July 2007 Archives by date
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- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
Beverly Flanigan
- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
Benjamin Zimmer
- O.T. personal info (UNCLASSIFIED); NY Times "On Language" column stinks
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
Joel S. Berson
- Ghost-Written Famous Quotations
David A. Daniel
- FW: eighty-six or 86; short-order cookery language
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Kwotable kwote
Jonathan Lighter
- FW: eighty-six or 86; short-order cookery language
Laurence Horn
- "the entire nine yards" 1969?
Stephen Goranson
- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
Beverly Flanigan
- Google Book search-1961-"a sheet nine yards long"
Sam Clements
- FW: eighty-six or 86; short-order cookery language
Benjamin Zimmer
- Google Book search-1961-"a sheet nine yards long"
Douglas G. Wilson
- FW: eighty-six or 86; short-order cookery language
Dave Wilton
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- FW: eighty-six or 86; short-order cookery language
Jonathan Lighter
- semantic drift: "office/ power"
Geoffrey Nunberg
- According to an ad on Comedy Central:
Wilson Gray
- According to an ad on Comedy Central:
James Harbeck
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Wilson Gray
- semantic drift: "office/ power"
Beverly Flanigan
- Ghost-Written Famous Quotations
Wilson Gray
- Star-Spangled Flag (1806)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Star-Spangled Flag (1806)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Google Book search-1961-"a sheet nine yards long"
Charles Doyle
- Star-Spangled Flag (1806)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- For words ending in "t".
Tom Zurinskas
- "Birds and the Bees"
Fred Shapiro
- "Generals are always fighting the last war"
Fred Shapiro
- "Birds and the Bees"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Opposable
Benjamin Barrett
- For words ending in "t".
David Borowitz
- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
Fred Shapiro
- "jake" = fireman
Joel S. Berson
- "jake" = fireman
Benjamin Zimmer
- ADS website "site error"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Generals are always fighting the last war"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Birds and the Bees"
Jonathan Lighter
- E.O.Wilson, Etymologist
sagehen
- According to an ad on Comedy Central:
David Bowie
- According to an ad on Comedy Central:
James Harbeck
- "Birds and the Bees"
Joel S. Berson
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Wilson Gray
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Benjamin Barrett
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Douglas G. Wilson
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Wilson Gray
- FYI: 101st birthday of "hot dog" celebrated in Hagerstown, MD July 5th
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Margaret Lee
- ADS website "site error"
Grant Barrett
- ADS website "site error"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Birds and the Bees"
Charles Doyle
- weedeat
Charles Doyle
- weedeat
Paul Johnson
- "Birds and the Bees"
Jeff Prucher
- "Birds and the Bees"
Charles Doyle
- weedeat
John M. Spartz
- weedeat
Benjamin Zimmer
- weedeat
Joel S. Berson
- weedeat
Wilson Gray
- weedeat
Bradley A. Esparza
- Heard on a "Scrubs" rerun:
Wilson Gray
- Gufier?
Philip E. Cleary
- Heard on VH1
Wilson Gray
- A tip of the slung
Wilson Gray
- Heard on VH1
Scot LaFaive
- weedeat
Sarah Lang
- Heard on VH1
Sarah Lang
- Gufier?
John McChesney-Young
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Sam Clements
- Red hot dogs (red dogs/red franks/red snappers) from Maine
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- 392 idioms/names to synopsize
Jonathan Marquardt
- "Don't shit where you eat"
sagehen
- weedeat
Your Name
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Paul Frank
- Gufier?
Joel S. Berson
- "Generals are always fighting the last war"
Stephen Goranson
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Wilson Gray
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Laurence Horn
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Sam Clements
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Charles Doyle
- A Grade Apart
Doug Harris
- weedeat
Charles Doyle
- A Grade Apart
Wilson Gray
- A Grade Apart
sagehen
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Wilson Gray
- A Grade Apart
Laurence Horn
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Sam Clements
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Chris F Waigl
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Doug Harris
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Laurence Horn
- Bogie's "hot dog" quote; More on the "red snapper" hot dog from Maine
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Weiner and hamburger schnitzel" (1868); Bogie "hot dog" quote
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Don't shit where you eat"
James Harbeck
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon
James Harbeck
- buzzword = "sinister euphemism or code word"?
