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- Esquimaux in NYCity; was Munchausen
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard" (2000)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Guys named "Buzz"
Douglas G. Wilson
- Merry/Marry merger caught wild
Dave Hause
- To Suicide and Marriage v. CU
Benjamin Barrett
- "...everybody is not entitled to his own facts" 1975
Stephen Goranson
- "That's so gay!"
Barbara Need
- The n-word in New York
Barbara Need
- ancestor = "descendant"
Jonathan Lighter
- Semantic drift?: "diatribe" (Was: Help Needed Please)
Jonathan Lighter
- v. tr. "suicide" [and "disappear"]
Laurence Horn
- "muffin" and other base ball terms, 1859
George Thompson
- "heyday" for "field day"
Charles Doyle
- "keep shady"
George Thompson
- Q: "Act in one"
Joel S. Berson
- gazeedus / gazeetus
Jonathan Lighter
- "Gizmo" note
Jonathan Lighter
- Indians dancing, was Esquimaux in NYCity; was Munchausen
Joel S. Berson
- Hamburger (continued): Podunk ("Official Mythical Town of Texas")
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- It boggles the mind
Seán Fitzpatrick
- SHEL 5 Call for Papers (note new dates!)
Bill Kretzschmar
- "hard landing"
Charles Doyle
- Umba!
Steve Hartman Keiser
- student-teach: "early" ex.
Jonathan Lighter
- put in = recommend
Jonathan Lighter
- to "spit-shine"
Jonathan Lighter
- OED "circumstance," 7b
Jonathan Lighter
- eggcorn--remodel that kitchen with withered oak
Laurence Horn
- antedating of mil. "rotate," intrans.
Jonathan Lighter
- Jack and Jill Bathroom
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- to "pull back," v.i.
Jonathan Lighter
- Google Books searches
Joel S. Berson
- Notable Quotations of 2007 Sought
Fred Shapiro
- -ggardly?
GLL
- "San Antone" antedating
Jonathan Lighter
- Berkeley on the Brazos
William Salmon
- "skunk ape"
Jonathan Lighter
- "San Antone"/O'Henry
William Salmon
- Safire Sucks ("Hello, Sucker" column)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- kit-kat for jail
Wells Darla L
- "Marino"
Wilson Gray
- today's NYT Crossword Puzzle
Steve Kl.
- Likeable=comparable?
Alice Faber
- Further Antedating of "Global Warming"
Fred Shapiro
- spit shine
Jonathan Lighter
- Harvard of the South (HotS); Harvard on the Hocking; Harvard on the Highway...
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- USian
Jonathan Lighter
- "autocoprophogous baboons!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "autocoprophAgous baboons!"
Jonathan Lighter
- "black," adj. = non-African American
Jonathan Lighter
- Archeo-porn ("Jesus Tomb" documentary)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- SOTA if there ever was one (was Re: Harvard of the South (HotS);...)
Laurence Horn
- February = Feb-rury/Feb-ury
neil
- Like a mackerel
neil
- a generous offer?
Arnold M. Zwicky
- "stilted"
Charles Doyle
- hyperforeign 'jihad'
Matthew Gordon
- Standford, the Duke of the West
RonButters at AOL.COM
- hoard/horde
Arnold M. Zwicky
- ( J and ( B
RonButters at AOL.COM
- AP country adjectives
David Bergdahl
- Purity Balls (!)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- spavin mule
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Shrimp Scampi (1953)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "blue-gum"
Jonathan Lighter
- vicious cycle (follow-up to today's class)
Arnold M. Zwicky
- the n word: on its way out?
Dennis Baron
- were mau-maued into it
Larry Scoggs
- "Hot Dog" (1893, 1897); Hamburgers & Trilby Sandwich
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- 23 (1899)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- white trash [was: "stilted"]
Joel S. Berson
- "Nigra"
Charles Doyle
- Access to "America's Historical Newspapers"
Joel S. Berson
- Lallapaloosa (1897)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- salutogenetic
Jonathan Lighter
- happy slap
David Bergdahl
- "Glamping"
Rick Castello
- second try for "happy slap"--sorry for the format messup
David Bergdahl
- "Patience, perseverance and sweet oil" (1854)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Baja Oklahoma (1955)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Onwards and sideways" (Jerry Orbach)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Reinventing English: Why plain language isn ’t so simple.
