OED Appeals list (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


there is a rotten/bad apple in every barrel:
antedate 1971

"Adolf Rupp Puts Blame On Writers" _The Hartford Courant_; Jan 19, 1951;
pg. 17 col 5.
"There are a few bad apples in every barrel but by culling them out
early you can do much to prevent a recurrence."

"KENNEDY ORDERS WAR ON GAMBLING" _New York Times_ ; Feb 24, 1959; pg. 19
col 5.
"Referring to charges of corruption within the Department, Mr. Kennedy
rejected the "platitudinous expression" that "there are always a few
rotten apples in every barrel."

"City Corruption" [unsigned editorial] _New York Times_ ; Nov 18, 1959;
pg. 40 col 2.
"We are commonly told that there are a "few bad apples" in every
barrel."


awardee:
antedate 1958
(now antedated to 1943)
"PROPOUNDS A NEW THEORY OF MATTER" New York Times; Apr 28, 1920; pg. 10
col 8.
"The Henry Draper gold medal, awarded to Alfred Fowler, of the Imperial
College, England, for researches in celestial and laboratory
spectroscopy, was presented to Sir Auckland Geddes, the British
Ambassador, in behalf of the awardee, at the annual dinner of the
society tonight."


bachelor pad:
antedate 1976
(now antedated to 1963)

[classified ad] _Van Nuys [California] News_ June 12 1960 p. 15B col 9.
"Swingin' Bachelor Pad.  Pool, tennis court.  View."

"He Copes with a Convention of Comics" CHARLES DENTON; _The Hartford
Courant_; Sep 2, 1962; pg. 2G col 4.
"Then, when the bride balked, Sullivan flashed the decorator to do the
place strictly as a bachelor pad."


baby shower (U.S.):
antedate 1967
(now antedated to 1937)
"A Gift for Baby" _New York Times_; Sep 4, 1910; pg. X5
"The cost is never higher than would commonly be paid for any useful
christening or baby shower gift."

"Surprise Baby Shower," _Waterloo [Iowa] Evening Courier_, Feb 24 1911
p. 9 col 3.
"Mrs. Henry Petersona nd Mrs. Armstrong of Galloway addition arranged a
pleasant surprise for Mrs. Harry Foster when ten ladies went to her home
in Galloway yesterday afternoon and gave her a baby shower."

bodice-ripper n. (explicit romantic novel):
antedate 1981
(now antedated to 1980)

"She ... uh, He Writes Romantic Novels" By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER.  _New
York Times_; Sep 2, 1979; pg. LI2
"Vanessa Royall is also less than 2 years old, but despite this relative
youthfulness is enjoying a good reputation and lucrative income as the
author of the sort of breathless historical romances (the latest is
"Come Faith, Come Fire") that are known in the publishing trade as
bodice-rippers."

claustrophobe n. (a sufferer of claustrophobia):
antedate 1974
(now antedated to 1957)

"Hollywood Gossip" _The Newark [Ohio] Advocate_ Jan 24 1936; p. 3 col 2.
"Warner Baxter is a claustrophobe; hates small or crowded rooms."

"THE SCREEN" [unsigned movie review]_New York Times_; Aug 21, 1939;  pg.
14
"Still and all, life is confining enough, goodness knows; we insist that
the movies, at least, might be kinder to claustrophobes."

donor fatigue:
antedate 1984
(now antedated to 1973)

"RED CROSS OPPOSES JOINT FUND RAISING" By LAWRENCE E. DAVIES. _New York
Times_; Jun 25, 1948; pg. 25 col 1.
"Donor fatigue is a natural result of inflation."

don't call us .. (we'll call you) (phr.):
antedate 1987, or any exx. in print
(now antedated to 1959; variants also accepted (e.g. with 'ring'))

"Guys and Dolls Lexicon" By GILBERT MILLSTEIN. _New York Times_; Feb 17,
1952; Magazine section, pg. 20 col 3.
"Keep in touch with the office -- Means the reverse; don't bother us;
stay out of the way; a variation of the casting director's "Don't call
us, we'll call you." "


Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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