Jonathan Lighter
- A Grade Apart
Jonathan Lighter
- grade on the curve
Laurence Urdang
- A Grade Apart
Charles Doyle
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon
Jonathan Lighter
- veracity
Charles Doyle
- A Grade Apart
Jonathan Lighter
- grade on the curve
Jonathan Lighter
- veracity
Jonathan Lighter
- veracity
sagehen
- veracity
Charles Doyle
- etymological = "semantic"
Jonathan Lighter
- etymological = "semantic"
Laurence Horn
- etymological = "semantic"
Scot LaFaive
- etymological = "semantic"
sagehen
- etymological = "semantic"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- etymological = "semantic"
Benjamin Zimmer
- etymological = "semantic"
Charles Doyle
- etymological = "semantic"
Charles Doyle
- How is the ending "ous" really spoken?
Tom Zurinskas
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Texas Toast (1957); Swinging a dead cat in Austin, Texas
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- grade on the curve
James Harbeck
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Mark Mandel
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon (UNCLASSIFIED)
Dave Hause
- grade on the curve
Charles Doyle
- Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Laurence Horn
- grade on the curve
Doug Harris
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Marc Sacks
- grade on the curve
Jonathan Lighter
- slum
Jonathan Lighter
- "rave" in Variety or earlier?
Jesse Sheidlower
- mud-jeweller
Jonathan Lighter
- billy-go-fister
Jonathan Lighter
- batter, v. = "to run riot, as on a spree"
Jonathan Lighter
- billy-go-fister
Scot LaFaive
- billy-go-fister
sagehen
- billy-go-fister
Scot LaFaive
- billy-go-fister
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Of Possible Interest
Doug Harris
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Barbara Need
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Laurence Horn
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Beverly Flanigan
- Hamberger steak (1889); Life of Reilly (1896?), Life of Riley (1911)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hamberger steak (1889); Life of Reilly (1896?), Life of Riley (1911)
Sam Clements
- "rave" in Variety or earlier?
Stephen Goranson
- Hamberger steak (1889); Life of Reilly (1896?), Life of Riley (1911)
Jonathan Lighter
- Hamberger steak (1889); Life of Reilly (1896?), Life of Riley (1911)
Benjamin Zimmer
- queer, n. (1896)
Jonathan Lighter
- exacerbate = "exaggerate"
Jonathan Lighter
- exacerbate = "exaggerate"
Jim Parish
- "you guys" (ca1912)
Jonathan Lighter
- A Grade Apart
Wilson Gray
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Wilson Gray
- slum
Wilson Gray
- more "vitamins"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Wilson Gray
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Dennis Preston
- exacerbate = "exaggerate"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Beverly Flanigan
- Commendatory cursing
Jonathan Lighter
- slum
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: "three pairs of Baulkes costing 12, 16 and 18 guineas each"
Joel S. Berson
- Palm Beach=cheese sandwich (1942); Waco=Dr. Pepper (1938)
Mark Mandel
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
David Bergdahl
- Safire
Laurence Urdang
- Safire
Jonathan Lighter
- dry lightning
Jonathan Lighter
- dry lightning
Laurence Horn
- Safire
Scot LaFaive
- dry lightning
Douglas G. Wilson
- dry lightning
Jonathan Lighter
- dry lightning (P.S.)
Laurence Horn
- dry lightning
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Safire
Grant Barrett
- Fwd: "three pairs of Baulkes costing 12, 16 and 18 guineas each"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Fwd: Safire
Grant Barrett
- Safire
Laurence Horn
- dry lightning
Jonathan Lighter
- Fwd: Bayle in the New York Times
Joel S. Berson
- dry lightning
Joel S. Berson
- Commendatory cursing
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- dry lightning
sagehen
- The rich & super-rich
sagehen
- dry lightning
Jonathan Lighter
- most unnecessary blend of the week
Laurence Horn
- word endings "tion, sion, cion"
Tom Zurinskas
- Fwd: "three pairs of Baulkes costing 12, 16 and 18 guineas each"
Dave Hause
- dry lightning
Wilson Gray
- The rich & super-rich
Wilson Gray
- Bayle in the New York Times
Wilson Gray
- slum
Wilson Gray
- The rich & super-rich
Doug Harris
- NewspaperArchive; O.T.: Mystery identity of Austin's "Goddess of Liberty"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Weiner or Hamburger Schnitzel (1868)
Wilson Gray
- The rich & super-rich
James Harbeck
- The rich & super-rich
James Harbeck
- dry lightning (P.S.)
