH   Arnold M. Zwicky
• spelling FISH   Benjamin Zimmer
• spelling FISH   Jonathan Lighter
• squeeze the eagle   Joan H. Hall
• Stanford's Dime Novel Collection (searchable? only Standford ID?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• State threatens to close schools violating official language law   Dennis Baron
• Subject: Re: dot-calm   Mark A. Mandel
• Sun Belt & Go Along to Get Along (Sam Rayburn quotes?)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Sun Belt & Go Along to Get Along (Sam Rayburn quotes?)   Fred Shapiro
• The mistaken 1909 "jazz" attestation in OED; was: "Please don't shoot the organist; he's doing his best" (1882)   Jonathan Lighter
• The mistaken 1909 "jazz" attestation in OED; was: "Please don't shoot the organist; he's doing his best" (1882)   Jonathan Lighter
• The TV judges   Wilson Gray
• The TV judges   David Borowitz
• The TV judges   Charles Doyle
• The TV judges   Wilson Gray
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Jesse Sheidlower
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Brenda Lester
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Baker, John
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Jesse Sheidlower
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Jonathan Lighter
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Jesse Sheidlower
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Jonathan Lighter
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Baker, John
• The World hates Barry, part 2731   Amy West
• Top Quotations of 2006   Fred Shapiro
• Top Quotations of 2006   Scot LaFaive
• Top Quotations of 2006   Scot LaFaive
• true blue   James A. Landau
• Two "jazz" articles(1919, 1927)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Two "jazz" articles(1919, 1927)   Jonathan Lighter
• Two "jazz" articles(1919, 1927)   Benjamin Zimmer
• Tyme/time machine   Scot LaFaive
• Tyme/time machine   Laurence Horn
• Tyme/time machine   James A. Landau
• urbane prepositions rule   Dennis Baron
• urban legend: don't end sentence with preposition   Dennis Baron
• Waddy (Waddie)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Washington Post on "surge"   Benjamin Zimmer
• Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)   Joel S. Berson
• Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)   Charles Doyle
• Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)   Amy West
• Who invented the bola/bolo tie?   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Who invented the bola/bolo tie?   Wilson Gray
• Who invented the bola/bolo tie?   Jonathan Lighter
• Who invented the bola/bolo tie?   Wilson Gray
• Who invented the bola/bolo tie?   Jonathan Lighter
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Sam Clements
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Jesse Sheidlower
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Douglas G. Wilson
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Douglas G. Wilson
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Jonathan Lighter
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz   George Thompson
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Stephen Goranson
• Wikipedia on Jazz   Baker, John
• Wikipedia on Jazz; San Francisco Call (1900-9105)   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• willie pep (was Words of the Year)   davemarc
• Wilson vs. Urban Dictionary   Wilson Gray
• Winter Texans (1975)   Charles Doyle
• Winter Texans (1975)   Laurence Horn
• Winter Texans (1975)   Charles Doyle
• Winter Texans (1975); OT: Billy the Kid   Bapopik at AOL.COM
• Wisconsin dialect   Scot LaFaive
• Wisconsin dialect   Dennis R. Preston
• Wisconsin dialect   Joseph Salmons
• Word of the Year 2007   Barnhart
• Word of the Year 2007   Charles Doyle
• Word of the Year 2007   Chris F Waigl
• Word of the Year Candidate: NSFW   Baker, John
• Words of the Year   davemarc
• Words of the Year   Laurence Horn
• Words of the Year   davemarc
• Words of the Year   Benjamin Zimmer
• Words of the Year   Laurence Horn
• Words of the Year (Willie Pepping)   George Thompson
• Words of the Year (Willie Pepping) pt. 2   George Thompson
• WOTY Candidate   Dave Wilton
• WOTY Candidate   Laurence Horn
• WOTY Candidate   Arnold M. Zwicky
• WOTY Candidate   Beverly Flanigan
• WOTY Candidate   Laurence Horn
• WOTY Candidate   Arnold M. Zwicky
• WOTY Candidate   Laurence Horn
• WOTY Candidate   Arnold M. Zwicky
• WOTY Candidate   Joel S. Berson
• WOTY Candidate   Dave Wilton
• WOTY Candidate   Laurence Horn
• WOTY suggestion   Alison Murie
• WOTY suggestion   Beverly Flanigan
• Yale Quotations in The NYT   Robert Greenman

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