Dennis Baron
- ADS-L Digest - 7 Mar 2007 to 8 Mar 2007 (#2007-68)
Landau, James
- to hooky
Barbara Need
- Snottites from Mars?
Jonathan Lighter
- Reinventing English: Why plain language isnt so simple.
Tom Zurinskas
- pongicide
Jonathan Lighter
- Wolf-whistle
Douglas G. Wilson
- upstage = "to raise to the next degree"
Jonathan Lighter
- semantic drift: denote = "to identify, as on the basis of evidence"
Jonathan Lighter
- alpha-moms
Jonathan Lighter
- Y2K7 & "Spring forward, fall back"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "spring forward, fall backward"
James A. Landau
- Sanctuary City
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "grow house"
Charles Doyle
- pronun. of "yahoo," n.
Jonathan Lighter
- Safety Pin Stew
Jerry E Kane
- pronun. of "yahoo," [now 'to wahoo']
William Salmon
- Yeehaw
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Canadian Dictionary Getting Full Overhaul
Fred Shapiro
- Financial Times Article on OED
Fred Shapiro
- New Orleans Cocktails (Sazerac; Ramos Gin Fizz, Ruffignac?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Antedating of "Flack"
Fred Shapiro
- Jam-ba-la-yah, Jombalyeah (1875)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- You say "burkini" and I'll say "burqini"
Laurence Horn
- Cowboy Proverbs/Sayings
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- puggle
Jonathan Lighter
- mid-aughts
Benjamin Zimmer
- [Fwd: Slumgully anyone?]
Barbara Need
- bureaucratese
sagehen
- Slumgully anyone?]
Sam Clements
- Guns and grammar: punctuation doesn ’t make me aning, people do.
Dennis Baron
- WOTY candidate?
Landau, James
- 2007 quotes
Landau, James
- "Galbraith Score"
Fred Shapiro
- some kind of malaprop
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Antedating of "Yahtzee"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Bingo"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Paddleball"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Jai Alai"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Quarterback"
Fred Shapiro
- Further Antedating of "Linebacker"
Fred Shapiro
- Slumgully anyone?
Rick Castello
- Further Antedating of "Bingo"; "Hamburger" update
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Alexei Panshin
James A. Landau
- petard redux
sagehen
- More severe than life-threatening?
Joel S. Berson
- Panuchos
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- “Horse that couldn’t be rode or a man that couldn’t be throwed" (1924 )
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Phonetically correct sports
Michael Quinion
- "cut" = "hold" ~ 'leave out' (in food-ordering parlance)
Charles Doyle
- Barry in Slate
Jesse Sheidlower
- Tweaking out
Landau, James
- "A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse" (1929); Hot Dog Council & "Hot Dog"
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- the calculus
Joel S. Berson
- "smashed potatoes" 1918
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Rhythm and Blues"
Fred Shapiro
- When carbon means carbonless
Benjamin Barrett
- "Poor, hungry and driven" (Ph.D.) (1997, by Rick Pitino?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Nevaeh" hits top hundred!
Jonathan Lighter
- journey
Nathan Bierma
- Folk wisdom: "Treat 'em Rough !"
Jonathan Lighter
- "Treat 'em Rough !" Addendum
Jonathan Lighter
- Folk wisdom: "Treat 'em Rough !" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- French Tenure-Track Position---(OT)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- FW: Re: Folk wisdom: "Treat 'em Rough !" (UNCLASSIFIED)
Baker, John
- Concubining!
Rick Castello
- retronym and hyperforeignism in the news
Laurence Horn
- Irish Coffee's "four essential food groups" quote (Alex Levine, 1986?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Treat 'em Rough!"
Jonathan Lighter
- Yale Book of Quotations in Wall Street Journal
Fred Shapiro
- Nerdwords - to "twitter"
Tom Zurinskas
- to roger
Joel S. Berson
- "nose art"
Jonathan Lighter
- La-La Land?
Marsha Wilson
- "nimble-wimble" was: Re: to roger
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- The rushing groves?
Joel S. Berson
- Southern Appalachian English web site
Grant Barrett
- FW: Smother invert
Seán Fitzpatrick
- Poor Boy (four lane highway); Slate link & my web statistics
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Safire: "... You cannot say 'more *woman*'; ..."