Wilson Gray
- The rich & super-rich
Doug Harris
- The rich & super-rich
sagehen
- The rich & super-rich
sagehen
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Wilson Gray
- slum
Stephen Goranson
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jesse Sheidlower
- dry lightning
James Smith
- Customs House terms, colonial America
Joel S. Berson
- dry lightning
Tom Zurinskas
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Jonathan Lighter
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- slum
Jonathan Lighter
- dry lightning
Jonathan Lighter
- Bigamy with three wives
Joel S. Berson
- Bigamy with three wives
Laurence Horn
- Bigamy with three wives
David A. Daniel
- NAACP Plans Funeral for 'N-Word'
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Bayle in the New York Times
David A. Daniel
- Bigamy with three wives
Doug Harris
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- Bayle in the New York Times
Chris F Waigl
- dry lightning
Charles Doyle
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Wilson Gray
- Bayle in the New York Times
Wilson Gray
- NAACP Plans Funeral for 'N-Word'
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Joel S. Berson
- Antiseptically fluorescent
Scot LaFaive
- Bigamy with three wives
Jonathan Lighter
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Wilson Gray
- Customs House terms, colonial America
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Wilson Gray
- NAACP Plans Funeral for 'N-Word'
Jonathan Lighter
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- NAACP Plans Funeral for 'N-Word'
Wilson Gray
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- slum
Douglas G. Wilson
- "rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Bigamy with three wives
Laurence Urdang
- Customs House terms, colonial America
Joel S. Berson
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Beverly Flanigan
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Laurence Horn
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Mark Mandel
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Mark Mandel
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
sagehen
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Wilson Gray
- heard on Joey Reynolds
Laurence Urdang
- HDAS rides again!
Wilson Gray
- "Don't shit where you eat" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "Don't shit where you eat" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Beverly Flanigan
- Antedating of "Cross-Examination"
Fred Shapiro
- New words in MW11
Benjamin Zimmer
- grex/ krex/ krechtz
Jonathan Lighter
- heard on Joey Reynolds
Jonathan Lighter
- HDAS rides again!
Jonathan Lighter
- "Vitamin M"
Jonathan Lighter
- grex/ krex/ krechtz
David Bergdahl
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Beverly Flanigan
- grex/ krex/ krechtz
Douglas G. Wilson
- NewsBank content problems (again)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Vitamin M"
Laurence Horn
- "When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite"--Winston Churchill
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- HDAS rides again!
Mark Mandel
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Mark Mandel
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Jim Parish
- New words in MW11
Barnhart
- Mea culpa
Your Name
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Frankenbiting
davemarc
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- chard
Charles Doyle
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Dave Wilton
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Grant Barrett
- "shout-out" as reanalysis
Benjamin Zimmer
- chard
Arnold M. Zwicky
- BrE: Marriage inclusive of CUs
Benjamin Barrett
- grex/ krex/ krechtz
sagehen
- chard
Laurence Horn
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- BrE: Marriage inclusive of CUs
Laurence Horn
- ginormous
Robert Hartwell Fiske
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- ginormous
Scot LaFaive
- ginormous
Jonathan Lighter
- ginormous
Laurence Horn
- chard
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Doug Harris
- "shout-out" as reanalysis
Wilson Gray
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Wilson Gray
- chard
Arnold M. Zwicky
- chard
Laurence Horn
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Wilson Gray
- Faustian Illeism (or Bob Dolean Illeism)
Jonathan Lighter
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Laurence Horn
- ginormous
Michael Israel
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Dennis Preston
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Joel S. Berson
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Douglas G. Wilson
- slum
Jonathan Lighter
- chard
sagehen
- "shout-out" as reanalysis
Benjamin Zimmer
- chard
James Harbeck
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
James Harbeck
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Scot LaFaive
- chard
Doug Harris
- ginormous
Tom Zurinskas
- ginormous
sagehen
- ginormous
Laurence Horn
- slum
Douglas G. Wilson
- Bronx Cocktail (1905); Ice Cream Cone (1905); OT: NYC vs. Texas
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- chard
David Bowie
- chard
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- Imagineering (1942)
Russ McClay
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
James Smith
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Dave Wilton
- chard
Charles Doyle
- Faustian Illeism (or Bob Dolean Illeism)
Beverly Flanigan
- chard
Laurence Horn
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Charles Doyle
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- imminent/eminent confusion
sagehen
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Scot LaFaive
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Scot LaFaive
- MMLA affiliation review at Iowa
Kathryn Remlinger
- SUB
Robert Wachal
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Laurence Horn
- "the whole nine yards" 1942 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Clai Rice
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- SUB
Scot LaFaive
- MMLA affiliation review at Iowa
Dennis Preston
- SUB
Doug Harris
- SUB
Dennis Preston
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Tom Zurinskas
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Wilson Gray
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Tom Zurinskas
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown:
Wilson Gray
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Scot LaFaive
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- SUB
Wilson Gray
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- SUB
Scot LaFaive
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Wilson Gray
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
sagehen
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Beverly Flanigan
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Laurence Horn
- Beginner's linguistics text recommendation?
Dave Hause
- slum
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Beginner's linguistics text recommendation?
James Harbeck
- slum
Wilson Gray
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- O.T.: "Official Home of the Hamburger" & "In God We Trust"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Sam Clements
- OT, but perhaps of interest
Wilson Gray
- Texas digitized newspapers; Jewish newspapers (Kyke-1914, Bagels & Lox-1937)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Nachos (1954; 1940, by Ignacio Amaya/Anaya?)
Wilson Gray
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)
Matthew Gordon
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Sam Clements
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Jonathan Lighter
- 1912 'big apple' seems to mean 'very important person'
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- "shout-out" as reanalysis
Wilson Gray
- Roger (Wilco/and out)
Laurence Urdang
- Roger (Wilco/and out)
Wilson Gray
- SUB
Wilson Gray
- SUB
Jonathan Lighter
- chard
David Bowie
- Beginner's linguistics text recommendation?
David Bowie
- "Vitamin M"
Wilson Gray
- SUB
Wilson Gray
- SUB
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Getting Everleighed"
Wilson Gray
- ADS Site Move Today
Grant Barrett
- SUB
Dave Hause
- SUB
Jonathan Lighter
- "Getting Everleighed"
Jonathan Lighter
- Submariner (Namor) was Re: SUB
David Marc Fischer
- Imminent Domain (for "eminent domain")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Submariner (Namor) was Re: SUB
Wilson Gray
- albatross (was Re: submariner)
Laurence Horn
- "lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??
Stephen Goranson
- "lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??
Jonathan Lighter
- "lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??
Jim Parish
- albatross (was Re: submariner)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Don't shit where you eat"
Mark Mandel
- chard
Mark Mandel
- SUB
Mark Mandel
- Imminent Domain (for "eminent domain")
Mark Mandel
- NPR's "native" = (partly?) ancestral
Jonathan Lighter
- crapper 1910...and more
Jonathan Lighter
- albatross (was Re: submariner)
Laurence Horn
- crapper 1910...and more
Douglas G. Wilson
- Web of Language: What to name the baby? Forget grandma, hire a consultant
Dennis Baron
- Web of Language: What to name the baby? Forget grandma, hire a consultant
sagehen
- Web of Language: What to name the baby? Forget grandma, hire a consultant
Charles Doyle
- intentional
Charles Doyle
- crapper 1910...and more
Jonathan Lighter
- intentional
Jonathan Lighter
- intentional
Joel S. Berson
- crapper 1910...and more
Charles Doyle
- Web of Language: What to name the baby? Forget grandma, hire a consultant
James Smith
- submerged underwater
Arnold M. Zwicky
- intentional
sagehen
- intentional
Laurence Horn
- submerged underwater
David A. Daniel
- intentional
sagehen
- intentional
Charles Doyle
- intentional
Laurence Horn
- intentional
Charles Doyle
- intentional
Laurence Horn
- Speech of NYC
George Thompson
- intentional
Charles Doyle
- Speech of NYC
Laurence Horn
- Big F-word Breakthrough...