Wilson Gray
- conspire = "contrive"
Jonathan Lighter
- abate = "to increase"
Jonathan Lighter
- reminder: call deadline approacheth!
Susan Burt
- puppernutter = puppy; dog
Jonathan Lighter
- Smother invert
Mark A. Mandel
- Put lipstick on a pig (again) and cherry up
Benjamin Barrett
- http://www.americanaccent.com/
Tom Zurinskas
- Hollywood Bath (1944)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- SmallTownPapers.com; IrishNewspaperArchives.com
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "beauty bark" and "bark dust"
Charles Doyle
- "calvous"
Charles Doyle
- Skedaddle (1860)
Dave Wilton
- "McJob" redux
Benjamin Zimmer
- 'fountain drink with mixed flavors'
Charles Doyle
- "The Long War"
Landau, James
- Where one will find Carl Rove these days
Joel S. Berson
- "Texican" (the differing definitions from political change)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- new euphemism ?
Jonathan Lighter
- new words: gaycism
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Texass & "Nacogdoches is full of roaches" (Groucho Marx)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Hollywood Bath (1944); Queso Fries
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Chefography: LA and tablescapes
Benjamin Barrett
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA)
Grant Barrett
- Looking for a good man-word
Mark Peters
- "Your place or mine?"
Jonathan Lighter
- SOTA?
Wilson Gray
- Let George Do It
sagehen
- "Royal gaze"?
Joel S. Berson
- "wingery"
Charles Doyle
- ranch, v.
Kohl, Matthew
- Smoking Gun (July 1974)
Dave Wilton
- Heard on Judge Joe Brown
Wilson Gray
- man- words
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Query about an abbreviation
Susan Burt
- Royal gaze
Amy West
- Murphy's Law
Baker, John
- ADS-L Digest - 21 Mar 2007 to 22 Mar 2007 (#2007-82)
Amy West
- Etymological Scholarship on C-Word
Fred Shapiro
- A new meaning for "Republican"
Landau, James
- OT: "Hamburger" bill passed by Texas House
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- McPenntrification
Barnhart
- Yale Book of Quotations in NYT Book Review
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of Bazooka(the instrument) 1918
Sam Clements
- hung (a.) 1781; antedates HDAS 1855- for earliest American
Joel S. Berson
- McJob revisited
Joel S. Berson
- English "jitter" from German "zittern"?
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- eggcorn?: mamby-pamby (1823)
Clai Rice
- medicalese
Mark A. Mandel
- hump (v) 1784
Joel S. Berson
- "Capitalists wil sell us the rope..." (Lenin?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Expressions that mean duh
Patti Kurtz
- Jig walk (1908)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Jigaboo Man" (1911)
Douglas G. Wilson
- "Fiji zigaboo" (1924)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Ofaginzy redux
Douglas G. Wilson
- boogaloo roots?
Oliver Wang
- "Gilda"
Sallie Lemons
- Readex Announces Web-based Edition of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report
Loiterstein, David
- crisis = danger + opportunity (1938)
Benjamin Zimmer
- antedate "ta da" (1913)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Passover
James A. Landau
- wearing the mantlepiece
Laurence Horn
- "Boogie oogie" (1908)
Douglas G. Wilson
- Non-negotiable
sagehen
- reconnaissance
Arnold M. Zwicky
- Boston Dialects
Patti Kurtz
- Talk him down
James A. Landau
- "Politubing"
Mark Rotblat
- Red Ass (from East Texas?)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- fanny
Jonathan Lighter
- Antedating of "Rag"
Fred Shapiro
- Antedating of _Rag_ 'A Type of Musical Composition"
Fred Shapiro
- Famous Quotes of 2004
Jonathan Lighter
- Fiji zigaboo
Jonathan Lighter
- Grind House
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- Fiji zigaboo---(role of "Igbo" tribe?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
- It's the cat's
Benjamin Barrett
- It's the cat's (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
- Antedating of _Rag_ 'To Play Ragtime'
Fred Shapiro
- The new "evangelism"
Jonathan Lighter
- Fomenting (stock market term)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "Usabuility"
Wilson Gray
- Judge Judy
Wilson Gray
- "post-traumatic syndrome" 1960
Joel S. Berson
- Pie a la mode (1893); Ricci (Rickey), Morning Glory (1893)
Bapopik at AOL.COM
- "vaccine"
Charles Doyle
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