Jonathan Lighter
- Historians with linguistic awareness
Joel S. Berson
- Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 39: Silent Majority
Baker, John
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
sagehen
- Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 39: Silent Majority
Joel S. Berson
- Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 39: Silent Majority
Baker, John
- two relatively useful, relatively recent items for your lexical toolkit
Laurence Horn
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- Big F-word Breakthrough...
Jesse Sheidlower
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
sagehen
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- For "quarter" is it ~kworter or ~korter.
Tom Zurinskas
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Stephen Goranson
- R: "lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??
amorelli
- R: "lies, damned lies, and statistics" 1856??
Stephen Goranson
- For "quarter" is it ~kworter or ~korter.
Jonathan Lighter
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Jamie Carpenter
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Laurence Horn
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Michael Quinion
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- For "quarter" is it ~kworter or ~korter. (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
sagehen
- "This pudding has no theme"
Charles Doyle
- Ghost-Written Famous Quotations
Baker, John
- Sun (does|doesn't|don't|gotta|can't|will) shine on (a|every|the same)( ol')? dog's ass (all|every|some)( the | )?(day|time)
Philip (Flip) Kromer
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Wilson Gray
- For "quarter" is it ~kworter or ~korter. (UNCLASSIFIED)
Jonathan Lighter
- Faustian Illeism
Jonathan Lighter
- NPR's "native" = (partly?) ancestral
James Harbeck
- FWI
Wilson Gray
- NPR's "native" = (partly?) ancestral
Benjamin Barrett
- Slightly OT: ESL Help
Patti Kurtz
- ESPNews's "cautionary" = cautious
Joel S. Berson
- crapper 1910...and more
Wilson Gray
- crapper 1910...and more
sagehen
- crapper 1910...and more
Wilson Gray
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Charles Doyle
- crapper 1910...and more
Jonathan Lighter
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Lynne Murphy
- "real life" 1930
Jonathan Lighter
- "stark" = insane
Jonathan Lighter
- "stark" = insane
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Susan Rosine
- "This pudding has no theme"
David Bowie
- "This pudding has no theme" (Winston Churchill?)
Laurence Horn
- crapper 1910...and more
Laurence Horn
- "stark" = insane
Laurence Horn
- "This pudding has no theme"
Michael Quinion
- "stark" = insane
Jim Parish
- "This pudding has no theme"
Laurence Horn
- "Big Apple" prostitution etymology
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- econo = thrifty, efficient, parsimonious
Benjamin Zimmer
- "This pudding has no theme"
Laurence Horn
- "stark" = insane
Chris F Waigl
- commendatory cursing, plus F-word frequency, ca1913.
Jonathan Lighter
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Jonathan Lighter
- crapper 1910...and more
Jonathan Lighter
- "This pudding has no theme"
Charles Doyle
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Benjamin Zimmer
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Laurence Horn
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Doug Harris
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Wilson Gray
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Charles Doyle
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Laurence Horn
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Wilson Gray
- crapper 1910...and more
Wilson Gray
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Benjamin Zimmer
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- Ghost poop, husband-in-law, and other "family words"
Wilson Gray
- Proof of pudding or other
sagehen
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Dennis Preston
- From Slashdot
Dennis Preston
- "stark" = insane
Wilson Gray
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Proof of pudding or other
Laurence Horn
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- "stark" = insane
Chris F Waigl
- "so Auxn't NP" (was: Re: "until" vs "before" or "to")
Laurence Horn
- Proof of pudding or other
sagehen
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- "so Auxn't NP" (was: Re: "until" vs "before" or "to")
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
James Harbeck
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
James Harbeck
- "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Monolingualism: the native language of intolerance?
Dennis Baron
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- "so Auxn't NP"
Beverly Flanigan
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
Beverly Flanigan
- From Slashdot
Arnold M. Zwicky
- From Slashdot
Bradley A. Esparza
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
Beverly Flanigan
- "so Auxn't NP"
Laurence Horn
- "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
Beverly Flanigan
- "until" vs "before" or "to"
Beverly Flanigan
- From Slashdot
Laurence Horn
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- From Slashdot
David A. Daniel
- From Slashdot
Barnhart
- From Slashdot
sagehen
- From Slashdot
sagehen
- From Slashdot -- a bit off topic
Barnhart
- From Slashdot -- a bit off topic
Barnhart
- From Slashdot
Laurence Horn
- From Slashdot
David A. Daniel
- From Slashdot -- a bit off topic
Sam Clements
- Make-under?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)
James Harbeck
- From Slashdot
James Harbeck
- From Slashdot
sagehen
- From Slashdot
Jim Parish
- Hamburger Steak ("Hamburgers") and NYC's Beefsteak John (1887) (long article)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Dry lightening and NPR
Your Name
- More on "Beefsteak John" (1895) (Sunny side up; in the dark)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "so Auxn't NP"
Marc Sacks
- Actors' names in Japan
Joel S. Berson
- till
Joan H. Hall
- so don't I
Joan H. Hall
- "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- "so Auxn't NP"
Laurence Horn
- "This big apple we call the world" (1920, from Kansas)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Actors' names in Japan
Douglas G. Wilson
- Antedating of "...by the (balls) throat. Their hearts and minds will follow.(1967)
Sam Clements
- Actors' names in Japan
Benjamin Barrett
- noodling and other methods of fishing (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- noodling and other methods of fishing
Grant Barrett
- "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Beverly Flanigan
- till
Beverly Flanigan
- "Murphy's Law" Article
Fred Shapiro
- From Slashdot
Beverly Flanigan
- From Slashdot
Wilson Gray
- Actors' names in Japan
Wilson Gray
- till
Bill Lemay
- till
Beverly Flanigan
- Windy City (1856 for Green Bay, WI)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- till
Wilson Gray
- "Channel Storm; Continent Isolated" (1931 & 1932)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- till
Bill Le May
- Windy City (1856 for Green Bay, WI)
Laurence Horn
- till
Laurence Horn
- till
Scot LaFaive
- till
Scot LaFaive
- tampered by the knowledge
Arnold M. Zwicky
- tampered by the knowledge
Michael H Covarrubias
- tampered by the knowledge
Stephen Goranson
- [ADS-L] tampered by the knowledge
RonButters at AOL.COM
- homophonic slurs
Arnold M. Zwicky
- tampered by the knowledge
Arnold M. Zwicky
- tampered by the knowledge
Arnold M. Zwicky
- homophonic slurs
Arnold M. Zwicky
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
thomas paikeday
- tampered by the knowledge
William Salmon
- homophonic slurs
Laurence Horn
- blitheless
Mark Mandel
- Big F-word Breakthrough...
Mark Mandel
- commendatory cursing, plus F-word frequency, ca1913.
Mark Mandel
- "so Auxn't NP" (was: Re: "until" vs "before" or "to")
Mark Mandel
- commendatory cursing, plus F-word frequency, ca1913.
Dennis Preston
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
Laurence Horn
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
Mark Mandel
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
Mark Mandel
- Bop in Mad Comics 1954
Baker, John
- Other Slang in Mad Comics
Baker, John
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
Laurence Horn
- Other Slang in Mad Comics
James Harbeck
- "so Auxn't NP" (was: Re: "until" vs "before" or "to")
Laurence Horn
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Scot LaFaive
- Ghost-Written Famous Quotations
Fred Shapiro
- words starting with "ex"
Laurence Urdang
- "Channel Storm; Continent Isolated" (1931 & 1932)
Fred Shapiro
- German Peanut Butter (March 1897)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Sam Clements
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Fred Shapiro
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Fred Shapiro
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Sam Clements
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
- homophonic slurs
Wilson Gray
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Fred Shapiro
- homophonic slurs
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Joel S. Berson
- A valedictory f.w.i.w.
Jonathan Lighter
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Jesse Sheidlower
- "of" on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- commendatory cursing, plus F-word frequency, ca1913.
Dave Hause
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Fred Shapiro
- Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Laurence Horn
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Michael H Covarrubias
- till
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- DC-area "joning"
Benjamin Zimmer
- bypass
Charles Doyle
- DC-area "joning"
Wilson Gray
- DC-area "joning"
Jim Parish
- DC-area "joning"
Wilson Gray
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Jesse Sheidlower
- false negatives
Joan H. Hall
- Judge Greg
Wilson Gray
- Judge Greg
Scot LaFaive
- sticktuitiveness
Benjamin Zimmer
- sticktuitiveness
Benjamin Zimmer
- "so" as predicate modifier
Greg Pulliam
- false negatives
Laurence Horn
- "so" as predicate modifier
Laurence Horn
- "so" as predicate modifier
Benjamin Zimmer
- false negatives
Beverly Flanigan
- beanery = cheap restaurant
George Thompson
- barker
George Thompson
- too digging
George Thompson
- Texecution/Texecuted (Re: words starting with "ex")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- words starting with "ex"
Laurence Urdang
- till
Laurence Urdang
- La Compagnie des Wagons-Lits
Laurence Urdang
- till
Wilson Gray
- till (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Psst, buddy, wanna save a buck? Stop speaking English
Dennis Baron
- monetize = "use to make a profit"
Jonathan Lighter
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Amy West
- "Rule of thumb" (1685)
Amy West
- Google Books; Congressional Quarterly
Stephen Goranson
- Google Books; Congressional Quarterly
Fred Shapiro
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Laurence Urdang
- words starting with "ex"
David Borowitz
- words starting with "ex"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- [Fwd: RE: Emergency Communications]
Erin McKean
- too digging
Jonathan Lighter
- too digging
Douglas G. Wilson
- La Compagnie des Wagons-Lits
Mark Mandel
- "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- premack (verb)
Stephen Goranson
- premack (verb)
Evan Bradley
- premack (verb)
Benjamin Zimmer
- premack (verb)
Stephen Goranson
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
James Callan
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Scot LaFaive
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Beverly Flanigan
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Jamie Carpenter
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Laurence Horn
- non-head nominals and number agreement
sagehen
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
James Harbeck
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Baker, John
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Dave Wilton
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Darla Wells
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Laurence Horn
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Evan Bradley
- Interpreting 1912 and 1920 "big apple"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FYI: Sporting Life digitization (early 2008)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- query: "sweet porbell"
Laurence Horn
- query: "sweet porbell"
Douglas G. Wilson
- words starting with "ex"
Amy West
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Amy West
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Lynne Murphy
- query: "sweet porbell"
Stephen Goranson
- query: "sweet porbell"
Marc Sacks
- query: "sweet porbell"
Grant Barrett
- "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Fred Shapiro
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- question, Fred Re: [ADS-L] "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Stephen Goranson
- query: "sweet porbell"
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- question, Fred Re: [ADS-L] "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Fred Shapiro
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- non-head nominals and number agreement
Arnold M. Zwicky
- multiplicity
Charles Doyle
- question, Fred Re: [ADS-L] "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FYI: Sporting Life digitization (early 2008) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- FYI: Sporting Life digitization (early 2008) (UNCLASSIFIED)
Benjamin Zimmer
- non-head nominals and number agreement
sagehen
- multiplicity
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- query: "sweet porbell"
Stephen Goranson
- query: "sweet porbell"
Laurence Horn
- multiplicity
Charles Doyle
- "Never play cards with a guy named Doc...."
Jonathan Lighter
- "Never play cards with a guy named Doc...."
Fred Shapiro
- "Never play cards with a guy named Doc...." (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- jpeg version of diary page
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Never play cards with a guy named Doc...."
Jonathan Lighter
- multiplicity
James Harbeck
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- multiplicity
Marc Sacks
- words starting with "ex"
ronbutters at AOL.COM
- words starting with "ex"
Paul Johnston
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Mircea Sauciuc
- Antedating of "Standard of Living"
Fred Shapiro
- Fwd: solution to "sweet porbell" puzzle accepted
Laurence Horn
- multiplicity
James Harbeck
- words starting with "ex"
Tom Zurinskas
- words starting with "ex"
Mircea Sauciuc
- bowser: mobile water dispenser
Mark Mandel
- bowser: mobile water dispenser
Chris F Waigl
- Antedating of chump(1934)
Sam Clements
- Antedating of chump(1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- Antedating of chump(1934)
Sam Clements
- Antedating of chump(1934)
Benjamin Zimmer
- New "dog pile" thread(1926)
Sam Clements
- Antedating of chump(1934)
Sam Clements
- WYSIWYG in "Rescue Dawn"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Wilson Gray
- bowser: mobile water dispenser
Michael Quinion
- WYSIWYG in "Rescue Dawn"
Fred Shapiro
- words starting with "ex"
Laurence Urdang
- words starting with "ex"
Laurence Urdang
- Movie anachronisms: gold-digger [Was: WYSIWYG]
Joel S. Berson
- "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Jonathan Lighter
- WYSIWYG in "Rescue Dawn"
Laurence Horn
- till (UNCLASSIFIED)
Wilson Gray
- "What goes around, comes around" (1962 by Paul Crump)
Wilson Gray
- multiplicity
Wilson Gray
- Movie anachronisms: gold-digger [Was: WYSIWYG]
Benjamin Zimmer
- [hw-] v. [w]
Wilson Gray
- [hw-] v. [w]
Benjamin Zimmer
- [hw-] v. [w]
Dennis Preston
- ADS-L on Language Log
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [hw-] v. [w]
Laurence Horn
- Dodging a narrow bullet
Marc Sacks
- Movie anachronisms: gold-digger [Was: WYSIWYG]
Jesse Sheidlower
- Dodging a narrow bullet
Laurence Horn
- multiplicity
Marc Sacks
- Dodging a narrow bullet
Arnold M. Zwicky
- multiplicity
Mark Mandel
- Dodging a narrow bullet
Mark Mandel
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Wilson Gray
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Bradley A. Esparza
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Beverly Flanigan
- multiplicity
Wilson Gray
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Wilson Gray
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [hw-] v. [w]
Wilson Gray
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Wilson Gray
- [hw-] v. [w]
Scot LaFaive
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Chris F Waigl
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Alice Faber
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Chris F Waigl
- Dodging a narrow bullet
Benjamin Zimmer
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Laurence Horn
- [hw-] v. [w]
Wilson Gray
- Cave Kiss; Cave Bacon; Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, stalagmites might
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- [hw-] v. [w]
David Bowie
- Cave Kiss; Cave Bacon; Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, stalagmites might
David A. Daniel
- "the whole nine yards" 1942
Stephen Goranson
- Cave Kiss; Cave Bacon; Stalactites hold tight to the ceiling, stalagmites might
Baker, John
- merry/marry/mary in Merry Olde England
Joel S. Berson
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [hw-] v. [w]
James Smith
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Beverly Flanigan
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Alice Faber
- [hw-] v. [w]
sagehen
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Stephen Goranson
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Amy West
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- [hw-] v. [w]
Scot LaFaive
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Scot LaFaive
- [hw-] v. [w]
Dennis Preston
- "deck chairs on the Titanic"
Stephen Goranson
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Benjamin Zimmer
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Beverly Flanigan
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Leslie Decker
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?
Laurence Horn
- "Ho" & "Bitch" to be banned in NYC?
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Gender and Dolls (was Re: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?)
Bradley A. Esparza
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Charles Doyle
- Sure don't
Scot LaFaive
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Laurence Horn
- Sure don't
Laurence Horn
- "Ho" & "Bitch" to be banned in NYC?
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Charles Doyle
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Laurence Horn
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Scot LaFaive
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Arnold M. Zwicky
- merry/marry/mary in Merry Olde England
Paul Johnston
- "deck chairs on the Titanic"
Jonathan Lighter
- Gender and Dolls (was Re: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?)
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Jonathan Lighter
- [hw-] v. [w]
David A. Daniel
- Gender and Dolls (was Re: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?)
Laurence Horn
- Sure don't
Montgomery Michael
- [hw-] v. [w]
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Jonathan Lighter
- Gender and Dolls (was Re: Lego vs. Legos: Americanism? Regionalism?)
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
David A. Daniel
- [hw-] v. [w]
Scot LaFaive
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Dennis R. Preston
- [hw-] v. [w]
Dennis R. Preston
- Link to NY City Council "Bitch & Ho" Resolution
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- [hw-] v. [w]
Scot LaFaive
- eggcorn: "profound" (profane) words
Paul Johnston
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